USFS Central CA Mechanical Fuels Reduction IDIQ 2017-2022

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region established this Master IDIQ for mechanical fuels reduction work across Central California national forests on March 22, 2017, with ordering authority that closed on March 22, 2019—the vehicle is no longer open for new task orders.

The IDIQ is fully executed and inactive. All 17 task orders have been awarded, obligating the entire $3.8 million combined potential value. The most recent order was placed on March 17, 2022, nearly four years ago. Ordering activity peaked in 2018 and 2020 with four orders each year; activity declined to two orders in 2019 and 2021 and one order in 2022.

Work scope centers on mechanical mastication, tree thinning, machine piling, and related activities to support forest health across Plumas, Tahoe, Inyo, Eldorado, and Stanislaus National Forests and the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. Task orders are firm-fixed-price delivery orders with typical values ranging from approximately $20 thousand to $780 thousand, with most falling between $120 thousand and $400 thousand. Orders span single-season projects through multi-year engagements, with completion dates generally one to eighteen months after award.

Competition is highly concentrated among three primes. West Forest, Inc. holds 11 of 17 awards worth $2.4 million combined potential value—roughly 63 percent of the vehicle's total. Woolery Timber Management, Inc. accounts for 4 orders worth $1 million, and Diversified Resources Inc. holds 2 orders worth $458 thousand. Sixteen of 17 orders carry no set-aside; one small-business order was placed in 2017. All orders funded the awarding agency; no interagency customer activity occurred under the vehicle. Place of performance spans the six named Central California national forests and management units.

This vehicle is closed to new procurement and fully obligated, making it relevant only for monitoring past performance of incumbents or studying forest-service fuels-reduction procurement patterns in the region.

Master IDIQ for the USFS, Central CA including Plumas National Forest, Tahoe National Forest, Inyo National Forest, Eldorado National Forest, Stanislaus National Forest, and the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. The types of work will include all activities to maintain a healthy forest environment activities involved, but not limited to, are mastication, tree thinning, machine piling, and minor logging activities.