Vegetation Management Services for Chattahoochee-Oconee & Conasauga Ranger Districts

The USDA Forest Service, through the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests, is seeking vegetation management services to be performed on the Oconee Ranger District and Conasauga Ranger District in Georgia. The scope of work encompasses 913 acres of vegetation treatment across four line items, including wildlife midstory vegetation control, site preparation using foliar and mechanical methods, and seedling release and weeding treatments. The contractor must provide all labor, equipment, supervision, tools, herbicides, and materials, with no government-furnished items supplied. Evaluation will be based primarily on technical capability and past performance, with price as a secondary consideration, and the government intends to award one firm-fixed price contract to the lowest-priced, technically acceptable offeror. Key evaluation factors include demonstrated ability to perform required treatments, herbicide knowledge and application expertise, possession of valid Georgia Commercial Pesticide Applicator License and EPA Worker Protection Standards compliance, availability of qualified personnel and equipment, understanding of environmental and weather restrictions, and ability to produce required documentation. Questions must be submitted by April 15, 2026, at 12:00 PM Eastern Time, with quotations due by April 27, 2026, and quotations must remain firm for 90 calendar days from receipt.

This solicitation is designated as a Total Small Business Set-Aside with a small business size standard of $11.5 million under NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry). No incumbent contractor or current award value is specified in the solicitation materials. The contract period of performance runs from August 1, 2026, through October 31, 2026, encompassing a three-month window for completion of all vegetation management work. The work is distributed across two ranger districts in Georgia: the Oconee Ranger District covering 739 acres (457 acres of wildlife midstory treatment, 256 acres of site preparation foliar, and 26 acres of site preparation mechanical) located in Putnam, Jones, Jasper, Oglethorpe, and Greene Counties, and the Conasauga Ranger District covering 174 acres of seedling release and weeding treatment located in Murray and Chattooga Counties. All work must meet an acceptable quality level of 90 percent proper treatment, with inspection and acceptance required within 30 days of herbicide application, and payment is based on acreage completion upon satisfactory work acceptance by the Contracting Officer Representative.