Black Diamond Designs, Inc.

Black Diamond Designs, Inc., a small-business subchapter S corporation owned by Joseph Daniel Litaker and headquartered in China Grove, North Carolina, delivers trail design, construction, maintenance, and natural resources infrastructure services to the Department of Agriculture Forest Service and Department of the Interior National Park Service exclusively as a prime contractor. All 22 recent awards are prime positions; the vendor does not subcontract. The company competes predominantly under total small-business set-asides across NAICS 541620 (Environmental Consulting Services) and primary PSC codes in natural resources conservation and recreation facility maintenance.

Black Diamond Designs' customer footprint is highly concentrated in the Forest Service. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service accounts for 100% of the combined potential value across recent awards, with the Forest Service Region 8 (Southern Region) alone representing 18 awards and $74.4 million in combined potential value. The Department of the Interior National Park Service Southeast Region holds one award ($596 thousand). Regionally, the vendor works across National Forests and National Parks in the Southeast, with emerging presence in the Northeast through a Region 9 Eastern Region BPA. Recent representative work includes a $2.327 million delivery order (April 2026, ultimate completion September 2026) from Forest Service Region 8 for repairs and facilities work at Black Mountain/Briar Bottom Campground in Pisgah National Forest; a $954,788 delivery order (August 2025, completed January 2026) for emergency repairs to nine trailheads on State Route 105 in Robbinsville, North Carolina; and a $596,018 small-business-set-aside contract (July 2023, completed March 2025) from the National Park Service for replacement of the Gap Creek Wilderness Road Trail Bridge in Kentucky.

Black Diamond Designs holds four active Indefinite Delivery Vehicles totaling approximately $107.8 million in combined ceiling value. The largest is a $50 million multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement under the Land Management Integrated Resources (LMIR) National program awarded by Forest Service Acquisitions on December 18, 2025, running through March 6, 2033, encompassing project management, inspection, natural resources consulting, restoration work, road construction and maintenance, and plant material production nationwide. A second vehicle is a $49.999 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract for North Carolina MATOC Road Maintenance awarded September 30, 2024, through October 1, 2029, providing road maintenance, trail construction, bridge replacements, and erosion control across Forest Service Region 8. Supporting vehicles include a $7.5 million single-award IDC for National Forests of North Carolina trail and bridge services (through September 2028) and a $250 thousand multiple-award BPA under the Northeast Zone Region 9 Trails program (through March 31, 2032). Two IDVs (12467018D0007 and 12445224D0053) generated 14 task orders totaling $4.228 million in combined potential value. Across the four-vehicle portfolio, only one award ($2.3 million) faces ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal near-term recompete exposure. Awards per year averaged roughly one to two across 2022–2026, with $4.7 million obligated against $127.5 million in combined potential value, indicating early-stage execution across newly awarded vehicles.