Indefinite Delivery Contract 1202SB26T8043

The National Interagency Fire Center awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract to Wyeast Forestry Management, LLC, a small business contractor headquartered in Hood River, Oregon, for miscellaneous heavy equipment and support services serving the East Zone, Regions 1, 2, and 4 of the USDA Forest Service. The contract, awarded February 6, 2026, with a ceiling value of $250,000 and performance period extending through May 14, 2029, was set aside for total small business participation and competitively awarded through the Virtual Incident Procurement system. The solicitation, posted January 18, 2024, sought equipment including feller bunchers, mulcher/masticators, road graders, and skidders, along with managed, supervised, trained, and certified personnel capable of supporting fire suppression and prescribed project work. All equipment and personnel must comply with specifications outlined in the solicitation's Section D.2, with resources available for up to 16 hours per day operations.

Under this contract vehicle, Wyeast Forestry Management is positioned to provide rapid deployment of specialized heavy equipment and skilled workforce support to federal land management agencies across multiple western United States regions. The firm fixed-price structure requires the contractor to include all associated costs in rate submissions, encompassing equipment provision, materials, supplies, transportation, and lodging for personnel as outlined in the solicitation's Section B.2. This indefinite delivery arrangement enables the National Interagency Fire Center and supported agencies to efficiently procure critical resources for emergency wildfire response and planned forest management activities through task orders issued against the contract ceiling, leveraging the contractor's established capability and experience in supporting the USDA Forest Service across multiple regions.