Nakonechny, Lyle D

Nakonechny, Lyle D, doing business as Transect Archaeology, is a self-certified small disadvantaged business sole proprietorship that provides archaeological surveys, cultural resource inventories, and heritage preservation consulting to the U.S. Forest Service as a prime contractor, competing exclusively under total small business set-asides. The vendor is headquartered in Ocean Park, Washington, and operates across Pacific Northwest and national locations under NAICS 541620 (Environmental Consulting Services) and PSC R408 (Support-Professional: Natural Resources).

Transect Archaeology's federal footprint is highly concentrated with the Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The top three customer entities account for 82% of awards by count and 98% of combined potential value. The Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region (R6) dominates activity with 25 awards and $9.8 million in combined potential value, anchored by recurring call orders under the agency's $7.5 million Cultural Heritage Services BPA covering archaeological surveys and historic structure assessments across Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. The Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions organization holds a single award with $50 million in combined potential value — the newly awarded Land Management Integrated Resources (LMIR) BPA issued June 18, 2026, with a March 6, 2033 completion date. Recent representative work includes a $145,659 BPA call from R6 issued October 1, 2026 for Bogue Gulch Heritage Surveys in John Day, Oregon (completion October 30, 2028); an $82,734 call order for Summit Road Fuel Break cultural resource inventory survey in Elgin, Oregon (completed April 28, 2025); and a $94,803 purchase order for cultural resource and vegetation analysis within the 60,000-acre Mottet area in northeast Oregon (completed August 15, 2024).

Activity has been light — one award per year from 2021 through 2024, with two awards recorded in 2026 — but the $50 million LMIR BPA dramatically shifts the vendor's potential-value profile. Only 3% of combined potential value ($1.5 million) has been obligated to date, indicating the LMIR BPA remains in early call-order phase. The vendor operates as 100% prime contractor with no subcontract relationships. Award concentration by service type runs heavily to archaeological and paleontological special studies (28 awards under PSC code) and environmental consulting services (17 awards under NAICS), with supporting work in forestry and land survey activities.