Paul Sweezey

Paul Sweezey, doing business as Rancho Del Sol, is a sole proprietor providing pasture and livestock holding space to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides. The vendor is a self-certified HUBZone joint venture small business headquartered in Etna, California, competing exclusively under small business set-aside vehicles with no subcontract footprint.

Rancho Del Sol's entire federal footprint comprises five purchase orders awarded by the USDA Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5) between March 2022 and July 2026, totaling $170 thousand in combined potential value. All five awards are firm-fixed-price contracts for exclusive pasture and holding space for approximately 23 to 25 head of Forest Service pack stock (horses and mules) at a location near Fort Jones, California. Representative awards include a $36,735 contract awarded March 15, 2022 (ultimate completion March 15, 2023), a $35,825 contract awarded February 15, 2023 (ultimate completion February 14, 2024), a $27,600 contract awarded April 18, 2024 (ultimate completion April 18, 2025), a $37,200 contract awarded June 30, 2025 (ultimate completion June 30, 2026), and a $32,800 contract awarded July 1, 2026 (ultimate completion July 1, 2027). Each contract includes provision of feed, shelter, salt, fresh water access, and adequate fencing. The vendor furnishes facilities and infrastructure; the government furnishes feed and conducts weekly welfare checks.

The vendor exhibits flat activity — one award per year across the five-year window — with complete customer concentration in Region 5 (100% of awards and potential value). One award (the July 2026 contract) carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months and therefore faces recompete. The vendor's NAICS footprint reflects the work: Lessors of Other Real Estate Property (5 awards), with PSC coding distributed across Lease/Rental of Miscellaneous Buildings (3 awards), Forage and Feed (1 award), and Lease/Rental of Unimproved Real Property (1 award). All obligations have been drawn; the combined potential value and combined dollars obligated track at $170 thousand (100% drawn).