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 Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business and open set-asides, with no subcontractor footprint.

Grano operates entirely within NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry) and has built a concentrated federal footprint on two Forest Service indefinite delivery vehicles. The vendor holds a $7.5 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement established March 13, 2023 (completion February 28, 2028), which funds call orders ranging from $3,000 to $125,000, and a $5 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract awarded November 4, 2021 (completion October 31, 2026). These two vehicles anchor all 61 recent awards and the entire $14.5 million combined potential value. The top parent vehicle, BPA 12444223A0027, carries 37 task orders valued at $1.2 million; the IDC 12444222D0004 carries 21 task orders valued at $722 thousand.

Customer concentration is singular and represents zero diversification risk. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R8-Southern Region accounts for 33 awards ($13.4 million combined potential value, 92% of portfolio), while the broader Forest Service carries the remaining 28 awards ($1.2 million, 8%). Grano works exclusively for Forest Service Southern Region ranger districts across Arkansas national forests: Ozark, Ouachita, and Ozark-St. Francis. Representative work includes a $77,826 BPA call (August 31, 2026) for manual release of vegetation exceeding 1,600 stems per acre on the Mena-Oden Ranger District under total small business set-aside; a $128,400 purchase order (December 15, 2025) for cedar removal across 600 acres in the Mt. Magazine Ranger District under total small business set-aside; a $121,524 BPA call (July 1, 2024) for chemical site preparation across 492 acres at Jessieville National Forest; and a $83,820 BPA call (April 22, 2025) for chemical site preparation across 762 acres on the Jessieville Ranger District.

Capability portfolio spans mechanical site preparation (ripping, dozer operations), chemical site preparation and herbicide application for invasive species control, precommercial thinning, containerized pine and hardwood seedling planting, brush clearing, hand tool site preparation, manual tree release treatments, and wildlife habitat enhancement. Work spans multiple ranger districts with performance locations in Waldron, Ozark, Jessieville, Mena, Clarksville, and surrounding areas, all within the Forest Service Southern Region's footprint.

Activity has grown consistently: 8 awards in 2022, 9 in 2023, 17 in 2024, 14 in 2025, and 12 in 2026 year-to-date. Of the 61 total awards in the source, seven (combined potential value $262 thousand) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing modest recompete exposure. The IDC vehicle completes October 31, 2026, creating a potential recompete signal at that date; the larger BPA extends to February 28, 2028.

Grano operates with full prime contractor responsibility and no identified subcontractors across the entire award footprint, delivering labor, equipment, supplies, and supervision in-house for all engagements.