The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a multiple award blanket purchase agreement to provide wildland fire management services across several national forests in Oregon and California. The contract establishes a vehicle for procuring prescribed burn, suppression repair, and burned area emergency response activities over a ten-year period from 2019 through 2029. Task orders to date have secured suppression repair services valued at $33,000 to address damage from the 2022 Fly Creek incident, $51,257 for 2021 repairs related to the Grandview Fire, and $49,516 for type 2 excavator repairs supporting the Green Ridge Fire. The original solicitation sought bids for equipment, crews, and operators to conduct prescribed burns and post-fire emergency stabilization efforts in line with the agency's stewardship of public lands. Prime contractor Scott's Earthworks Company of Oregon has performed services under multiple task orders issued against the blanket purchase agreement.
The blanket purchase agreement establishes a long-term contracting mechanism for the Forest Service to acquire wildland fire management services on an as-needed basis. Task orders to date have secured suppression repair and emergency response activities for several national forests in Oregon, fulfilling the agency's mandate to rehabilitate fire-damaged lands and resources.
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