Federal contractor · LANCASTER, CA

RUSTY BUCKET CONSTRUCTION LLC

RUSTY BUCKET CONSTRUCTION LLC received $1.9M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 18 awards (−45% vs FY2025). Since FY2023: $8.3M. Its largest customer was Forest Service ($2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.9M
New awards
18
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
4.5%
UEI
CTFCNL4UKM94
Small businessWoman-ownedMinority-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 692.9KFY2023
  2. 2.3MFY2024
  3. 3.4MFY2025
  4. 1.9MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Forest Service$2M100%
    10 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$156K8.3%
    3 awards
  3. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$19.7K1.0%
    2 awards
  4. National Park Service$00.0%
    1 awards
  5. Agricultural Research Service-$297.2K0.0%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Construction & real property$1.8M96%
  2. Equipment maintenance$84.2K4.5%

Where the work was performed

  1. Lane County, OR$540K29%
  2. El Dorado County, CA$498.3K26%
  3. McCreary County, KY$379.9K20%
  4. Edmonson County, KY$226.7K12%
  5. Transylvania County, NC$210.9K11%
  6. Solano County, CA$156K8.3%
  7. Stoddard County, MO$97K5.1%
  8. Menifee County, KY$57.6K3.0%
  9. Unicoi County, TN$19.7K1.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition4.5%
    US 39% · $84.3K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions4.5%
    US 8.8% · $84.3K
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE ALL EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, AND LABOR NECESSARY TO REPLACE THE EXISTING ROOFING ON ALL WINGS (A, B, C, AND D) OF THE MISSOULA FIRE SCIENCES LABORATORY, WITH OPTIONAL ADDITIONS TO INCREASE ROOF INSULATION THICKNESS AND REPLACE W$1M
    Forest Service· Larimer County, CO· Construction & real property· Aug 22, 2025 – Jul 8, 2026· 1240LT25C0014
  2. SACN - REPAIR REHAB LOWER DISTRICT MAINTENANCE SHOP$577.5K
    National Park Service· Polk County, WI· Construction & real property· Jul 18, 2025 – May 21, 2026· 140P6025C0005
  3. MORATORIUM EXCEPTION: THIS PROJECT INCLUDES MULTIPLE CRITICAL REHABILITATION OF SITE UTILITIES INCLUDING RECONSTRUCTING THE FAILING WASTEWATER IRRIGATION FIELD, REPLACING SEWER LINE AND MANHOLE REPLACEMENTS, AND MISCELLANEOUS WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLA$540K
    Forest Service· Lane County, OR· Construction & real property· Dec 22, 2025 – Dec 22, 2025· 12441926C0001
  4. 127EAW26Q0033 - PLACERVILLE NURSERY SEED EXTRACTORY ROOF REPLACEMENT$498.3K
    Forest Service· El Dorado County, CA· Construction & real property· Jul 9, 2026 – Jul 9, 2026· 127EAW26P0025
  5. FENCING AND CONCRETE FOUNDATION REPLACEMENT, AMES, IOWA$360K
    Agricultural Research Service· Story County, IA· Construction & real property· Sep 25, 2025 – Sep 23, 2026· 1232SA25C0045
  6. KS QUIVIRA NWR RATTLESNAKE BRIDGE REHAB$277.5K
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Stafford County, KS· Construction & real property· Aug 23, 2024 – Dec 16, 2025· 140FGA24C0011
  7. REHAB MOREFIELD HOUSE, TN-ERWIN NFH$263.2K
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Unicoi County, TN· Construction & real property· Sep 25, 2025 – Jun 2, 2026· 140FGA25C0024
  8. EMERGENCY: IMMINENT THREAT TO HEALTH AND PROPERTY - SCHENCK JOB CORPS MULTIPLE BUILDING ELECTRIC LIFE SAFETY; FLOOD DAMAGED ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, WELDING EQUIPMENT & BACKUP GENERATOR SERVING WASTEWATER PUMPS$210.9K
    Forest Service· Transylvania County, NC· Construction & real property· Mar 9, 2026 – Jul 27, 2026· 12441926F0011

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 22 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. KMN CONSTRUCTION, INC.$4.6M−27% in FY2026
    LOA, UT · 30% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Nonresidential building constructionForest Service · Highway, street, and bridge construction
  2. MYERS CONSTRUCTION, INC.$4M−66% in FY2026
    BROKEN BOW, NE · 28% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Nonresidential building constructionForest Service · Utility system construction
  3. 358 INVESTMENTS, LLC$3.5M+122% in FY2026
    DEL NORTE, CO · 26% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Nonresidential building constructionForest Service · Utility system constructionU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · Nonresidential building construction+3 more

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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.