Baker City Watershed Hand Thin and Grapple Pile Call Order

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6), is issuing a Notice of Intent for a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) call order for Baker City Watershed Hand Thin and Grapple Pile services under NAICS code 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry). This procurement seeks forestry contractors to perform thinning and grapple piling activities within the Baker City Watershed project area, specifically covering 651 base acres and 221 optional acres of treatment work. The solicitation operates under an existing BPA (#1240BE22A00XX) that was previously established through a competitive process under FAR 13.303, and this call order is being placed under FAR 13.303-5. Interested vendors must submit their responses by September 16, 2025, at 4:30 PM PT, and can obtain the full solicitation documents by contacting Andrea Pollock at andrea.pollock@usda.gov. The procurement falls under PSC category F014 for Natural Resources/Conservation - Tree Thinning activities.

This opportunity is designated as a total small business set-aside, restricting participation to qualified small business contractors who are already holders of the existing BPA that was awarded to multiple small businesses through the original competitive process. The work involves forest management activities across a total of up to 872 acres (651 base acres plus 221 optional acres) of hand thinning and grapple piling operations. Performance will take place in Baker City, Oregon (97814), within the greater Baker City Watershed project area. The solicitation notice indicates that multiple small businesses currently hold the underlying BPA, though specific incumbent names are not disclosed in the available documentation. The timeline for service delivery and specific contract values are not specified in this initial notice of intent, as those details would be contained within the full solicitation documents available upon request.