Schindler Fredrick J

Schindler Fredrick J, a self-certified small disadvantaged business operating as a sole proprietorship from Cook, Minnesota, delivers roadside vegetation management, road maintenance mowing, brushing, and facilities painting services to the U.S. Forest Service's Eastern Region (Region 9) exclusively as a prime contractor on small-business-set-aside and unrestricted BPA calls. The vendor's entire recent footprint—33 awards over the past five years—stems from two BPA vehicles held with the Forest Service, with 97% of combined potential value flowing from a single customer agency.

Schindler Fredrick J holds two blanket purchase agreements with the Forest Service Eastern Region, both with $250,000 ceilings running through 2032: the Northeast Zone—Region 9 Roads BPA (awarded March 28, 2022) and the Northeast Region 9 Facilities BPA (awarded March 1, 2022). Task orders under the Roads BPA dominate the award footprint—nine task orders valued at $440 thousand for Superior National Forest and Chippewa National Forest mowing, brushing, and vegetation management work across multiple zones and districts. Representative work includes a $55,854.54 Superior National Forest West Zone mowing and brushing call awarded July 1, 2024, a $52,090.20 Superior National Forest West Zone mowing and brushing call awarded September 24, 2025, and a $49,525 Chippewa National Forest roadside mowing call awarded May 27, 2026 (set-aside for total small business). The Facilities BPA has generated eight task orders valued at $200 thousand, including a $40,412.40 Chippewa National Forest road maintenance mowing call (July 10, 2024) and a $7,050 Superior National Forest Lacroix Quarters painting call (June 2, 2023). One additional task order worth $3 thousand came from the Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District.

The vendor's activity is declining—five awards in 2022, four in 2023, three in 2024, two in 2025, and one in 2026—with only two awards (combined potential value $102 thousand) reaching completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating a modest recompete exposure window. The vendor operates entirely within Landscaping Services (NAICS 561730, 12 awards) and Highway/Street/Bridge Construction (NAICS 238120, 10 awards), with secondary work in painting and building construction, reflecting a pure-play regional vegetation and facilities maintenance posture focused on national forest stewardship in Minnesota. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $913 thousand against $6.4 million in combined potential value, signaling that much of the ceiling authority on the two BPAs remains unexercised.