Contracting office · Forest Service

EASTERN REGION USDA FOREST SERVICE

EASTERN REGION USDA FOREST SERVICE obligated $5M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 59 contract actions (+401% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was 310 DUST CONTROL LLC ($907.5K).

Obligations · FY2026
$5M
Actions
59
New awards: 37
Sole-source
100%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 5.5MFY2017
  2. 3.9MFY2018
  3. 2MFY2019
  4. 2.9MFY2020
  5. 959.1KFY2021
  6. 495.5KFY2022
  7. 343.6KFY2023
  8. -25.6KFY2024
  9. 996.8KFY2025
  10. 5MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 310 DUST CONTROL LLC$907.5K18%
  2. RECYCLING SOLUTIONS INC.$537.9K11%
  3. O.A.S. LLC$389.9K7.8%
  4. JOHNSON BROTHERS FIREWOOD, LLC$365.8K7.3%
  5. FJERAN FOREST PRODUCTS LLC$317K6.3%
  6. JAKE'S LANDSCAPING AND EXCAVATING, INC$296.7K5.9%
  7. EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, INC$240.5K4.8%
  8. YELLOW TARP EMS LLC$222.3K4.5%
  9. ROCK, SNOW & FIRE, LLC$222.2K4.4%
  10. DUTCHMAN TREE SERVICE L.L.C$185.6K3.7%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Equipment maintenance$2.8M56%
  2. Facilities & utilities$1.1M21%
  3. Health & medical$636.4K13%
  4. IT & telecom$389.9K7.8%
  5. Construction & real property$127.5K2.6%

Where the work was performed

  1. Minnesota$5M100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $5M
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $5M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 6.0% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. E287, BEAR TRAP, MNSUF002394, OFFT, TRAILER, MOBILE OFFICE;$907.5K
    310 DUST CONTROL LLC· St. Louis County, MN· Equipment maintenance· Jul 21, 2026 – Jul 21, 2026· 1256A126K5014
  2. S378, BEAR TRAP, MNSUF002394, SREY, SERVICE - RECYCLING;$537.9K
    RECYCLING SOLUTIONS INC.· St. Louis County, MN· Facilities & utilities· Jul 25, 2026 – Jul 25, 2026· 1256A126K5030
  3. S8, BEAR TRAP, MNSUF002394, SSTS, SERVICE - SATELLITE SERVICE;$389.9K
    O.A.S. LLC· St. Louis County, MN· IT & telecom· Jul 17, 2026 – Aug 8, 2026· 1256A126K5001
  4. E363, BEAR TRAP, MNSUF002394, FEL1, FELLER BUNCHER, TYPE 1; E411, BEAR TRAP, MNSUF002394, LOGT, TRUCK, LOGGING;$365.8K
    JOHNSON BROTHERS FIREWOOD, LLC· St. Louis County, MN· Equipment maintenance· Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026· 1256A126K5059
  5. E359, BEAR TRAP, MNSUF002394, LOGT, TRUCK, LOGGING;$317K
    FJERAN FOREST PRODUCTS LLC· St. Louis County, MN· Equipment maintenance· Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026· 1256A126K5054
  6. E320, BEAR TRAP, MNSUF002394, GRD2, ROAD GRADER, TYPE 2;$296.7K
    JAKE'S LANDSCAPING AND EXCAVATING, INC· St. Louis County, MN· Equipment maintenance· Jul 22, 2026 – Jul 22, 2026· 1256A126K5020
  7. E110, CAMP, MNSUF002393, MESU, MEDICAL SUPPORT UNIT; E109, BEAR TRAP, MNSUF002394, MESU, MEDICAL SUPPORT UNIT; E110, BEAR TRAP, MNSUF002394, MESU, MEDICAL SUPPORT UNIT;$240.5K
    EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, INC· St. Louis County, MN· Health & medical· Jul 19, 2026 – Jul 19, 2026· 1256A126K5010
  8. E111, SIOUX, MNSUF002411, MESU, MEDICAL SUPPORT UNIT; E111, BEAR TRAP, MNSUF002394, MESU, MEDICAL SUPPORT UNIT; E112, BEAR TRAP, MNSUF002394, MESU, MEDICAL SUPPORT UNIT;$222.3K
    YELLOW TARP EMS LLC· St. Louis County, MN· Health & medical· Jul 19, 2026 – Jul 19, 2026· 1256A126K5011

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.