The Bureau of Land Management's Rio Puerco Field Office awarded a $191,405 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Express Forestry Service, LLC for vegetation treatment services on the Chain of Craters and Cerro Comadre project areas in Cibola County, New Mexico. The contract, awarded on September 10, 2024, with completion targeted for February 14, 2025, is designated as a total small business set-aside. The work involves removing pinon and juniper trees from ponderosa pine stands, thinning and hand-piling vegetation, and removing hazardous fuels across approximately 953 acres to support ecosystem restoration and hazardous fuels reduction objectives on federal lands.
Express Forestry Service, LLC, a veteran-owned small business headquartered in Leslie, Arkansas, is well-positioned to execute this contract given its extensive experience in federal land management services. The company holds multiple significant indefinite delivery contracts and blanket purchase agreements with federal agencies, including a $10 million BPA with the U.S. Forest Service Southern Region for vegetation management services and a $4.7 million IDC with the Forest Service for the Mark Twain National Forest. This award reflects the company's demonstrated capability to deliver comprehensive forestry and natural resource management solutions across multiple federal agencies and geographic regions.