Contracting office · Forest Service

USDA-FS, CSA SOUTHWEST 2

USDA-FS, CSA SOUTHWEST 2 obligated $5.8M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 88 contract actions (−0.3% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was PACIFIC BUILDING & ENGINEERING INC ($1.6M).

Obligations · FY2026
$5.8M
Actions
88
New awards: 28
Sole-source
19%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 105.5KFY2017
  2. 1MFY2018
  3. 354.9KFY2019
  4. 794.5KFY2020
  5. 17.4MFY2021
  6. 14.3MFY2022
  7. 19.1MFY2023
  8. 17.8MFY2024
  9. 5.8MFY2025
  10. 5.8MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. PACIFIC BUILDING & ENGINEERING INC$1.6M28%
  2. SILHOUETTE FARM & FORESTRY, LLC$852.9K15%
  3. RAMIREZ, JEANETTE$847.2K15%
  4. FIRESTORM WILDLAND FIRE SUPPRESSION, INC.$743.5K13%
  5. STATISTICAL RESEARCH INC$445.2K7.6%
  6. G E FORESTRY, INC$427.3K7.3%
  7. RAYMOND ROMINE$398.4K6.8%
  8. MP FORESTRY, INCORPORATED$398.1K6.8%
  9. WATERWORKFORCE INC$384.2K6.6%
  10. C D WARNER LIVESTOCK LLC$236.7K4.1%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$4.2M72%
  2. Professional services$883.6K15%
  3. Construction & real property$394.5K6.8%
  4. Equipment maintenance$145.1K2.5%
  5. Other equipment & supplies$134.6K2.3%
  6. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$90.5K1.6%

Where the work was performed

  1. California$5.6M97%
  2. Nevada$191.4K3.3%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition34%
    US 39% · $2M
  • Sole-source awards19%
    US 30% · $1.1M
  • Single-offer competitions15%
    US 8.7% · $848.7K
  • Urgency justifications15%
    US 5.1% · $871.7K
  • Year-end rush52%
    US 6.0% · $3M
  • 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. THE INTENT OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO TREAT THE REMAINING FUELS AND PREPARE THE IDENTIFIED AREAS FOR FUTURE TREE PLANTING ON THE TAMARACK AREA OF THE HIGH SIERRA R.D. ON THE SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST. WORK ON THIS PROJECT SHALL BE DONE IN A MANNER THAT DOES$2.6M
    CHRISTIAN DOZER & TRUCKING INC· Madera County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Aug 28, 2024 – Apr 21, 2026· 127EAS24P0042
  2. CHEMICAL RELEASE ON THE HSRD RANGER DISTRICT OF THE SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST.$1.8M
    WEST COAST HEALTHY FOREST LLC· Fresno County, CA· Facilities & utilities· May 27, 2025 – Dec 10, 2025· 127EAS25C0006
  3. THE INTENT OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO TREAT FIRE IMPACTED AND BEETLE MORTALITY STANDS, REMAINING FUELS AND PREPARE THE IDENTIFIED AREAS FOR FUTURE TREE PLANTING IN THE TAMARACK RIDGE AREA OF THE HIGH SIERRA RANGER DISTRICT ON THE SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST.$1.6M
    PACIFIC BUILDING & ENGINEERING INC· Fresno County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 127EAS26C0009
  4. THE INTENT OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO TREAT THE REMAINING FUELS AND PREPARE THE IDENTIFIED AREAS FOR FUTURE TREE PLANTING ON THE BALSAM AREA OF THE HIGH SIERRA R.D. ON THE SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST. WORK ON THIS PROJECT SHALL BE DONE IN A MANNER THAT DOES N$1.5M
    SHANE KILLIAN· Fresno County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Dec 22, 2023 – Dec 9, 2025· 127EAS24C0004
  5. THE ENF USDA FS PLACERVILLE NURSERY FY26 SEEDLING PRODUCTION OPERATIONS SOLE SOURCE PROJECT IS A FIRM FIXED STAND-ALONE SERVICE PROCUREMENT THAT WAS SOLE SOURCED TO THE SELECTED CONTRACTOR FOR URGENT AND COMPELLING REASONS. THIS WORK ENTAILS SEEDLIN$871.7K
    RAMIREZ, JEANETTE· El Dorado County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Jan 8, 2026 – Feb 3, 2026· 127EAS26C0004
  6. THE SNF5 FY27 HERBICIDE RELEASE AND SITE PREPARATION PROJECT IS A LIMR CALL ORDER UNDER THE INVASIVE PLANT CONTROL SCOPE FOR HERBICIDE APPLICATION AND SEEDLING PROTECTION ON THE SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST IN FRESNO AND MADERA COUNTIES ACROSS HIGH SIERRA$852.9K
    SILHOUETTE FARM & FORESTRY, LLC· Fresno County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 127EAS26F0013
  7. MECHANICAL SITE PREP AND FUELS TREATMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 704 ACRES USING A COMBINATION OF CUT AND PILE AND OR MASTICATION. APPROXIMATELY 60 ACRES OF MANDATORY HAND CUT AND/OR MACHINE CUT AND/OR MACHINE PUSH AND/OR MASTICATE AND/OR MACHINE PILE UNIT$754.4K
    RAYMOND ROMINE· El Dorado County, CA· Facilities & utilities· May 26, 2023 – Dec 4, 2025· 127EAS23C0018
  8. THIS IS A COMPETITIVE TASK ORDER REQUEST FOR QUOTE UNDER THE NATIONAL TYPE 2 IA FIREFIGHTER CREWS IDIQ (PARENT NUMBERS: 1202SC22T2301-T2305 AND T2307-T2310) TO PROVIDE A QUALIFIED TYPE 2 IA CREW TO SUPPORT PRESCRIBED FIRE OPERATIONS ON THE NORTH YUBA$743.5K
    FIRESTORM WILDLAND FIRE SUPPRESSION, INC.· Yuba County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Jul 29, 2026 – Jul 29, 2026· 127EAS26F0003

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.