Robert Thomas

Robert Thomas, a small business sole proprietorship based in Morganton, Georgia, provides road maintenance, construction, and minor engineering services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor, competing predominantly under total small business set-asides and unrestricted deliveries across southeastern national forests.

Robert Thomas operates almost exclusively within the Forest Service Southern Region (Region 8), which accounts for 129 of 169 total awards (78% by count, $63.9 million of $65 million combined potential value). The vendor's customer concentration is stark: Region 8 dominates both volume and dollars; the Forest Service Research Service Southern Research Station and Forest Service Job Corps together represent fewer than three awards. The vendor holds two parent indefinite delivery vehicles with Region 8 — a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (AG435HC120011) valued at $49.999 million running through October 2029 for road maintenance, construction, and minor engineering services on National Forest lands in North Carolina and adjacent states, and a $1 million Blanket Purchase Agreement (12444022A0002) for road maintenance within the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests, expiring October 2026. Task orders under these vehicles account for the bulk of recent activity; the IDC alone has generated 28 task orders carrying $439 thousand in combined potential value, and the BPA has generated 7 task orders worth $549 thousand.

Capability work spans road and bridge repair, gravel placement, culvert installation and replacement, right-of-way clearing, mowing, and disaster emergency response. Recent representative contracts include a $2.2 million delivery order from Region 8 issued July 6, 2026, for Hurricane Helene emergency road maintenance and repairs at the Conasauga Ranger District in Chatsworth, Georgia, a $582,615 delivery order for emergency repair of Rainbow Springs Road in North Carolina following Hurricane Helene (awarded April 25, 2025), and a $243,144 BPA call for road maintenance on the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest (awarded September 23, 2025). Performance spans North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and South Carolina across multiple ranger districts.

Work is categorized primarily under NAICS 541710 (Support Activities for Forestry), which accounts for 109 awards, and NAICS 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction), which accounts for 31 awards. PSC coding reflects similar distribution: 70 awards under Natural Resources/Conservation-Other, 46 under Maintenance of Highways/Roads/Streets/Bridges/Railways, and 14 under Repair or Alteration of Highways/Roads/Streets/Bridges/Railways.

Activity has declined from five awards in 2022 to two awards in both 2025 and 2026 year-to-date, though this reflects the consolidation of work under two large parent IDVs rather than loss of customer relationship. Only two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying combined potential value of $2.3 million, limiting near-term recompete exposure. Robert Thomas operates as a 100% prime contractor with no recorded subcontract work; obligated dollars total $9.3 million against $65 million in combined potential value (14% utilization), indicating a pipeline of unexercised work across the two IDVs.