The Bureau of Land Management's Albuquerque District Office awarded a total small business purchase order to Curtis Brown on September 15, 2026, for $100,142 to perform manual fuel reduction and thinning services at the Datil Well Wildland-Urban Interface Unit 3 project, with completion by January 30, 2027.
Work occurs at Datil Well Recreation Area west of Datil, New Mexico (Catron County). The scope covers approximately 322 acres of manual hand-cutting thinning and slash management of pinyon-juniper vegetation, with performance running from October 1, 2026 through April 1, 2027. Objectives include removing hazardous fuels, improving forest health, protecting infrastructure, and reducing wildfire risk to the community of Datil and Datil Well Campground. Pricing is firm fixed-price on a per-acre basis. Curtis Brown is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business and minority-owned business. The order originated from Solicitation 140L3726Q0156, a small business set-aside request for quotes under FAR Part 12 (NAICS 115310, PSC F014).