USFS Central CA Reforestation IDIQ 2017-2022

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R5-Pacific Southwest Region awarded this Master IDIQ for reforestation services across Central California national forests on April 3, 2017, with ordering authority expiring April 2, 2019—the vehicle is now closed to new task orders. The shared ceiling is $6.9 million; all $4.6 million in combined potential value across 50 task orders has been obligated, and the most recent task order was awarded April 1, 2022.

This vehicle procures tree seedling planting (container and bare-root stock, both manual and mechanical), manual and chemical release (herbicide and hand-held equipment work), and associated reforestation and site-preparation labor across Plumas, Tahoe, Inyo, Eldorado, Stanislaus National Forests and the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. Work is geographically concentrated in fire-recovery and stand-management projects at individual forest districts and ranger stations (Sierraville, Yuba River, Groveland, Bass Lake, Jawbone, Emerald Bay, Amador, North Fire, French Fire, King Fire, Moonlight, and Incline Creek among others).

Cutting Edge Forestry, Inc. dominates the vehicle with 19 of 50 orders and $2.4 million in combined potential value (52 percent of total), followed by Imperial Forestry, Incorporated (13 orders, $668 thousand) and G E Forestry, Inc. (11 orders, $665 thousand). These three firms account for approximately 80 percent of order count and 83 percent of potential value; the remaining two primes—Trinidad A Escareno and GTS Forestry Inc.—split the residual 20 percent.

All orders funded Forest Service Region 5 directly; no other agencies placed orders. Task order values ranged from under $6 thousand to $449.8 thousand, with typical orders between $30 thousand and $220 thousand. About 82 percent of orders (41 of 50) carried no set-aside designation; 18 percent (9 orders) were Total Small Business awards. Ordering momentum declined in the final year under the vehicle (5 orders in 2022 versus 8 to 11 in prior years), consistent with the April 2019 order deadline.

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. Services include planting using various methods for both container and bare root seedlings and both manual and chemical release.