Zygiel Bros Construction

Zygiel Bros Construction, a small business joint venture headquartered in Sterling, Michigan, delivers site preparation, habitat restoration, and forest ecosystem management services to the federal government exclusively as a prime contractor under small-business set-asides and full-and-open designations. The firm holds two small-business-set-aside Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Eastern Region (Region 9), and competes on delivery orders issued under those IDCs and related habitat-improvement vehicles.

Zygiel's customer footprint is entirely concentrated with one federal agency. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 9–Eastern Region accounts for all 87 prime awards in the source, representing $3.6 million in combined potential value and $1.7 million in obligated dollars (44% realization rate). The vendor operates exclusively within the Huron-Manistee National Forests and adjacent national forests across Michigan, with work locations including Cadillac, Oscoda, and Baldwin, Michigan. The capability portfolio centers on mechanical and manual site preparation, masticating, tree felling, brushing, and debris removal to support reforestation, savanna habitat restoration, and ecological management. Representative work includes a $45,900 purchase order for masticator-based site preparation at the Huron-Manistee National Forests (July 2024), a $40,651 delivery order for Bracke site preparation to support future planting (May 2025), and a $36,505 purchase order for mechanical treatment to remove woody vegetation across 147.2 acres at the Huron Manistee National Forest (June 2026, most recent award).

Zygiel holds two small-business-set-aside IDCs with Region 9: a single-award contract valued at $250,000 running through May 2027 (awarded June 2022) for site preparation and habitat improvement at Huron-Manistee, and a multiple-award contract also valued at $250,000 running through June 2025 (awarded August 2021) for habitat improvement work. The vendor has also held positions on five additional habitat-improvement and site-preparation IDCs managed by Region 9, with combined task-order activity of 28 delivery orders across the top five vehicles.

Activity has declined sharply. The vendor averaged six awards per year in 2022, declining to one award each in 2025 and 2026. Only one award (combined potential value $37,000) reaches completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating low near-term recompete exposure. Zygiel performs no subcontract work and operates entirely as a prime under full-and-open or small-business-set-aside delivery orders. The vendor's award history extends to 2004, indicating long-term tenure with Region 9, but recent activity has contracted significantly from historical volume. NAICS concentration tracks to Support Activities for Forestry (78 awards), with minimal work in soil preparation or construction trades.