USDA Forest Service National Tower

The USDA Forest Service National Tower Master IDIQ contract vehicle provides comprehensive services for tower and antenna installation across various National Forest locations. The contract encompasses a full range of technical services including site visits, tower and site engineering, professional engineering certified drawings for self-supporting towers, ground preparation, tower materials installation, antenna placement, and associated infrastructure work. Services specifically include entry panels, grounding systems meeting Motorola R-56 standards, pre and post-build resistivity testing, and installation of related communication equipment like coaxial cables, polyphasers, ground bus bars, and mounting hardware to meet Forest Service technical standards.

Task orders under this contract vehicle predominantly involve tower replacement, geotechnical investigations, and communication site infrastructure improvements across multiple U.S. Forest Service regions. Most task orders are firm fixed-price delivery orders with values ranging from approximately $6,000 to $806,000, typically having completion dates within 6-24 months. Mcade, LLC, a Small Business Administration certified HUBZone firm, appears to be a frequent prime contractor. The majority of task orders were not set aside, though some used Competitive 8(a) designations. Performance locations have included National Forests in regions such as Washington, Oregon, Montana, Oklahoma, and California, with work primarily focused on communication tower infrastructure and site preparation for Forest Service communication networks.