Gabino D Grano

Gabino D Grano, a Hispanic American-owned small disadvantaged business sole proprietorship based in Waldron, Arkansas, delivers vegetation management and forestry services to the USDA Forest Service as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides and full-and-open designations. The vendor operates exclusively within NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry) and competes predominantly under total small business set-asides across its prime footprint.

Grano's capability portfolio centers on mechanical and chemical site preparation, tree planting (containerized pine and hardwood seedlings), precommercial thinning, brush clearing, herbicide application for invasive species control, manual tree release treatments, and wildlife habitat enhancement—all in support of national forest health and land restoration across Arkansas. Representative work includes a $77,826 total small business set-aside BPA call from August 2026 for vegetation management on the Mena-Oden Ranger District of the Ouachita National Forest covering over 1,600 stems per acre of shortleaf pine seedling and sapling stands; a $14,000 total small business set-aside call order from August 2026 for vegetation management on the Cold Springs Ranger District of the Ouachita National Forest; and a $128,400 total small business set-aside purchase order from December 2025 for cedar removal services across approximately 600 acres in the Mt. Magazine Ranger District of the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest as part of a Quail Stewardship Restoration Area habitat improvement initiative.

Customer concentration is acute and single-agency: the Department of Agriculture Forest Service R8-Southern Region accounts for all 57 recent prime awards and $13.3 million of the combined potential value (92% of the $14.4 million portfolio), with the broader Forest Service organization holding 25 awards valued at $1.1 million. Grano maintains two significant indefinite delivery vehicles with the Forest Service Southern Region: a $7.5 million Blanket Purchase Agreement awarded March 13, 2023 with ultimate completion February 28, 2028, and a $5 million Indefinite Delivery Contract awarded November 4, 2021 with ultimate completion October 31, 2026. Call orders and delivery orders under these vehicles authorize firm fixed-price work ranging from approximately $3,000 to $125,000, with individual awards issued across multiple ranger districts including Jessieville, Pleasant Hill, Boston Mountain, Cold Springs, and Mena-Oden.

Activity has grown materially year over year—eight awards in 2022 to seventeen in 2024—with thirteen awards in 2025 and nine in 2026 maintaining elevated volume through mid-year. Nine awards valued at $405 thousand face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore carry recompete exposure. Grano operates as prime contractor on all awards with no subcontractors identified across the portfolio. The vendor's work is performed across multiple Arkansas national forests (Ozark, Ouachita, Ozark-St. Francis) with administrative oversight and contract management centered at the Forest Service Southern Region.