Gorham Communications & Transport LLC

Gorham Communications & Transport LLC, a woman-owned small disadvantaged business based in Pendleton, Oregon, provides satellite communications and WiFi hotspot services to the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) exclusively through full-and-open competitive purchase orders, competing without set-aside designations despite its SBA certifications.

Gorham is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation with self-certified small disadvantaged business and woman-owned business designations. The company's federal footprint is narrow and recent: nine prime purchase orders awarded between August 2024 and August 2026, totaling $273 thousand in combined potential value, all obligated. All nine awards fund a single customer — USDA Forest Service Region 6-Pacific Northwest Region — with work performed entirely in Oregon (primarily Pendleton and Baker City). The capability portfolio centers on satellite service delivery under the SSTS (Satellite Service) program and supplementary WiFi hotspot services for fire-support operations. Representative work includes a $60,840 satellite service contract awarded August 26, 2026 (performance in Baker City, completion September 14, 2026); a $54,022 WiFi hotspot service award for Deschutes National Forest fire-support operations (August 3, 2024); and a $43,142 satellite services contract at the Willamette Complex (August 9, 2024). Earlier awards ranged from $1,824 to $21,856 and included satellite service across multiple Forest Service projects (Whisky Creek, Sandstone, Bingham) and a single $8,274 clerical support unit services task (October 2024).

Activity has contracted sharply since the initial cluster of six awards in 2024: one award in 2025 and two in 2026. No parent vehicles, IDIQs, or GWACs appear in the footprint; all work flows through direct competitive purchase orders. Gorham holds no subcontractor positions in the source data. Customer concentration is absolute — 100% of awards and 100% of potential value derive from USDA Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region, reflecting either a single-customer relationship or limited federal reach outside the Pacific Northwest regional office. The vendor operates exclusively in full-and-open competition, declining to pursue the set-aside vehicles available to its woman-owned and small disadvantaged business certifications.