Indefinite Delivery Contract 127EAV26D0035

The R3 Fuels and Vegetation Management Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract is a single-award, total small business set-aside Multiple Award Service (MAS) contract awarded to Smokeys Helping Hand, LLC, a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business based in Denver, Colorado. The contract, valued at $49.999 million with a performance period extending through April 12, 2031, was awarded on April 13, 2026, by the U.S. Forest Service Region 3 (Southwestern Region). The scope of work encompasses fuels treatment, wildfire hazard reduction, vegetation management, and related services designed to mitigate wildfire risks and improve ecosystem health across federal lands in the southwestern United States.

Under this IDIQ vehicle, Smokeys Helping Hand, LLC will deliver comprehensive forestry and wildland fire management services, including hand thinning, hazard fuels reduction, pinyon and juniper tree removal, lop and scatter operations, and ecosystem health improvement activities. These services will support federal agencies including the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Land Management, and National Park Service across multiple states, primarily in Arizona, Nevada, California, Colorado, and New Mexico. The contract leverages the contractor's demonstrated expertise in environmental restoration and land management through task order releases, enabling rapid response to federal agency requirements for prescribed fire operations, habitat improvement, and wildfire risk mitigation across national forests, national parks, and Bureau of Land Management territories throughout the southwestern region.