Hooker Creek Inc.

Hooker Creek Inc., a HUBZone-certified small business based in Red Bluff, California, performs federal civil infrastructure construction and repair as a prime contractor, competing exclusively under small business set-asides with no subcontractor engagement across its federal footprint. The vendor is a Subchapter S corporation operating under primary NAICS 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction) and NAICS 238990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), with all nineteen tracked federal awards held as prime contracts in full-and-open and HUBZone set-aside designations.

Hooker Creek's capability portfolio centers on bridge replacement and repair, stream channel stabilization, road and trail construction, and tunnel lining repair in western federal lands and water infrastructure. Representative work includes a $9.17 million firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the Bureau of Reclamation in August 2024 for repair of the Clear Creek Power Conduit Tunnel in Weaverville, California, involving removal and replacement of damaged concrete lining and weep-hole installation to extend service life to 75 years; a $2.39 million HUBZone-set-aside contract from the Federal Highway Administration in April 2022 for construction of the Upper Doolittle and Mill Creek Bridges in the Klamath National Forest, California, with prefabricated steel bridge assembly and riprap placement; and a $326,026 small-business-set-aside definitive contract from the U.S. Forest Service in March 2026 for Lassen Creek Passage Restoration near Alturas, California, including streambed restoration and rock stabilization to address excessive riverbed widening affecting Goose Lake red band trout and Goose Lake lamprey.

Customer concentration is heavily tilted toward Forest Service and Federal Highway Administration work. The top three funding agencies account for 100% of awards: the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 5-Pacific Southwest Region (5 awards, $41.3 million combined potential value), the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (9 awards, $28.4 million), and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation (3 awards, $14.2 million). The Forest Service dominates by potential value despite having fewer award count than FHWA, signaling larger individual project values. The vendor operates primarily in California and has sporadic activity in New Mexico and Nevada.

Activity is sparse and episodic—two awards in 2022, two in 2023, one in 2024, and two in 2026—with total potential value of $87.9 million against $42.9 million obligated (49% draw). Only one award ($179 thousand) reaches ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete pressure in the near term. SCI-reportable invoicing across federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold totaled $14.5 million in FY2023 and FY2025 combined ($5.3 million and $9.2 million respectively), reflecting highly variable workforce deployment—3.9 FTEs in FY2023 against 0.4 FTEs in FY2025. Government-paid rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts run a median of $662.18 per hour, with senior labor pricing through $736.60 per hour. The vendor operates with zero subcontractor engagement across its recorded federal work, building its own crews for every delivery.

Hooker Creek, Inc. (HCI) is a general engineering contractor that provides civil construction services to Federal, State, and Local agencies. HCI is a union company and member of the United Contractors. HCI and its management personnel specialize on projects occurring in remote and sensitive areas inside National Forests and National Parks.