Idaho Region

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region is a civilian sub-agency within Interior that procures contracts and funds grants for land and resource management across BLM-administered public lands in the Idaho region and, through its contracting authority, coordinates procurement across multiple BLM field offices and the U.S. Wildland Fire Service (USWFS) nationwide. The agency administers 17,001 total federal contract awards worth $3.46 billion in combined potential value, with $3.31 billion obligated, and 512 grant awards totaling $123.3 million in federal dollars obligated.

Contract activity has accelerated sharply in recent years. Awards per year stood at 597 in 2022, 530 in 2023, and 647 in 2024, then jumped to 3,143 in 2025 and 1,024 year-to-date in 2026—driven largely by wildland fire suppression and post-fire recovery work. The agency transacts through 3,309 distinct prime contractors across a highly fragmented competitive landscape. Over the last five years, Snf, Inc. leads by award count with 315 awards totaling $79.2 million in combined potential value, followed by Pierce Manufacturing Inc. with 67 awards and $43.2 million. The top five primes account for only 8 percent of recent awards and 5 percent of combined potential value, indicating a dispersed vendor base typical of BLM field operations and emergency response contracting. Recent awards carry reported potential values (as opposed to Schedule task orders or BPA calls with unreported ceilings), enabling reliable tracking of awarded scope.

Set-aside usage concentrates heavily on unrestricted procurement: 73 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, while 26 percent are total small-business awards. Use of 8(a), SDVOSB, WOSB, HUBZone, and other minority or veteran designations remains minimal (under 1 percent combined). Grant activity is modest by comparison. The agency has awarded 512 grants since 2012, with recent volume declining sharply—39 awards in 2022, 94 in 2023, 65 in 2024, 18 in 2025, and 1 year-to-date in 2026. Grants are exclusively Cooperative Agreements. Grant recipients are moderately concentrated: the top five recipients by award count—National Experienced Workforce Solutions, Inc. (23 awards, $1.4 million), Regents of the University of Idaho (16 awards, $4.5 million), Boise State University (11 awards, $1.3 million), Northern Arizona University (10 awards, $1.6 million), and Colorado State University (9 awards, $1.8 million)—account for 32 percent of recent awards but only 11 percent of federal dollars, reflecting a mix of workforce-development and university research partnerships with modest individual awards.

Recent contract opportunities span fuels reduction, post-fire seeding and restoration, cultural resource surveys, facility maintenance, equipment rental, and habitat improvement. Notable recent solicitations include manual fuels reduction for 5,028 acres across Wyoming field offices (RFQ 140L3726Q0181, Total Small Business set-aside, due October 15, 2026); herbicide treatment for 4,814 acres in the Spring Desert area, Nevada (RFQ 140L3726Q0176, Total Small Business, due September 9, 2026); and Class III cultural resource survey of 2,300 acres near Gardner, Colorado (RFQ 140L3726Q0172, unrestricted, due September 8, 2026). A sole-source special notice for leadership training on the Twisp River Fire with OMNA International, LLC (estimated value $29,320, posted September 16, 2026) demonstrates the agency's use of other-than-full-and-open-competition authority for specialized wildfire instruction. The majority of open small-business solicitations close in early to mid-September 2026, creating a near-term pursuit window for field-ready contractors with forestry, herbicide-application, and cultural-resource expertise.