Pender Land Improvements, LLC

Pender Land Improvements, LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business operating as a sole proprietorship based in Washington, North Carolina, delivers land improvement, vegetation management, trail maintenance, equipment rental, and fire suppression support services to the USDA Forest Service as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-aside vehicles and full-and-open delivery orders. The company competes exclusively under set-asides on its parent IDIQs and does not pursue work outside the federal forestry and fire suppression space.

Pender Land Improvements operates almost entirely within a single customer relationship. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R8-Southern Region accounts for 122 of 129 awards (95% of recent contract volume) with $6.1 million in combined potential value, while the National Interagency Fire Center holds six IDIQs worth $2.3 million combined. The vendor's activity footprint is dominated by delivery orders placed against two parent IDIQs: a $250,000 IDIQ (1202SB23T7192) awarded May 2, 2023, running through May 2, 2028, which has generated 94 task orders worth $3.6 million in combined potential value, and a second $250,000 IDIQ (1243N921T7005) producing 20 task orders valued at $748 thousand. Both vehicles carry Total Small Business set-aside designations for heavy equipment, miscellaneous heavy equipment, and water handling services supporting Regions 3 and 8.

Representative delivery orders executed under the primary IDIQ include a $90 thousand order issued July 18, 2026 (set to complete September 10, 2026), a $78 thousand order from July 28, 2026 (completing September 10, 2026), and a $88 thousand order from April 25, 2026. Pender also holds three additional National Interagency Fire Center IDIQs awarded February 6, 2026—each valued at $500,000 with ultimate completion dates extending to 2028–2030, covering water handling, miscellaneous heavy equipment, and heavy equipment for Regions 3 and 8 under firm fixed-price, multiple-award, Total Small Business structures. Place of performance concentrates in Asheville and surrounding areas of North Carolina, with secondary locations in Tallahassee, Florida, and Pineville, Louisiana.

Activity grew sharply from 2022 (one award) to 2023 (43 awards), remained elevated through 2024 (32 awards), declined to 2025 (18 awards), and has rebounded in 2026 (30 awards as of August). The vendor's typical delivery order runs $20 thousand to $140 thousand and carries a firm fixed-price structure. All 129 awards are prime contracts; Pender does not engage in subcontracting on federal work. The combined potential value across all awards stands at $8.4 million, with $4.7 million obligated (56% execution rate), indicating a vendor that converts IDIQ ceilings to actual task orders at a moderate pace relative to vehicle capacity. The concentration of work under two IDIQ vehicles exposes Pender to recompete cliff risk in 2028 when both vehicles approach their ultimate completion dates simultaneously.