Snow Country Contracting Inc.

Snow Country Contracting Inc., an SBA-certified HUBZone small business based in Bessemer, Michigan, delivers forest and land-management construction services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor exclusively, with no subcontract exposure in the source record. The vendor specializes in culvert replacement, road rehabilitation, stream-crossing improvements, and facilities maintenance supporting environmental stewardship and public access across national forests in the Great Lakes region, operating entirely under Total Small Business set-asides on a concentrated customer base.

The vendor operates under a set-aside-heavy posture. All 57 awards in the source are primes (100%), and the vast majority are set-aside task orders. Customer concentration is extreme: the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 9 (Eastern Region) funds 46 awards (91% of total award count) worth $19.6 million combined potential value. The remaining three customer agencies—Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (five awards) and the Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions (one award, $176 thousand)—account for 6% of volume. The two rankings are nearly identical, indicating that Region 9 dominates both by order count and dollars; no tension between volume and value exists.

Snow Country Contracting's capability footprint centers on aquatic organism passage (AOP) culvert replacements, road rehabilitation and rerouting, stream-crossing construction, and campground and facilities upgrades. Representative prime awards include a $1.01 million purchase order from Region 9 (May 2026) for Forest Road 2130 rehabilitation at Perch Lake in Iron County, Michigan, covering drainage, riprap placement, culvert replacement, and roadway reconditioning under Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates with a 90-calendar-day performance window; a $747,721 definitive contract (July 2024) for Sidnaw Creek aquatic organism passage culvert replacement in Ottawa National Forest with a 45-calendar-day performance period, funded under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act program; and a $384,019 delivery order (May 2022) for Franklin Lake improvements under the Roads and General Construction Multiple Award IDIQ. Smaller facilities work includes a $188,430 contract (September 2023) for electrical distribution upgrades and sewer installation at Kentuck Lake campground in Phelps, Wisconsin.

The vendor holds four active BPA and IDIQ vehicles with Region 9, all carrying $250,000 per-task-order ceilings and performance periods extending through 2032. The Northeast Zone Region 9 Roads BPA (awarded March 28, 2022, multiple award, $250,000 ceiling) supports 11 task orders worth $1.7 million combined potential value and funds culvert replacements and stream-crossing work. The Roads and General Construction Multiple Award IDIQ (vehicle 1256A120D0008) carries 10 delivery orders valued at $2.3 million combined. A newly awarded single-award BPA (contract 12445525A0018, December 2024, $250,000 ceiling through February 2032) and the Northeast Region 9 Trails BPA (April 1, 2022, multiple award, $250,000 ceiling through March 2032) support additional task orders for roads, trails, and facilities maintenance. A fifth vehicle, the Northeast Region 9 Facilities BPA (March 1, 2022, multiple award, $250,000 ceiling through February 2032), funds campground and district-office facility upgrades.

Activity has declined year over year, dropping from seven awards in 2023 and six in 2024 to one award in 2027 (dated June 1, 2027). Three awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, totaling $1.5 million in combined potential value and representing modest recompete exposure. The vendor's combined potential value across all recent awards stands at $20.3 million, with $11.7 million (58%) obligated to date.

Service Contract Inventory data are minimal: a single FY2024 SCI-reportable record shows $748 thousand in invoiced revenue across 0.6 FTEs at a median government-paid rate of $592.49 per hour. This SCI activity is not representative of the vendor's total federal footprint—SCI excludes goods, products, and the majority of construction contracts under the $150,000 reporting threshold—and serves only to signal that the vendor has delivered at least one service contract exceeding the SCI floor. The vendor operates as a pure prime with no named subcontractors across the award portfolio, indicating vertically integrated delivery and no reliance on external subs to staff projects.

Snow Country Contracting, Inc. is a family owned, full-service general contracting business established in 1971. The company originated as a custom home builder and has expanded to designing and building specialty commercial properties, as well as specializing in earthwork installing sewer and water mains for local municipalities, work on state highway projects, and excavating for a new campground and culvert work for the US Forest Service in the U.P. of Michigan and Northern Wisconsin. We also have a real estate division which develops investment properties and manages 3 GSA owned leases, as well as commercial, industrial business and residential projects. We strive to provide problem solving solutions that often result in cost savings for our clients. Snow Country continues to improve with cutting edge technology by updating equipment such as 3D modeling, GPS, robotic stations and utilizing drone footage.