Indefinite Delivery Contract 129AC720D0020

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region has awarded multiple firm fixed price delivery order contracts to GE Forestry, Inc., a minority-owned and small disadvantaged business, to provide a variety of forestry management services. The task orders span major program areas such as hazardous fuels reduction, vegetation management, reforestation, land stewardship, and wildland fire support. Services delivered by GE Forestry under these contracts include mechanical thinning, hand thinning, tree planting, timber stand improvement, slash treatment, prescribed burning support, and wildfire suppression assistance. The contracts are set aside for total small businesses or do not have a set-aside designation, with potential values ranging from $80,600 to $660,187.74. The periods of performance are from 2020 through 2023, with work locations concentrated in northern California under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Region.

The original pre-solicitation notice for this contracting program indicated that the agency was seeking forestry services to remove, dispose, pump, excavate, furnish and install improvements for campground water systems across multiple locations in Trinity County, California. The project was designated as a 100% small business set-aside with an estimated value between $100,000 and $250,000, and was planned for an April 2020 start date. The task orders awarded to GE Forestry, Inc. demonstrate how the contractor has successfully competed for and performed a range of land management tasks supporting the Forest Service's resource stewardship mission in the Pacific Southwest region.