Stanislaus Sierra and Sequoia NF Stewardship 2017-2022

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R5-Pacific Southwest Region awarded a Master IDIQ on January 26, 2017, for mechanical fuels reduction and vegetation management across Stanislaus, Sierra, and Sequoia National Forests, with a shared ceiling of $6.5 million and a final ordering deadline of January 26, 2022. Ordering against this vehicle closed over four years ago and remains closed.

The vehicle is no longer active. The last task order was issued on February 13, 2018, more than eight years ago. The Forest Service front-loaded ordering in the first year after award, issuing nine orders between February and August 2017, then issued only one order in 2018 before ceasing all activity. Combined task-order potential value totals $6.6 million, with $6.5 million (98%) already obligated, leaving effectively no remaining capacity.

Work contracted under the vehicle encompasses forest health and fuels reduction: timber management, mechanical thinning, mastication, piling, road maintenance, and forest product removal on National Forest System lands. All ten task orders priced on a firm-fixed-price basis, with individual order ceilings ranging from approximately $310 thousand to $820 thousand and durations of six to eight months.

Competition was concentrated among three primes. J.W. Cleansvendornametrait.phpbamford, Inc., captured the largest share with five orders valued at $3.4 million combined. Crook Logging, Inc., held four orders worth $2.9 million. Mutzner Trucking, Inc., received one order for $310 thousand. All task orders were unrestricted (no set-aside designation), and all work was for a single customer: the Forest Service R5 region itself.

For prospective contractors, this vehicle presents no forward opportunity. It is functionally exhausted—ordering is permanently closed, the small remaining capacity cannot support a competitive chase, and no new orders have issued in nearly a decade. Firms currently performing under expired orders would need to monitor whether the Forest Service opens a successor vehicle, but this particular contract is a historical reference only.

The Government has awarded a Master IDIQ for for Mechanical Fuels Reduction and Vegetation Management located on three National Forests: Stanislaus National Forest, Sierra National Forest, and Sequoia National Forest. The types of work will include all activities to maintain a healthy forest environment including but not limited to: forest product removal and logging activities. Some sub activities will be thinning, piling, mastication and road maintenance.