Contracting office · Forest Service

USDA-FS, CSA SOUTHWEST 7

USDA-FS, CSA SOUTHWEST 7 obligated $38.8M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 97 contract actions (+332% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was SURFACE CONTRACTING, INC ($13.3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$38.8M
Actions
97
New awards: 60
Sole-source
0.3%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 13KFY2018
  2. 9.3MFY2019
  3. 7.2MFY2020
  4. 21.3MFY2021
  5. 28.3MFY2022
  6. 9.5MFY2023
  7. 24.4MFY2024
  8. 9MFY2025
  9. 38.8MFY2026
  10. 0FY2027

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. SURFACE CONTRACTING, INC$13.3M34%
  2. PETERS PAVING AND GRADING, INC.$2.1M5.3%
  3. MERIDIAN ENGINEERING CO$1.9M5.0%
  4. EASTSEW LLC$1.8M4.6%
  5. JAKE LOVATO$1.6M4.2%
  6. WHELCON CONTRACTORS LLC$1.3M3.3%
  7. 358 INVESTMENTS, LLC$1.2M3.1%
  8. YOUNG GUN CONSTRUCTION LLC$1.2M3.1%
  9. MOUNTAIN VALLEY SERVICES LLC$1.1M2.8%
  10. BALDONI CONSTRUCTION SERVICE, INC. A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION$1.1M2.7%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Construction & real property$37.9M98%
  2. Equipment maintenance$633K1.6%
  3. Facilities & utilities$226.6K0.6%

Where the work was performed

  1. New Mexico$19.3M50%
  2. Arizona$10.5M27%
  3. California$4.5M12%
  4. Montana$1.2M3.2%
  5. South Carolina$897.4K2.3%
  6. Arkansas$689.3K1.8%
  7. North Carolina$665.1K1.7%
  8. Idaho$485K1.2%
  9. Kansas$305.5K0.8%
  10. Iowa$106.9K0.3%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.3%
    US 39% · $119.7K
  • Sole-source awards0.3%
    US 30% · $119.7K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $7,245
  • Year-end rush22%
    US 6.1% · $8.3M
  • 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 GILA NATIONAL FOREST HAS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE REHABILITATION AND MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM ROAD (NFSR) 141 FROM MILEPOST 0.69 TO MILEPOST 18.81. WORK INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO PULVERIZING THE ENTIRE EXISTING CHIP SEAL SURFACE T$13.3M
    SURFACE CONTRACTING, INC· Catron County, NM· Construction & real property· Jul 16, 2026 – Jul 16, 2026· 127EAX26C0026
  2. AMENDMENT II - THIS PROJECT IS CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW OFFICE BUILDING LESS THAN 5,000 SQUARE FEET, ASSOCIATED NEW SEPTIC SYSTEM, CONNECTION TO EXISTING POWER, WATER, AND PROPANE GAS FOR UTILITIES. ONCE THE NEW OFFICE IS CONSTRUCTED THE EXISTING OFFICE$4.7M
    DH ORTEGA CONSTRUCTION LLC· Coconino County, AZ· Construction & real property· Sep 19, 2024 – Jul 31, 2026· 127EAX24C0054
  3. WORK PRIMARILY CONSISTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 1,100-FOOT-LONG SINGLE-LANE ASPHALT ROAD WITH 32 ROADSIDE PARKING SPACES AND INSTALLATION OF TWO PRECAST AND PRESTRESSED BEAM BRIDGES. THE BRIDGE DESIGNS ARE 64 AND 76 FEET LONG, BOTH 30 FEET WIDE WITH$4.6M
    ATLANTIC PACIFIC STANDARD LLC· Pima County, AZ· Construction & real property· Sep 26, 2025 – Oct 6, 2026· 127EAX25C0013
  4. REHABILITATION WORK IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REY AND THOMAS FIRE. WORK TO INCLUDE PAVING A ROAD AND PAVING PARKING LOTS TO RESTORE THEM TO DESIRED CONDITIONS. RESTORATION FUNDS (RIRI) TO BE USED FOR THE REPAIRS.$2.1M
    PETERS PAVING AND GRADING, INC.· Kern County, CA· Construction & real property· Sep 16, 2026 – Sep 16, 2026· 127EAX26P0011
  5. REPAIR TO TWO SITES ON FSR 552 REPAIR TO LOCKETT MEADOW CAMPGROUND AND TRAILHEAD FACILITIES TASK ORDER UNDER THE COCONINO & KAIBAB ROADS CONSTRUCTION IDIQ$1.9M
    MERIDIAN ENGINEERING CO· Coconino County, AZ· Construction & real property· Jan 16, 2026 – May 22, 2026· 127EAX26F0001
  6. 0301 GAOA BLACK JACK CAMPGROUND RENOVATION, APACHE-SITGREAVES NATIONAL FOREST$1.8M
    EASTSEW LLC· Greenlee County, AZ· Construction & real property· Jul 7, 2026 – Jul 7, 2026· 127EAX26P0006
  7. RECONSTRUCT APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM ROADS (NFSR) AND TO PLACE AGGREGATE ON AN ADDITIONAL 14.3 MILES, AND TWO OPTIONAL ITEMS TO STOCKPILE AGGREGATE AND RIPRAP.$1.3M
    JAKE LOVATO· Sandoval County, NM· Construction & real property· Sep 21, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026· 127EAX26F0008
  8. GIBBS WASH BRIDGE REPLACEMENT, CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST.$1.3M
    WHELCON CONTRACTORS LLC· Pima County, AZ· Construction & real property· Jul 7, 2026 – Jul 7, 2026· 127EAX26P0007

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.