J.j. Wurst Landscape Contractor, Inc.

J.J. Wurst Landscape Contractor, Inc., doing business as Lawn And Garden Center, is a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Erie, Pennsylvania, that operates as a prime contractor on grounds maintenance, landscaping, refuse collection, and portable restroom services across federal recreational areas, civil works facilities, and military installations. The company is a Subchapter S corporation competing exclusively as a small business — 100% of its recent awards carry total small business set-aside designations.

Wurst's customer base concentrates heavily on Army infrastructure. The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Pittsburgh anchors the portfolio (28 awards, $3.1 million combined potential value), followed by the broader Department of the Army Corps of Engineers (33 awards, $1.8 million), and the Army Reserve Command (16 awards, $870 thousand) — together these three customer streams account for approximately 89% of recent awards and 95% of combined potential value. The Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Pittsburgh and the broader Corps dominate dollars, while the Army Reserve Command adds volume through smaller per-award values. Wurst also holds single but material awards from the Air Force Air Combat Command ($232 thousand for refuse collection at Blakeslee Air Force Recreation Area in North Carolina), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ($110 thousand for landscape services at the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Moon Township, Pennsylvania), and the Department of the Interior National Park Service (four awards totaling $77 thousand for portable toilet services at Gettysburg and Eisenhower sites).

Capability work splits clearly by service line. Landscaping and grounds maintenance dominate the core portfolio — 47 awards under NAICS 561730 (Landscaping Services) and 33 delivery orders under PSC Housekeeping-Landscaping/Groundskeeping. Representative work includes a five-year $726,831 single-award IDC with the Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District (awarded March 1, 2024, for buildings and grounds maintenance at Woodcock Creek Lake and Union City Dam in Pennsylvania, with mowing, landscaping, cleaning, refuse collection, recycling, and portable restroom services), a $483,453 single-award IDC with the Corps for Conemaugh River Lake maintenance (May 1, 2024–April 30, 2027), and a $600,000 single-award IDC awarded September 9, 2025, for vegetation and debris removal across the Johnstown Local Protection Project on three river systems in Pennsylvania. Refuse and recycling services constitute the secondary revenue stream — 11 awards under NAICS 562212 (Solid Waste Collection) and 11 PSC codes for trash/garbage collection. Portable toilet rental and servicing forms the tertiary line — 12 awards under NAICS 562991 (Septic Tank and Related Services). Recent examples include a $232,164 five-year set-aside purchase order from Air Combat Command (October 9, 2023, through April 7, 2029) for refuse collection at Blakeslee Air Force Recreation Area, and a $109,773 purchase order from NOAA (April 10, 2026, through February 28, 2031) for landscape maintenance at the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Moon Township.

Wurst holds four active Indefinite Delivery Contracts, all with the Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District: the $726,830 Woodcock Creek Lake IDC (23 task orders, $339 thousand combined value), a $483,453 Conemaugh River Lake IDC (eight task orders, $247 thousand), a $600,000 Johnstown Local Protection Project IDC (one task order issued September 18, 2025, for $105,132), and a second-level IDC vehicle (W911WN24D3005, six task orders, $419 thousand). All four are total small business set-asides. The named parent vehicles in the source track back to Army Corps engineering districts in Pennsylvania and New England, with the Pittsburgh District accounting for the largest concentration.

Activity has remained stable year over year — ranging from fourteen to seventeen awards annually across 2022–2025, with nine awards recorded through May 2026 in the current source window. Wurst holds over 65 prime federal contract awards valued at approximately $2.5 million across multiple agencies (per source language in multiple award summaries), substantially larger than the $6.4 million combined potential value across the ninety-four awards documented in the portfolio slice. Nine awards carrying combined potential value of $554 thousand face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure. Wurst executes all work directly as prime contractor with no identified subcontractors — the source contains no subcontracting footprint.

The vendor specializes in recurring facilities maintenance at Army Corps civil works projects and recreational areas, with geographic concentration in Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, and Virginia. Service delivery is firm fixed-price, seasonal in many cases (April through November for landscape work), and structured as task orders under standing IDCs. Wurst competes exclusively under small business set-aside categories and does not hold positions on government-wide acquisition contracts (GWACs), schedules, or multi-agency vehicles.

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