Central OR Mechanical Hazardous Fuel Reduction

The Bureau of Land Management National Office awarded this multiple-award Master IDIQ on September 1, 2023, to provide mechanical fuels management services on public lands in central Oregon, with ordering authority through August 31, 2028. The vehicle carries no set-aside designation and operates under a $145 million combined potential value ceiling.

Ordering activity has been sparse and uneven. Six task orders have been awarded since vehicle establishment, with four awards in the first month (three $5 thousand minimum guarantees and one $367.6 thousand production order), followed by a single $148.7 thousand order in September 2024 and one $87.8 thousand order in June 2026. The ordering cadence has slowed materially; only one order has been placed in the past twelve months. Combined task-order potential value stands at $619 thousand, fully obligated, representing less than one-half of one percent of the vehicle's ceiling. Roughly two years and one month of ordering authority remain.

Quicksilver Contracting Co. dominates the vehicle, holding four of six awards totaling $609 thousand in combined potential value. C.t.l. Forest Management, Inc. and Summitt Forests, Inc. each hold a single minimum-guarantee order valued at $5 thousand. Roughly 98 percent of activity concentrates in Quicksilver.

The Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region funds approximately 98 percent of orders by value, with the remaining two percent distributed to the National Office. Work consists of mechanical severing, piling, grinding, mowing, yarding, forwarding, and fireline construction and maintenance within the defined central Oregon geographic area. Task-order values for production work range from approximately $88 thousand to $368 thousand, with all pricing structured as firm fixed price.

The NAICS code is 115310 (Fuels Management Services) with a small business size standard of $20.5 million. The solicitation evaluated proposals on technical capability, management plan, task-order examples, safety planning, small business participation, and past performance. The vehicle remains substantially underutilized relative to its ceiling, and ordering momentum has deteriorated markedly since award.

The purpose of this IDIQ is to provide mechanical fuels management services on public lands in central Oregon. Services will include mechanical severing, piling, grinding, mowing, yarding, forwarding, and fireline construction and maintenance