Bowen, Jack

Jack Bowen Excavating, a Vermont-based sole proprietorship, provides heavy equipment operation, road construction and maintenance, culvert and bridge repair, and recreational infrastructure development exclusively to the USDA Forest Service's Eastern Region as a small business prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The company competes exclusively in small business set-aside and unrestricted procurements, with 98% of awards (89 of 93 tracked awards) issued by the Forest Service Region 9 Eastern Region.

Bowen's capability portfolio centers on infrastructure maintenance for national forest lands in Vermont. Representative recent work includes a $197,339 BPA call awarded June 1, 2025, for repair of Forest Service roads in Addison and Windsor Counties damaged by flooding; a $216,231 BPA call from September 20, 2024, for road reconstruction, culvert replacement, and catch basin cleanout in East Middlebury, Vermont; a $179,263 definitive contract from September 6, 2024, for the Hapgood Fishing Pier and Trail Step Replacement Construction Project under the Great American Outdoors Act program; and a $34,220 purchase order from September 12, 2025, for Hapgood Pond Recreation Area improvements including a precast concrete boat launch and aggregate trail. Work spans road grading, ditch reconditioning, culvert and bridge replacement, campground upgrades, recreational site development, pavement preservation, and trail repair. Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction (NAICS 237310) accounts for 70 of 93 awards; Support Activities for Forestry accounts for 15.

Bowen holds two active IDIQs with the Forest Service. The GMNF General Construction & Service IDIQ, awarded July 30, 2026, carries a $7 million ceiling with a five-year period through July 29, 2027, and covers general construction and service work for the Green Mountain National Forest across Addison, Bennington, Rutland, Washington, Windham, and Windsor counties, with individual order limits of $500,000 per single item or $1 million for combined items. The Northeast Region 9 Roads BPA, awarded September 25, 2023, holds a $250,000 ceiling and runs through March 31, 2032, enabling Forest Service contracting officers within Region 9 to issue BPA calls for road construction and commercial service projects up to $250,000. These two vehicles anchor the company's work; the IDIQ generated 30 task orders totaling $988 thousand combined potential value, and the BPA generated 7 task orders totaling $715 thousand.

Activity has remained relatively flat at four to six awards per year from 2022 through 2026, with combined potential value of $13.2 million and $3.5 million obligated (26% draw). Three awards (combined potential value $134 thousand) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting limited near-term recompete exposure. Bowen operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint in the source data.