The USDA Forest Service, Southern Region awarded a firm fixed price delivery order worth $26,400 to Caplis Forestry, L.L.C. under the agency's existing Kisatchie National Forest MATOC Timber Marking contract. The delivery order is for timber sale preparation activities on the Caney Creek Timber Sale located within the Caney Ranger District of the Kisatchie National Forest in Homer, Louisiana. Work will include timber marking to be completed by December 31, 2021 in support of the Forest Service's...
Louisiana Forest Seed Company Inc. has been awarded a $71,730 firm fixed price purchase order by the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Southern Region to provide collection of longleaf pine cones, seed extraction from the collected cones, storage of the extracted seeds, and germination testing of the seeds. The work will directly support the Kisatchie National Forest and is designated as a total small business set aside. No subcontractors or additional context were provided in the...
The USDA Forest Service awarded a $416,150 firm fixed price purchase order to Rico Logging, L.L.C., doing business as Ricky Ray Johnson, for the CALCASIEU SKID AND DECKING CONTRACT C107. The contract is set aside entirely for small businesses and involves skidding and decking services on 287 acres in the Calcasieu Ranger District of the Kisatchie National Forest in Vernon Parish, Louisiana. Specifically, Rico Logging will cut trees from stumps and snags, skid the cut trees to designated areas,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region awarded a $20,180.11 firm fixed price blanket purchase agreement (BPA) call contract to Sierra Cone, LLC of Pollock Pines, California. The contract is for cone and needle collection within the Eldorado National Forest, with a period of performance from August 16 to September 30, 2023. Under the Region 5 Cone & Needle Collection BPA, Sierra Cone will collect tree cones and needles to support the Forest Service's...
The United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $568,875 firm fixed price delivery order contract to Charles Nash Contracting Service Inc. to provide Kisatchie Road Maintenance services in the Calcasieu Ranger District of Rapides and Vernon Parishes, Louisiana from March 20, 2023 through June 16, 2023. The work will involve road maintenance on the Kisatchie National Forest to support disaster recovery efforts in the specified Louisiana parishes. No subcontractors were...
Sierra Cone, LLC was awarded a $5,620 firm fixed price call against the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 5 Cone & Needle Collection blanket purchase agreement to provide cone collection services for the Bass Lake Ranger District in North Fork, California. As the prime contractor, Sierra Cone will collect cones from September 8 to October 22, 2023 to support the Forest Service's Region 5 program for regenerating national forests through the collection and distribution of...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Region awarded a $2.3 million firm fixed price delivery order contract to W.L. Bass Construction, Inc. of Pineville, Louisiana. The contract is for the Kisatchie National Forest Ridge Replacements Construction Projects, which involves replacing bridges within the Kisatchie National Forest to support the agency's infrastructure maintenance program. Performance will occur in Pineville, Louisiana through March 1, 2023. No subcontractors or...
This federal contract award is for the growth and delivery of containerized pine seedlings to support reforestation efforts in the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana for fiscal year 2024. The award, valued at $113,791.30, was made to International Forest Co Inc. (IFCO), a for-profit forestry and nursery services company based in Pineville, Louisiana. The contract requires IFCO to provide 548,000 longleaf pine seedlings and 225,000 shortleaf pine seedlings to be planted across 905 acres of...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Southern Region awarded a $42,222 firm fixed price delivery order to Caplis Forestry, L.L.C. under the Kisatchie National Forest Timber Sale Prep and Professional Forestry Services Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC). The delivery order is for variable plot cruise-point count measurement on an estimated 42 acres and cut tree marking and sample tree cruising on an estimated 591 acres in Bentley, Louisiana to support sustainable forest management...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Southern Region awarded a $45,783 firm fixed price delivery order to Louisiana Forestry Solutions LLC of Pineville, Louisiana. The delivery order is associated with road maintenance and ditch work per the performance work statement for the KIS 342 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity multiple award contract vehicle. Louisiana Forestry Solutions will perform road maintenance and ditch work to support the Forest Service's management of the...