Federal contractor · SPIRIT LAKE, ID

NATHAN HESTER EXCAVATION LLC

NATHAN HESTER EXCAVATION LLC received $62.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (−87% vs FY2025). Since FY2025: $558.3K. Its largest customer was Forest Service ($62.9K).

Obligations · FY2026
$62.9K
New awards
1
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
MSGNHTNJ9583
Parent company
NATHAN HESTER EXCAVATION LLC
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 495.4KFY2025
  2. 62.9KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Forest Service$62.9K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Equipment maintenance$62.9K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Flathead County, MT$62.9K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $62.9K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $62.9K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

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

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Forest Service$62.9K
    Department of Agriculture · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. E207, SKILLET, MTFNF000306, LOGT, TRUCK, LOGGING;$62.9K
    Forest Service· Flathead County, MT· Equipment maintenance· Sep 3, 2026 – Sep 3, 2026· 1202RZ26K5685

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. JOHN JUMP TRUCKING, INC$553.1K−100% in FY2026
    KALISPELL, MT · 99% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing
  2. PATRIOT RESTORATION OPS$551.5K
    REDDING, CA · 99% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing
  3. ARBORWORKS, LLC$575.9K−100% in FY2026
    OAKHURST, CA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

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 · FY2024–FY2026.

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.