NPS VALL Fuel Reduction and Management IDIQ 2016-2021

The National Park Service (NPS) Valles Caldera (VALL) Fuel Reduction and Management Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, established in 2016 with a period of performance through 2021, is a multiple-award contract vehicle designed to support wildland hazard fuels reduction and management activities. The contract enables rapid task order issuance for comprehensive vegetation management services across federal lands, specifically targeting forestry and environmental service needs. Services under this vehicle include mechanical and hand thinning, vegetation cutting, slashing, chipping, hand-piling, mastication, selective pruning, fuel modification zone construction, and related road management activities.

Task orders under this IDIQ predominantly focused on fuels reduction work in the Valles Caldera National Preserve, particularly on San Antonio Mountain and surrounding areas in Jemez Springs, New Mexico. Two primary prime contractors emerged: Sweat US LLC (an 8(a) certified small disadvantaged business) and Summitt Forests, Inc., with task order values typically ranging from $100,000 to $600,000. Most task orders were firm fixed-price delivery orders with completion dates between 2019 and 2022, targeting approximately 131 to 260 acres per project. While most task orders did not have specific set-aside designations, some were awarded to small businesses. The contract's total shared ceiling was $15 million, supporting the National Park Service Intermountain Region's vegetation management and wildfire risk mitigation objectives.