Colville NF Roadside Maintenance Service 2016-2019

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 6–Pacific Northwest Region awarded this Master IDIQ on August 3, 2016, for roadside maintenance and fuels reduction services on Forest Service roads throughout the Colville National Forest in Stevens, Ferry, and Pend Oreille Counties in northeastern Washington; ordering closed on November 30, 2019, and the vehicle is no longer active.

The vehicle is closed to new orders as of mid-2019. Ten task orders were issued between August 2016 and June 2017, with all work performed in the three-county Washington region. The combined potential value across all orders totals $531 thousand, of which $442 thousand (83 percent) has been obligated. Ordering momentum was concentrated early: seven orders were placed in 2016 and three in 2017, with no orders issued after June 2017. The vehicle saw no recompete or successor announced in the source material.

Scope centers on road maintenance, clearing and grubbing, fuels reduction, and mill stabilization. Task orders reference specific ranger districts and planning areas—Boulder Park, Orient, Sanpoil, Limestone/Silver, Westside, and Eastside—and several were structured as stewardship contracts with retained receipts offsetting service costs. Pricing is firm-fixed throughout.

Competition is highly concentrated. Welch Bros LLC holds five of ten orders and $484 thousand of the $531 thousand combined potential value, capturing roughly 91 percent of vehicle value. Versatile Industries, Inc. holds three orders valued at $7 thousand combined; Integrity Excavation & Forest Services LLC and Am Excavating LLC each hold one order, valued at $38 thousand and $3 thousand respectively. All orders flowed to the single customer, the Forest Service Region 6 itself.

Seventy percent of orders (7 of 10) carried a Total Small Business set-aside; the remainder were unrestricted. Task-order values ranged from a $2.5 thousand minimum guarantee to ceiling values near $150 thousand, with most falling in the $40 thousand to $90 thousand range. Firm-fixed-price structures predominated, and completion dates clustered between October 2016 and October 2018.

The Colville National Forest has awarded a Master IDIQ for various road maintenance and fuels reduction services on Forest Service Roads (FSR's) throughout the Colville National Forest. Location of the work will be in Stevens, Ferry and Pend Oreille Counties, Washington (located in the NE portion of Washington State).