Estes Bros. Const. Inc.

Estes Bros. Const. Inc., doing business as Estes Bros Construction Inc., is an SBA-certified HUBZone small disadvantaged business headquartered in Jonesville, Virginia, that provides highway, bridge, and civil infrastructure construction services exclusively as a prime contractor to federal transportation and interior agencies. The vendor operates across 100% prime awards (85 awards totaling $966.9 million combined potential value) with no subcontracting footprint, competing predominantly under small business set-asides on regional and national park projects throughout the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States.

The Federal Highway Administration dominates Estes Bros.' customer concentration, funding 59 awards (91% of recent awards) valued at $901.9 million combined potential value—nearly all activity. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R8-Southern Region places a distant second with 4 awards ($40.5 million), followed by the National Park Service Southeast Region (10 awards, $3.8 million). This concentration reflects Estes Bros.' specialized expertise in federal transportation infrastructure rehabilitation rather than diversified service delivery.

Estes Bros.' capability portfolio centers on highway and bridge rehabilitation, pavement preservation, drainage improvements, culvert replacement, guardrail and signage work, and design-build services on national parkways and federal lands. Representative contracts include a $64.3 million design-build contract awarded September 2023 by FHWA for rehabilitation of 24 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway (MP 97 to MP 121) in Virginia with ultimate completion July 2028; a $32.6 million definitive contract awarded April 2025 for geotechnical and pavement rehabilitation between mileposts 121 and 204 in Mississippi; a $23.1 million design-build contract awarded June 2024 for drainage improvements on the Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi; and a $28.6 million definitive contract awarded January 2022 (now closed) for full-depth reclamation of the Foothills Parkway in Tennessee, set aside for small business. Recent work also includes smaller delivery orders under standing MATOCs for pavement edge drop-offs, shoulder hardening, and trail rehabilitation.

Estes Bros. holds three active FHWA regional construction MATOCs awarded in 2025–2026: a $60 million South-Atlantic Region Construction MATOC (awarded April 2026, total small business set-aside), a $60 million South Region Construction MATOC (awarded February 2026, total small business set-aside), and a $60 million Mid-Atlantic Region Construction MATOC (awarded November 2025, total small business set-aside), each supporting five-year performance windows through 2030–2031. The vendor also holds a $40 million USDA Civil Construction MATOC under the Forest Service Southern Region (awarded August 2021, performance through August 2026). Task orders under these vehicles typically range from $50,000 to $3 million, with the Blue Ridge Parkway, Natchez Trace Parkway, Foothills Parkway, and Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park serving as recurring project geographies.

Activity has contracted modestly in recent years—from six awards in 2022 to three in 2026 through April—though the dollar magnitude of individual awards has grown substantially. Seven awards carrying combined potential value of $80.8 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure on existing MATOC vehicles and standalone definitive contracts. Obligated dollars across all awards total $403.9 million (42% of combined potential value), indicating significant backlog.

Estes Bros.' work is performed across CONUS locations spanning Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas, concentrated on federal parkways (Blue Ridge, Natchez Trace, Foothills), national parks (Great Smoky Mountains, Chickamauga and Chattanooga), and national forests (Cherokee). The vendor's NAICS footprint is dominated by 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction), with secondary exposure in 237110 (Water and Sewer Line Construction) and 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction). Set-aside posture splits between total small business designations (on definitive contracts and some task orders) and full-and-open competition on regional MATOCs where HUBZone and small business certifications enable preferential consideration rather than mandatory set-asides.

Service Contract Inventory reporting, which covers federal service contracts above $150,000 and excludes construction goods and materials, captured minimal activity: $1.3 million invoiced across FY2024 (three contracts at 3.8 FTEs), with no SCI-reportable invoicing in FY2022–2023. Median government-paid rates on SCI-reported work ran around $170/hr, with senior labor pricing through $196/hr, reflecting field-supervision and project-management labor on construction contracts. SCI figures represent a narrow slice of Estes Bros.' total federal contracting activity, which is dominated by construction materials and equipment delivery on fixed-price definitive contracts and task orders rather than time-and-materials service contracts.

Road Construction, Utility (Water & Sewer Line) Construction; Mine Land Reclamation; Specialty Excavation