Response due 2026-08-20 17:00 ET — 30 days from today (2026-07-21). Timeline is workable if you decide to pursue it, but see verdict above.
| Date | Vendor | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-20 | INDCO SERVICES LLC, was modified | $0 |
| 2026-07-15 | FORTAZO CORP., was modified | $0 |
| 2026-07-08 | CARMAN, JAMES O, was modified | $0 |
| 2026-07-08 | LOVIN EQUIPMENT & SALES INC, was modified | $0 |
| 2026-07-07 | LUCAS B THOMAS, was modified | $0 |
| 2026-07-07 | FORTAZO CORP., was modified | $0 |
| 2026-07-07 | FORTAZO CORP., was modified | $0 |
| 2026-07-07 | RELIANCE CONTRACTORS INC, was modified | $0 |
| 2026-07-07 | FORTAZO CORP., was modified | $0 |
| 2026-07-07 | HIDDEN CREEK CONTRACTORS INC, was modified | $0 |
Award value range: no dollar values. Distinct award lines: 10, across 7 vendors. FORTAZO CORP. won 4 of 10 lines — a repeat-winner pattern that signals a likely wired/entrenched incumbent.
Schedule of Items unit prices are blank (bidder-fill template) — no award dollar values were extracted from FPDS either. Wage determination not in the extracted text — confirm the SCA rate for Madison County, NC in the RFQ package. Build your price from your own cost structure; do not infer a target price from this data.
High. No mention of a site visit in the extracted text — verify whether one is offered/required in the full solicitation. Combined with the repeat-winner FPDS pattern, this reads as a small, low-dollar, geographically remote (Mars Hill, NC / Pisgah National Forest) requirement likely favoring a local incumbent already performing similar USDA-FS work in the area.
1. Pull the full solicitation package from SAM.gov and confirm Section 8.0 (Security Requirements) and the SCA wage determination.
2. If pursuing despite the repeat-winner signal, ask the CO (contact below) whether a site visit is offered — facility is remote and small, worth an in-person walk before quoting.
3. Verify SBA size standard eligibility under NAICS 561720 before investing further bid time.
Contact: BOXLEY, IOULIA ioulia.boxley@usda.gov
Sources: SAM.gov listing (12444126Q0035), attached Schedule of Items and Statement of Work, FPDS award history. https://sam.gov/opp/1eb5248d9adf4e2cabd0ffdec40e6346/view
Built from public data; verify every figure against the solicitation and your own costs before bidding.
QA note (minor — verify before relying): Brief claims 'Wage determination not in the extracted text' — SOURCE attachment text contains a Register of Wage Determinations header (WD No. 2015-4369, Revision 30, dated 5/13/2026); the WD is present even though individual rates were not extracted, so the brief should cite WD 2015-4369 rather than say none was found.; Contract term '1 base year (11/1/2026–10/31/2027) + 4 ordering periods through 10/31/2030' is unsupported and internally inconsistent — extracted schedule shows only Ordering Period Base, Period 1 (to 10/31/2028), and Period 2 (to 10/31/2029, truncated); a base year plus 4 subsequent periods would also end 10/31/2031, not 10/31/2030.; 'Firm-fixed-price contract' characterization is unsupported — the extracted Schedule of Items and FPDS history describe a BPA ("BPA Ordering Period Base", BPA award lines); FFP is never stated in the extracted text.; Verdict rationale 'likely wired award' is an inference: the FPDS data (FORTAZO 4 of 10 lines, 7 vendors, all $0 modifications to multiple distinct BPA numbers) is accurately reported and equally consistent with a multiple-award BPA pool; the brief hedges with 'signals a likely' but the SKIP rests on this interpretation, not on source evidence of a single entrenched incumbent.
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