USFS TX Vegetation Management 2015-2019

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R8-Southern Region awarded a Master IDIQ for vegetation management services on five Texas national forests—Angelina, Caddo/LBJ, Davy Crockett, Sabine, and Sam Houston—with the ordering period closed as of December 31, 2019. This vehicle is no longer active for new task orders; all 53 task orders awarded under it have fully obligated the combined potential value of $1.4 million.

Work contracted includes non-native invasive species control, mechanical site preparation, pre-commercial thinning, mechanical firelines construction, tree planting, herbicide application, mowing and mulching, hazard tree felling, and rare plant and invasive species surveys. Task-order values ranged from under $3 thousand to approximately $107 thousand, with most awards in the $8 thousand to $65 thousand range and firm-fixed-price pricing throughout. Performance concentrated in Walker, Montgomery, Trinity, and Houston counties across compartments on the Sam Houston and Davy Crockett forests, which absorbed the plurality of mulching and planting work.

Eight prime contractors shared the 53 orders. Southern Resource Management dominated by both order count and dollars, holding 11 orders valued at $643 thousand combined. Carl Potter Forestry and Red Leaf Forestry each held 11 orders but at lower values—$260 thousand and $166 thousand respectively. Ecovirons captured 10 orders for $93 thousand, with the remaining three primes splitting the residual volume. The top five contractors accounted for 91 percent of task orders by count and 90 percent by potential value. All orders funded the Department of Agriculture Forest Service R8-Southern Region exclusively.

Activity peaked in 2016–2019, with 12 to 13 orders per year. Approximately 45 percent of task orders carried small-business set-asides (24 orders), while 55 percent remained unrestricted (29 orders). Set-aside orders concentrated in 2016–2017; unrestricted awards dominated 2018–2019. The ordering window closed 6.5 years ago; this vehicle is fully executed and closed to new task orders.

The National Forests and Grasslands in Texas has awarded a Master IDIQ for vegetation management services on the Angelina National Forest, Caddo/LBJ National Grasslands, Davy Crockett National Forest, Sabine National Forest, and Sam Houston National Forest. Work includes but is not limited to non-native invasive species (NNIS) control, mechanical site preparation, pre-commercial thinning (PCT), mechanical firelines construction, tree planting, herbicide application, mowing/mulching/chainsaw treatments, hazard tree felling, re-vegetation treatments, and rare plant and NNIS surveys.