The USDA Forest Service awarded a multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement to provide vegetation thinning and fuel reduction services across National Forests in central Oregon. Up to 20 vendors were selected to perform activities including pre-commercial thinning, hand and grapple piling, mastication, subsoiling, tree planting, and related forest restoration work. One of the awardees, Mark Hansen Contracting, received a firm-fixed price task order valued at $159,570 to conduct mastication and...
The Blanket Purchase Agreement awarded by the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region establishes a multiple-award IDV to procure fuels reduction services on the Malheur National Forest over a 10-year period with a potential value of $2 million. The BPA was set aside for small businesses and aims to qualify up to 15 contractors to perform wildland fire mitigation work including forest thinning, brush clearing, and vegetation management as described in the Statement of Work. The...
The United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region awarded a blanket purchase agreement to Steven Berry Trucking And Logging to support its Pacific Southwest Stewardship program. With a potential value of $50 million over 10 years, the BPA enables the agency to issue task orders for services such as reducing brush infiltration, competition, and aerial fuels across 14 national forests in California. One such task order awarded to Steven Berry Trucking And...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region awarded multiple Blanket Purchase Agreements under a Central Oregon Restoration Project contract vehicle to Table Rock Forestry, Inc. Task orders issued against these BPAs include conifer and juniper felling, slash work, and hand piling services across 1,396 acres in Lakeview, Oregon valued at $679,730; precommercial thinning and bucking activities in Bend, Oregon for $21,506; and non-commercial thinning and hand piling...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region awarded a single award indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract to LG Forestry Inc. to procure manual fuels reduction services across six national forests in Northern California. With a potential value of $20 million and a period of performance through July 2027, this contract enables the agency to competitively issue firm fixed price delivery orders against it on an as-needed basis to maintain forest health...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Northern Region (Region 1) awarded a $12.5 million Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) to Tom Vranizan Contracting, Corp., a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) certified HUBZone firm, for mechanical thinning services across Regions 1 and 4 through September 2027. Under this IDC, the Forest Service has issued multiple delivery orders to Tom Vranizan Contracting for forestry management and wildfire mitigation work on the Kootenai National...
The U.S. Forest Service awarded a $12.5 million single-award indefinite delivery contract to Rangelands Restoration Services LLC, a small business, to provide mechanical thinning and fuels reduction services across Forest Service lands in Regions 1 and 4 through September 2027. The contract aims to reduce hazardous fuels and improve stand health through selective tree removal, piling, chipping, mastication, and other techniques. Task orders will be issued against the IDV to complete critical...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region awarded multiple Blanket Purchase Agreements under a total small business set-aside to provide fuels reduction services within the Central Oregon National Priority Landscape. Task orders issued to E-M Davis Development LLC involve mowing, mastication, and mechanical removal of vegetation on over 3,000 acres across Deschutes National Forest and Bend, Oregon, with contract values ranging from $36,000 to $212,000 and periods of...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region awarded a blanket purchase agreement to Miller Timber Services, Inc. to provide danger tree mitigation services across multiple wildfire sites in Oregon. The original solicitation anticipated the need for expedited tree removal services in response to widespread wildfires. Under the parent agreement and subsequent task orders, Miller Timber Services will perform hazard tree felling, piling, and decking operations at...
The Indefinite Delivery Contract was awarded by the Department of Agriculture Forest Service R1-Northern Region to provide mechanical fuels treatment services. The multiple award IDV established blanket purchase agreement terms with 20 contractors including Ten Lakes Forestry And Excavation, Inc. to rapidly acquire heavy equipment for wildfire, disaster, and emergency response from 2017-2023. Resultant task orders funded feller bunchers, skidders, excavators, and operators to conduct...