Hazard Tree Removal, Tully Lake, Royalston, MA

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - New England District is procuring hazard tree removal services at Tully Lake in Royalston, Massachusetts. The scope of work includes furnishing all labor, materials, and equipment necessary to remove eighteen hazard white pine trees, perform traffic control along approximately 525 feet of the west side of Athol-Richmond Road (Route 32), conduct stump grinding, and complete site landscaping including loaming and seeding of disturbed areas. The contractor must manage all associated logs, branches, debris, and stumps resulting from the tree removal, with particular attention to trees that present elevated hazards due to their condition or precarious location. The solicitation documents will be posted on or about May 13, 2026, and will be available exclusively online through the Contract Opportunities website at www.SAM.gov; vendors will not be able to obtain hard copies through telephone, mail, or fax requests. All questions regarding the procurement should be directed to the contract specialist after the solicitation and associated documents have been posted, as inquiries will not be answered during this pre-solicitation phase.

This procurement is set aside exclusively for small business vendors under NAICS code 561730 (Landscaping Services) with a small business size standard of $9.5 million. There is no information provided regarding potential incumbents, current contractors, award values, or budget ranges for this contract opportunity. The procurement is classified under PSC Category S208 (Housekeeping - Landscaping/Groundskeeping). A critical requirement for all vendors is that they must maintain an active registration in SAM.gov at the time of submission; any vendor failing to meet this requirement will be rejected as non-responsive. The specific response deadline and detailed contract requirements will be available when the full solicitation is posted in mid-May 2026.