Thompson Contracting, Inc.

Thompson Contracting, Inc., a Montana-based small business headquartered in Libby, delivers road and bridge construction, infrastructure maintenance, and emergency response services to the federal government as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides, with specialized focus on federal land stewardship across the Northwestern United States.

Thompson Contracting is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation competing almost exclusively under total small business set-asides (99% of awards are prime contracts). The company operates primarily under NAICS 237990 (Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction) and PSC codes for highway and bridge maintenance and forest-range fire suppression work. The vendor has maintained federal contracting status since 2002 and serves ten distinct federal agencies, though customer concentration is extreme: the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region) accounts for 120 awards (79% of award count) and $165.5 million (66% of combined potential value), anchoring the portfolio. A distant second and third are the Federal Highway Administration ($60 million across two IDIQs) and USFS Region 2 (Rocky Mountain Region, $20 million). Thompson Contracting operates across Montana, Idaho, and surrounding Northwestern states, with place-of-performance locations spanning Libby, Hungry Horse, Darby, Elk City, and other Forest Service jurisdictions.

Recent capability work spans road and bridge reconstruction, culvert replacement, campground and facility improvements, aquatic organism passage installation, dust abatement, and emergency disaster response. Representative awards include a $2.36 million delivery order for Lost Mule Road reconstruction on the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests (road widening, realignment, clearing, and brushing); a $1.57 million definitive contract for Timberlane Campground reconstruction on the Kootenai National Forest (campsite and facility construction under the Great American Outdoors Act); a $998 thousand delivery order for Selway Area road projects and dust abatement in Idaho; and a $691,715 temporary bridge installation at Ramsey Creek and Lower Granite near Libby following stream-flow damage. The vendor also performs equipment rental services (mini excavators) and water treatment system installation and maintenance work for Forest Service facilities. A smaller portfolio of fire management work supplies heavy equipment (feller bunchers, mulchers, road graders, skidders) to the National Interagency Fire Center across Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9.

Vehicle position is substantial. Thompson Contracting holds six active indefinite delivery contracts with combined ceilings exceeding $131 million: a $50 million single-award BPA for Northern Rockies Stewardship Services (Region 1, through October 2032); a $50 million multiple-award MATOC for Region 1 Road and Bridge Construction Services (established December 2024, through December 2029); a $60 million multiple-award IDIQ with the Federal Highway Administration for Idaho, Montana, and Surrounding Areas highway and bridge construction (through April 2028); a $20 million single-award IDC for Region 1 Road Maintenance and Forest Support Services (through September 2030); and three National Interagency Fire Center IDCs totaling $1.75 million for heavy equipment supply and mechanic services (through May 2029). The Region 1 Road and Bridge MATOC has generated six task orders totaling $1.8 million since December 2024, all designated total small business set-asides and firm fixed price.

Activity has been steady but not uniformly strong. Awards per year over the past five years ran 7 (2022) → 16 (2023) → 16 (2024) → 7 (2025) → 12 (2026 year-to-date). Combined potential value across all 175 awards is $251.9 million, with only $22.7 million obligated (9%), indicating the portfolio is weighted heavily toward option-year and indefinite-delivery ceiling valuations rather than immediate cash flow. Six awards totaling $3.9 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing moderate recompete exposure concentrated on smaller task orders.

Service Contract Inventory data captures $6 million in SCI-reportable invoiced revenue across FY2023–FY2024 (no FY2025 invoicing yet reported). FY2023 showed $2.7 million across 2.0 FTEs; FY2024 showed $3.3 million across 1.8 FTEs. SCI is a partial view—it excludes goods, products, and non-service contracts, which represent the bulk of Thompson Contracting's federal portfolio. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable service contracts ran a median of $1,044.69 per hour, with a spectrum from roughly $503 to $3,285 per hour. Thompson Contracting operates primarily as a prime contractor with minimal subcontractor engagement: across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subs accounted for only 1% of total contractor hours, with only three named subcontractors reported. The vendor is functionally a self-delivery contractor, not a feeder to larger primes.

Thompson Contracting has only one recorded federal sub-award: $0 value work for H-K Contractors, Inc. on a Yellowstone River Bridge excavation project (July 2023). The vendor operates as a prime or not at all, which aligns with its small-business set-aside posture and the nature of federal land stewardship work, where set-asides often limit subcontracting and encourage direct contractor delivery.

General Contractor Excavation, hauling, site prep, under ground utility installation, engineered waste water system construction, industrial construction road construction, site demo buildings