Redstart, Inc.

Redstart, Inc., doing business as Redstart Forestry, is a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Bradford, Vermont, that provides invasive species control and vegetation management services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards), with specialized expertise in chemical and mechanical removal, herbicide application, and ecological restoration at water resource development projects. The company operates as a for-profit Subchapter S corporation focused on NAICS 561730 (Landscaping Services) and PSC J (Housekeeping, Grounds Keeping and Janitorial Services) and 914 (Natural Resources and Conservation), competing predominantly under total small business set-asides on purchase orders and blanket purchase agreement task orders.

Redstart's customer base is heavily concentrated in a single federal agency. The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, accounts for 74% of awards (66 awards) and 70% of combined potential value ($2.3 million), with the remaining customer concentration split among the Department of Agriculture Forest Service (7 awards, $559 thousand), the Natural Resources Conservation Service (7 awards, $245 thousand), the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (2 awards, $156 thousand), and the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (1 award, $18 thousand). This customer concentration reflects Redstart's niche positioning in New England water resource management: the company provides dam spraying, knotweed and invasive species treatment, and hazardous tree removal at specific project sites including Townshend Lake, Union Village Dam, North Hartland Lake, North Springfield Lake, Ball Mountain Lake, Otter Brook Lake, and Surry Mountain Lake. Representative contracts include a $256 thousand purchase order from the Army Corps of Engineers for vegetation control at Otter Brook Lake and Surry Mountain Lake in New Hampshire (March 2026), a $44.7 thousand purchase order from the NRCS for invasive plant treatment on Wetland Reserve Program easements in Bennington County, Vermont (July 2021), and a $30.9 thousand purchase order from the Corps for chemical vegetation control across fifteen locations in the Hopkinton-Everett Lakes Project in New Hampshire (August 2023).

Redstart holds three blanket purchase agreements with the Army Corps of Engineers New England District, all established under the Upper Connecticut River Basin vegetation management portfolio. The primary vehicle, Blanket Purchase Agreement W912WJ18A0018, carries a $250 thousand ceiling and expired March 26, 2026; this vehicle supported 17 task orders worth $250 thousand combined potential value. A successor BPA, W912WJ23A0012 ($250 thousand ceiling, valid through March 1, 2026), generated 15 task orders worth $173 thousand. A newly awarded BPA (April 7, 2026) for mechanical vegetation removal carries a $250 thousand ceiling through April 6, 2029. A third expired BPA for chemical vegetation control services (W912WJ20A0004) issued 21 task orders worth $218 thousand. Individual task orders under these BPAs ranged from approximately $5,500 to $25,000 per call. Redstart also holds task orders under the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service's Indefinite Delivery Contract AG24H8C130015 (4 task orders, $34 thousand).

Recent activity shows moderate annual volume with some volatility: the company executed 9 awards in 2022, 10 in 2023, declined to 4 in 2024, recovered to 7 in 2025, and completed 5 awards through mid-2026. Four awards (combined potential value $291 thousand) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting near-term recompete exposure for the core Army Corps of Engineers portfolio. Combined potential value across all 89 recent awards totals $3.3 million, with $1.6 million obligated (49% of potential value). The company's single subcontract award consists of a grant sub-award under the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission for native tree and shrub nursery production infrastructure in the Lake Champlain Basin (December 2023), supporting Redstart's parallel ecological restoration and native plant propagation work beyond its core vegetation removal footprint.