LA sela atchafalaya precommerc thinning
Active Definitive Contract Awarded
- Contract number
- 140FS326C0020
- Awardee
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Vegetation Management Services LLC UEI FXCLX9TNEJ63
- Awarding agency
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Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior
- Obligated
- $265,893
Award facts
- Opportunity
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- Precommercial Thinning, Atchafalaya NWR, LA Solicitation · 140FS326R0012 · Posted Aug 31, 2026
- Contract value 100% obligated
- $265,893.00 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 6% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- Funding agency
- DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
- NAICS code
- 115310 Support Activities for Forestry
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
- Competition
- Competed under SAP · 5 offers Simplified Acquisition
- Pricing
- Firm Fixed Price
- Place of performance
- Lottie, LA 70756, USA
- Legislative mandates
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- Service Contract Act FAR subpart 22.10
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
About this award
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded a $265,893 definitive contract to Vegetation Management Services LLC for precommercial thinning at Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge on September 23, 2026, under a total small business set-aside.
VMS is an SBA-certified HUBZone firm. The originating solicitation calls for selective mechanical thinning and mastication of bottomland hardwood timber across 430 acres in two treatment units (216 and 214 acres) within the Sherburne Wildlife Management Area in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Work involves reducing basal area to favor desirable species, particularly oaks greater than 10 inches diameter at breast height, with no slash standing greater than 1 foot above ground. The contractor must furnish all labor, materials, equipment, and supplies, including low ground pressure forestry mulching machines capable of felling and mulching hardwood trees, with maximum ground pressure of 5.2 psi. All equipment must be pressure-washed before entering refuge property. Treatment timing is subject to dry-condition windows and hunting season coordination directed by the Government Representative.
The contract runs from award through December 31, 2027, with potential extension of up to one year if site conditions remain unfavorable. Place of performance is Lottie, LA. The contract carries firm fixed pricing. NAICS code 115310 applies; the small business size standard is $34 million.
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract 140FS326C0020?
140FS326C0020 was awarded to Vegetation Management Services LLC by Fish and Wildlife Service (Department of the Interior) on September 23, 2026.
How much is contract 140FS326C0020 worth?
The government has obligated $265,893 on 140FS326C0020.
Which agency awarded contract 140FS326C0020?
Fish and Wildlife Service (Department of the Interior) awarded 140FS326C0020, with funding from DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 (Fish and Wildlife Service).
Was contract 140FS326C0020 competed?
The extent of competition for 140FS326C0020 was competed under sap. The government received 5 offers. It was set aside: Total Small Business.
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