Marden Industries, Inc.

Marden Industries, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Punta Gorda, Florida, manufactures specialized forestry and land-management equipment—orchard hedgers, mulcher heads, roller/drum choppers, and mulcher/excavator attachments—sold to federal land agencies as a prime contractor under small-business set-asides. The vendor operates exclusively in a prime capacity (100% of recent awards) and competes entirely under Total Small Business set-asides or no set-aside designation; it has no subcontract footprint.

Marden Industries' customer base concentrates in land-management agencies. The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service dominates both by dollar value and by award frequency, with region-specific offices (Region 9 Headquarters and Region 4) accounting for 2 awards each and $425 thousand and $373 thousand in combined potential value respectively. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region has issued 4 awards worth $159 thousand combined. These three customer nodes account for 79% of the vendor's combined potential value across its 29-award history. The vendor also holds minor work with the Department of the Army's Installation Management Command Northeast Region and scattered Forest Service regional offices. Activity has been episodic rather than sustained—1 award in 2019, 2 in 2021, 2 in 2022, 1 in 2023, and 1 in 2026 (most recent, August 14, 2026)—with no parent IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs present in the source data. Recent representative work includes a $382,500 firm fixed-price purchase order from DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 for a mulcher/excavator (completed May 9, 2023), an $85,500 roller/drum chopper delivery to the Ottawa National Forest via USDA Forest Service (completed December 31, 2023), and a $27,000 Supertrak Chopzilla orchard hedger/topper from USDA Agricultural Research Service awarded August 14, 2026 with completion by November 1, 2026.

The vendor's product portfolio clusters in Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (11 awards) and Construction Machinery Manufacturing (4 awards) under NAICS, with primary PSC categories spanning soil preparation equipment, earth-moving and excavating equipment, and truck and tractor attachments. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $1.3 million, with combined dollars obligated at $1.4 million. One award carrying $27 thousand in potential value faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting a modest recompete window for the vendor.

ROLLING DRUM BRUSH CUTTERS (NOT MOTORIZED), PASTURE RENOVATORS, BEDDING HARROWS, FIREPLOWS.