Contracting office · Forest Service

USDA-FS, CSA EAST 7

USDA-FS, CSA EAST 7 obligated $6.1M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 178 contract actions (+67% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND ($871.8K).

Obligations · FY2026
$6.1M
Actions
178
New awards: 83
Sole-source
15%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.7MFY2017
  2. 1.9MFY2018
  3. 3.1MFY2019
  4. 3.1MFY2020
  5. 9.5MFY2021
  6. 9.2MFY2022
  7. 4.7MFY2023
  8. 5.1MFY2024
  9. 3.7MFY2025
  10. 6.1MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND$871.8K14%
  2. INVENTECH MARINE SOLUTIONS, LLC$592.7K9.7%
  3. LABODA GRADING INC$411K6.7%
  4. NEW ECO, LLC$389.9K6.4%
  5. GOLAT & ENGEL CUSTOM GRAVEL CRUSHING INC$308.6K5.1%
  6. PITLIK & WICK, INC$291K4.8%
  7. GEROU EXCAVATING INC$233.5K3.8%
  8. WILDER EXCAVATING LLC$207.4K3.4%
  9. CALDERWOOD WOOD PRODUCTS & SERVICES LLC$175.6K2.9%
  10. M JOLMA INC.$171.1K2.8%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$2.1M35%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$1.8M30%
  3. Construction & real property$1M17%
  4. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$957.4K16%
  5. Equipment maintenance$85.7K1.4%
  6. Transportation & logistics$40.2K0.7%
  7. Professional services$15.7K0.3%

Where the work was performed

  1. Michigan$1.4M23%
  2. Wisconsin$1.2M20%
  3. Missouri$1.2M20%
  4. Minnesota$1M17%
  5. Washington$592.7K9.7%
  6. Oregon$220.4K3.6%
  7. California$113.5K1.9%
  8. Ohio$106.9K1.8%
  9. Montana$66.4K1.1%
  10. North Carolina$41.9K0.7%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition40%
    US 39% · $2.5M
  • Sole-source awards15%
    US 30% · $889.6K
  • Single-offer competitions26%
    US 8.8% · $1.6M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush24%
    US 5.6% · $1.4M
  • Undefinitized contracts1.7%
    US 5.0% · $102K
  • 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. ROAD GRADING, US FOREST SERVICE, CHIPPEWA NATIONAL FOREST$597.3K
    GERIT HANSON CONTRACTING, INC.· Cass County, MN· Facilities & utilities· Mar 15, 2022 – Aug 27, 2026· 12444622C0004
  2. BOAT WITH MOTOR AND TRAILER, USFS LAW ENFORCEMENT$592.7K
    INVENTECH MARINE SOLUTIONS, LLC· Kitsap County, WA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 21, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026· 12444626F0027
  3. GRAVEL CRUSHING, SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST$411K
    LABODA GRADING INC· St. Louis County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 12444626F0028
  4. HIF-CON RTRT/CWKV EAST ZONE HIAWATHA TSI & SITE PREP 2026 TASK ORDER / CALL AGAINST IDIQ 12444525D0007$298.6K
    NEW ECO, LLC· Gogebic County, MI· Facilities & utilities· May 26, 2026 – May 26, 2026· 12444626F0013
  5. GRAVEL CRUSHING TASK ORDER SMALL TOWN PIT$291K
    PITLIK & WICK, INC· Gogebic County, MI· Construction & real property· May 21, 2026 – May 21, 2026· 12444626F0015
  6. GRAVEL PURCHASE, HIAWATHA NATIONAL FOREST$233.5K
    GEROU EXCAVATING INC· Wexford County, MI· Other equipment & supplies· May 6, 2026 – May 6, 2026· 12444626P0042
  7. CHEQUAMEGON-NICOLET NATIONAL FOREST - WEST ZONE GRAVEL CRUSHING TASK ORDER$222.6K
    GOLAT & ENGEL CUSTOM GRAVEL CRUSHING INC· Price County, WI· Construction & real property· Jul 24, 2025 – Dec 19, 2025· 12444625F4000
  8. GRAVEL CRUSHING, CNNF$208.9K
    GOLAT & ENGEL CUSTOM GRAVEL CRUSHING INC· Florence County, WI· Construction & real property· Jun 26, 2026 – Jun 26, 2026· 12444626F0022

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.