Jackson Excavation, Inc.

Jackson Excavation, Inc., an SBA-certified HUBZone small business based in Bicknell, Utah, operates as a prime contractor delivering road and bridge construction, maintenance, and heavy excavation services to federal land management agencies across the western United States, with a portfolio entirely concentrated on direct prime awards and no subcontractor activity.

Jackson Excavation is a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation competing under the HUBZone set-aside category across most of its prime work, though recent awards show mixed set-aside usage — the February 2026 $2.5 million Calf Creek Bridge replacement contract with the Bureau of Land Management's Utah Region carries a HUBZone designation, while many delivery orders under Forest Service IDIQs carry no set-aside. The company's capability footprint spans rotomilling, grading, culvert installation, vegetation removal, aggregate crushing, and complete bridge reconstruction, funded primarily under the Great American Outdoors Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Representative work includes the $3.6 million Pine Valley Dam reconstruction (Forest Service Region 4, September 2025), the $1.2 million Lake Fork Road repair (Forest Service Region 4, September 2024), and the $607 thousand Cabin Hollow aggregate crushing and pit development project (Forest Service Region 4, October 2021).

Customer concentration is extreme and virtually monolithic. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R4-Intermountain Region accounts for 146 of 165 awards in scope (85% of the award count by the source's coverage measure) with $27 million in combined potential value. Two recently awarded IDIQs anchor 99% of combined potential value: a $50 million Indefinite Delivery Contract for Region 4 Road and Bridge Construction Services (May 2025, ordering through April 2030) and a $50 million multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement for Forest Engineering and Road Maintenance across Regions 1–4 (October 2023, ordering through August 2033). The remaining 15% of awards distribute across the Bureau of Land Management's Utah Region (5 awards, $3 million), the National Park Service's Intermountain Region (4 awards), and the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (7 awards with minimal dollar value). Five additional Forest Service IDIQs below the $50 million tier carry 74 task orders combined, with the largest producing $2 million and $974 thousand respectively.

Activity has softened significantly in the past three years — four awards in 2022, eight in 2023, three in 2024, and three in 2025 — representing a declining trajectory after the peak GAOA and IIJA funding waves. Only two awards (combined potential value $6.2 million) face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and therefore immediate recompete exposure; the bulk of the portfolio is anchored to the two $50 million IDIQs with ordering periods extending through 2030 and 2033, which carry lower recompete risk in the near term but reflect long-term ordering dependency on Forest Service R4 continuity.

Work is performed across Utah, Nevada, Idaho, and portions of Wyoming within the Forest Service's Intermountain Region footprint. The NAICS profile is dominated by Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction (133 awards) with subordinate activity in Support Activities for Forestry (26 awards) and construction-trade specialties. SCI-reported federal service-contract invoicing reached $607 thousand in FY2023 across 1.8 FTEs and $607 thousand in FY2024 across 0.3 FTEs — a thin slice reflecting only reportable service contracts above the $150,000 threshold, excluding goods and the bulk of the company's heavy construction work. On those captured service contracts, government-paid hourly rates ran median $559/hr with senior labor priced through $873/hr. Jackson Excavation delivers all work through its own labor with zero subcontractor engagement across all prime awards, making it a wholly-owned delivery operation rather than a contractor that leverages supply-chain relationships.

Est. in 1984 as Terry Jackson Const. and Inc. as Jackson Excavation in 1998. Types of work are as follows. Commercial/ Residential Build Exc, Trenching, Sewer Systems, Water Systems, Road Maintance/Construction/Exc,and Gravel Sales/Delivery/Placement.