Operations Center Intermountain

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Washington Office Economic Recovery Operations Center Intermountain is a sub-agency of USDA that procured emergency-response and economic-recovery contracting work during the federal stimulus period, awarding contracts through 2017. The Intermountain Economic Recovery Operations Center operated as a specialized contracting arm for forest-restoration and recovery projects across the agency's western portfolio.

The agency awarded 491 federal contracts with a combined potential value of $79.2 million and combined dollars obligated of $77.6 million (98% of potential value) between 2007 and 2017. The award cadence was front-loaded during the economic recovery period: 1 award in 2007, 3 in 2008, 125 in 2009, 360 in 2010, and 2 in 2017. The most recent recorded award dates to April 24, 2017, making the portfolio inactive for over nine years. Among the 288 distinct prime contractors awarded, the top five primes account for potential value not reported in source data, indicating the portfolio consists primarily of smaller task orders, purchase orders, or below-threshold contracts where individual dollar values were not captured in the digest records.

Set-aside activity was moderately concentrated in small-business designations. Contracts awarded with no set-aside accounted for 233 awards (47% of the portfolio); total small-business set-asides (including standard SBA Small Business, HUBZone, 8(a) sole source, and competitive 8(a)) comprised 202 awards (41% of the portfolio). HUBZone awards represent the largest set-aside category at 54 awards (11%), followed by 8(a) sole source at 12 awards (2%) and competitive 8(a) at 8 awards (2%). Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, Emerging Small Business, and Reserved for Small Business each account for fewer than 2 awards.

No recent contract opportunities are recorded against the agency or its descendant offices. The Economic Recovery Operations Center's contracting activity concluded in 2017, and no new solicitations or active awards have been documented since that period.