Macedo, Karen

Macedo Hay Co, a woman-owned small business sole proprietorship based in Merced, California, supplies certified weed-free alfalfa hay and hay-blend products to federal land management agencies as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates exclusively in NAICS 111940 (Hay Farming) and related categories, with 68 prime federal awards totaling $2.9 million in combined potential value and $2.2 million obligated since 2008.

Macedo Hay Co's customer footprint is heavily concentrated in two Interior and Agriculture agencies that account for 97% of awards. The National Park Service Pacific West Region dominates by both volume and dollars, with 35 awards valued at $2.3 million combined potential value, primarily supplying certified weed-free alfalfa hay to Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon, and Inyo National Forests' pack stock programs. The Forest Service Region 5 Pacific Southwest Region accounts for 30 awards valued at $489 thousand, providing grass-alfalfa blend hay and supplemental stock feed to Sierra National Forest, Inyo National Forest, and related district facilities. The two customer rankings track identically; concentration is extreme and stable. Representative recent awards include a $69.825 thousand National Park Service order (April 2026) for 175 tons of California certified weed-free alfalfa hay delivered in two shipments to Yosemite Corral; a $29.25 thousand Forest Service order (September 2025) for 75 tons of certified grass-alfalfa blend hay to Inyo National Forest's Bishop Stock Facility; and an $85 thousand National Park Service order (May 2025) for 200 tons of certified weed-free hay to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks' Ash Mountain Corral, supporting pack stock programs for remote trail maintenance.

The vendor places task orders under two National Park Service IDIQs: Indefinite Delivery Contract INP11PC8A286 (11 task orders, $289 thousand) and Indefinite Delivery Contract INP16PC00193 (7 task orders, $316 thousand). Activity has declined modestly — four awards per year in 2022–2023 to three per year in 2024–2025, with two awards in 2026 year-to-date — and only one award ($14 thousand) faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure. Macedo Hay Co operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint and competes solely under total small business set-asides; all 56 forage-and-feed PSC-coded awards are set-aside transactions. The vendor's federal footprint is regionally bounded to California Sierra Nevada public lands, with performance and delivery concentrated at forest stock facilities and national park corrals within a 200-mile radius of Merced County.