Harkness Contracting, Inc.

Harkness Contracting, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Deming, Washington, provides road maintenance and forest service infrastructure repair to federal land management agencies as a 100% prime contractor, competing under total small business set-asides.

Harkness operates almost entirely within the U.S. Forest Service, Region 6 Pacific Northwest Region. The three named customer agencies — the Department of Agriculture Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region, the Department of Agriculture Forest Service, and the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission — account for all 18 awards in the portfolio. The regional Forest Service dominates both volume and value: three awards carry a combined potential value of $50.4 million, while the broader Forest Service accounts for $13 thousand across three additional awards, and OSHRC appears in six awards with no stated dollar magnitude in the source. Work is concentrated in Washington state, with recent task orders for road maintenance on Forest Service Road 49 at the Darrington Ranger District of Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest (May 2026, $100,000, total small business set-aside) and road maintenance with lower Sugarloaf Fire Suppression Repair in Wenatchee (July 2026, $1.3 million, total small business set-aside).

Harkness holds a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Federal Public Lands Office Northwest Region, awarded May 22, 2025, carrying a ceiling value of $49 million through June 30, 2033. Two task orders against that BPA total $1.4 million in combined potential value. The vendor also places work under two Indefinite Delivery Contracts: 5004H1894413 (4 task orders) and 5004H1894315 (3 task orders). Primary work falls under NAICS Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction (6 awards) and Support Activities for Forestry (3 awards). Activity is sparse in recent years — one award in 2025 and two in 2026 — with a single award (combined potential value $1.3 million) reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. Only $2.3 million of the $50.6 million combined potential value has been obligated across all awards to date, reflecting the front-loaded ceiling on the multi-year BPA vehicle.