Haynes, William Seth

Haynes, William Seth, a small business sole proprietorship based in Whitley City, Kentucky, provides road maintenance and forest infrastructure services exclusively to the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 8 (Southern Region) as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The vendor competes entirely within the small-business-set-aside posture, holding five single-award IDIQs worth $1 million each covering the four ranger districts of the Daniel Boone National Forest in eastern Kentucky.

The vendor's capability footprint is narrowly specialized: roadside mowing and vegetation clearing, road grading and aggregate placement, ditch cleaning and pothole repair, stone and gravel delivery, gate and sign installation, and campground infrastructure maintenance (french drains, drainage work) on National Forest System roads. Work is firm fixed-price and performed across Winchester, London, Whitley City, Big Creek, and Morehead, Kentucky. Representative recent work includes a $169,444 delivery order for Cumberland Ranger District road maintenance awarded September 8, 2026; a $217,000 purchase order with one option year for Daniel Boone mowing awarded August 28, 2026; and a $72,824.06 delivery order for S-Tree Campground road repairs awarded December 3, 2024, under the London Ranger District IDIQ.

Customer concentration is absolute — the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 8 accounts for 100% of awards and all $8.2 million in combined potential value. The vendor serves no other federal agencies. Activity peaked in 2023 with 19 awards, declining to 7 awards in 2026 year-to-date. Seven awards with a combined potential value of $771 thousand complete within the next twenty-four months, representing significant recompete exposure for this vendor. Obligated dollars across all awards total $1.9 million (24% of combined potential value), indicating task orders remain partially funded.

The vendor holds five parent IDIQs, each valued at $1 million and set aside for total small business: IDIQ 12443923D0021 (Redbird Ranger District, 11 task orders, $231 thousand combined value); IDIQ 12443923D0020 (Stearns Ranger District, 10 task orders, $412 thousand); IDIQ 12443923D0019 (London Ranger District, 8 task orders, $304 thousand); IDIQ 12443923D0018 (Cumberland Ranger District base mowing, 6 task orders, $418 thousand); and IDIQ 12443922D0001 (earlier mowing contract, 6 task orders, $199 thousand). All awards fall under NAICS 541720 (Support Activities for Forestry) or related natural resources codes. The vendor operates as a sole proprietor with no named subcontracts and no subsidiaries or teaming relationships in the award history.