Wilder Excavating LLC

Wilder Excavating LLC, a total small business set-aside prime contractor, provides roadway surface blading and road maintenance services to the U.S. Forest Service on Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest. The vendor is a Missouri-based limited liability partnership operating under NAICS 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction) and competes exclusively under total small business set-asides.

Wilder Excavating's federal footprint is nascent and geographically concentrated. The vendor has executed three awards — all placed by the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 9 (Eastern Region) — totaling $2.2 million in combined potential value, with $521 thousand obligated to date. The work scope centers on roadway surface blading and culvert installation across three Mark Twain National Forest districts (Potosi/Fredericktown, Poplar Bluff, and Eleven Point) spanning twenty-two Missouri counties, with administrative oversight at Gainesville, Missouri and field work performed in Poplar Bluff and Annapolis. The vendor holds an indefinite-delivery contract (MTNF Road Blading IDIQ 2026-2031, ceiling $1.67 million) awarded May 1, 2026, carrying a guaranteed minimum of $2,500 and running through April 30, 2031 with four optional one-year extensions. Two delivery orders have been issued under the IDIQ to date: $314,052 on June 5, 2026, for Eleven Point and Poplar Bluff surface blading (ultimate completion April 30, 2031), and $207,377 on June 3, 2026, for Potosi Fredericktown Road blading (completion April 30, 2027). The vendor was required to demonstrate ownership or lease-access to at least one motor grader and one qualified operator per district and must perform work during spring (May 1–July 1) and fall (September 1–November 1) blading seasons. One delivery order carrying $207 thousand in potential value faces recompete or renewal inside the next twenty-four months.