Amaral Nursery, Inc.

Amaral Nursery, Inc., a minority-owned, Hispanic American-owned small business based in Aurora, Oregon, supplies nursery products, forest regeneration services, and wildland fire suppression equipment to the USDA Forest Service and National Interagency Fire Center as a prime contractor, competing predominantly under total small business set-asides across its indefinite delivery contract portfolio.

The company operates as a for-profit corporate entity with a focused capability portfolio centered on engine-type seedlings, forest regeneration support, and water handling equipment for fire suppression and all-hazard incident response. Recent representative work includes a $130,500 delivery order from USDA Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) on August 17, 2026, for nursery products supporting reforestation in Sandy, Oregon; a $144,000 delivery order from the same agency on August 31, 2025, for nursery products and forest regeneration services with a completion date of October 1, 2025; and a $62,000 delivery order on July 31, 2026, for reforestation and land management support in Sandy, Oregon. The company also holds five indefinite delivery contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center and USDA Forest Service valued at $250,000 to $500,000 each, procuring water handling equipment (engines, water tenders) and chipper services for wildland fire suppression and prescribed project work across Forest Service Regions 3, 5, and 6, with performance periods extending through 2029 and 2030.

Customer concentration is extreme and deliberate: the USDA Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) accounts for 34 of 44 total awards and $1.8 million of $3.6 million combined potential value. The National Interagency Fire Center anchors the remaining activity with 5 awards valued at $1.8 million combined. The company operates 100% as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint. Activity has grown significantly in 2024 (14 awards) compared to prior years (three awards each in 2022 and 2023), followed by a moderation to three awards in 2025 and six in 2026. The source does not indicate recompete cliff exposure within the next twenty-four months. Primary vehicle positions include an Indefinite Delivery Contract (1202SB22T7373) carrying 18 task orders and $837 thousand combined potential value, multiple VIPR I-BPA agreements for water handling and chipper services, and smaller blanket purchase agreements. All awards are structured as firm fixed-price delivery orders under total small business set-aside designations or no set-aside (for smaller delivery orders), with places of performance in Wenatchee, Sandy, and Springfield, Oregon, and supporting USDA Forest Service land management across the Pacific Northwest and Pacific Southwest regions.