Allegheny National Forest Cut and Frill Herbicide

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region is seeking a contractor to perform stem injection herbicide treatment on 295 acres within the Allegheny National Forest in Pennsylvania. The project requires using a "hack and squirt" technique to treat understory and midstory undesirable shade-tolerant tree species such as striped maple, American beech, and black birch with a 50/50 mix of Roundup Custom (glyphosate) and water with blue dye. The contractor must hold a Pennsylvania pesticide applicator business license, have employees capable of identifying common trees in northwestern Pennsylvania, and be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). The evaluation will consider past performance, technical capability, available equipment, and qualified personnel, with technical and past performance deemed more important than price. Offers are due by June 27, 2025, at 5:00 PM EST and must be submitted electronically to Ashley.Stoltzfus@usda.gov.

This procurement is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside under NAICS code 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry). The treatment work will be performed across two ranger districts - Marienville and Bradford - with individual treatment units ranging from 4 to 73 acres in size. The contract has a performance period from August 11 to September 30, 2025, with a requirement that 20% of the assigned acreage must be completed by September 8, 2025. The work will be conducted in Warren, Pennsylvania, and the contractor will be paid per acre treated with potential disincentives for late performance or incomplete treatment. The Forest Service will conduct post-treatment inspections to ensure at least 90% of treated acres show evidence of herbicide effectiveness, and contract quantities may vary by plus or minus 10% without price adjustments.