K Lovato Contracting LLC

K Lovato Contracting LLC, doing business as Kenneth Lovato Contracting, is a Hispanic American-owned, minority-owned sole proprietorship based in Saguache, Colorado, that performs forest management and mechanical site preparation services for the USDA Forest Service as a small business prime contractor, operating exclusively under total small business set-asides.

The vendor's federal footprint consists entirely of prime purchase orders—24 awards totaling $562 thousand in combined potential value, with 100% of that amount obligated. Work centers on mechanical site preparation, slash pile rehabilitation, and equipment services supporting timber sales and forest restoration across Colorado's national forest system. Representative work includes a $57,375 purchase order awarded by USDA Forest Service Region 2 in September 2026 for site preparation work at the Gunnison Ranger District across four timber sale project areas (mechanical ash pit ripping, scarification, and road ripping) with completion targeted for November 2026; a $50,952.50 total small business set-aside from October 2023 for rehabilitation of 447 burned slash pile ash pits and landings on 1,838 acres across two salvage sale areas with optional spot machine piling; and a $17,490 firm fixed-price purchase order from September 2024 for mechanical site preparation on three timber sale areas (Big Creek, Long Slough, and Crane) on the Grand Valley Ranger District.

The vendor's customer concentration is narrow and persistent. The USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region (Region 2) accounts for 15 awards valued at $371 thousand—67% of award count and 69% of combined potential value. The USDA Forest Service Washington Office Economic Recovery Operations Center Intermountain accounts for one additional award worth $17 thousand. Award activity has declined from a two-award baseline in 2020 to one award in 2026, with one recompete exposure ($57 thousand in potential value) completing within the next twenty-four months. The vendor carries no federal parent vehicles, no subcontract relationships, and no grant work; all activity is direct procurement from the Forest Service through competitive and sole-source purchase orders designated as total small business set-asides. NAICS concentration runs to Support Activities for Forestry (11 awards) and Site Preparation Contractors (5 awards), with PSC codes centered on natural resources and conservation site preparation, forest tree planting, and tree thinning.