The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded multiple indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts to provide timber sale preparation and professional forestry services. Task orders issued against these contracts valued up to $10M are for services such as timber marking, tree cruising, and sale preparation activities to support sustainable forest management across several national forests in Louisiana. Caplis Forestry, LLC received various orders as prime contractor to perform cutting tree marking, sample tree cruising, timber sale preparation, and related forestry consulting services on specified lands. Orders ranged from $4.8K to $59.5K with periods of performance from 2020 through 2024. The original solicitation sought these services to aid natural resource stewardship in accordance with the 100% total small business set-aside provisions. Locations of performance included national forests in Bentley, Boyce, Homer, Pineville, Provencal, and Winnfield, Louisiana.
The Forest Service issued further task orders against these contracts and other vehicles such as the Kisatchie National Forest Sale Prep MATOC. Orders to Caplis Forestry tasked tree marking, timber cruising, and sale preparation to support projects like the Boggy Bayou, Caney Creek, and Jenny timber sales. Order values ranged from $16.5K to $55.2K with periods of performance from 2021 through 2024. No set-aside was specified for some orders to fulfill requirements in Calcasieu, Kisatchie, and other national forests across the region. The original purpose and subsequent orders aimed to provide forestry services for sustainable land management programs.
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