Sierra Cone, LLC

Sierra Cone, LLC, doing business as Sierra Cone LLC, is a Davis, California-based small business sole proprietorship that specializes in providing vegetation materials collection services to the federal government. Registered in SAM.gov since August 2004, the company serves as a critical supplier of conifer cones, acorns, and related forest regeneration materials essential for federal reforestation and ecological restoration programs. Sierra Cone has established itself as a strategic provider of specialized seed and cone collection services across multiple U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service regions, supporting the agency's broader mission to restore ecological health to federal lands, particularly through initiatives funded under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's Replant Act.

Sierra Cone has executed numerous prime federal contract awards spanning cone and needle collection services across virtually every Forest Service region in the United States. The company's work encompasses the collection of viable cones from multiple conifer species, including ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, sugar pine, Jeffrey pine, incense cedar, red fir, and white fir, as well as acorn collection to support reforestation and habitat restoration efforts. Geographic areas served include national forests in California, Oregon, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, and other western states, with recent contract activity demonstrating capability to mobilize rapidly for disaster response, including Hurricane Helene recovery efforts in North Carolina. Contract awards range from purchase orders valued under $15,000 to blanket purchase agreement calls exceeding $600,000, with the majority designated as total small business set-asides or no set-aside designations. Funding agencies have included the USDA Forest Service regions (Northern, Pacific Southwest, Southwestern, Oregon-Washington, and Intermountain Regions), the Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management, and the Fish and Wildlife Service. Most contracts represent firm fixed-price arrangements under the Land Management Integrated Resources National BPA (LMIR) or regional cone and needle collection BPAs, with performance periods typically extending from one to five years and completion dates ranging through 2030. No subcontractors or prime awardees have been identified in the contract records, indicating Sierra Cone operates as the sole service provider on its awarded contracts.

Sierra Cone holds three significant prime Indefinite Delivery Vehicles that position it as a long-term strategic partner for federal forest restoration initiatives. The company maintains a $4.5 million Indefinite Delivery Contract awarded by the USDA Forest Service Northern Region in January 2024 under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's Replant Act, designated as a total small business set-aside with a multiple-award structure and ultimate completion date of January 11, 2029. Sierra Cone also holds a $50 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement established under the Land Management Integrated Resources (LMIR) National BPA framework, awarded in June 2023 by USDA Forest Service Acquisitions with a completion date of March 6, 2033, providing a national-scope vehicle for issuing task orders across multiple regions. Additionally, the company maintains a $500,000 single-award regional Blanket Purchase Agreement through the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5) Cone & Needle Collection BPA, awarded in August 2021 with completion scheduled for July 31, 2026. These IDVs enable the Forest Service to efficiently issue scalable task orders for cone and needle collection services across multiple regions and national forests on an as-needed basis, supporting ongoing reforestation and ecological restoration programs. The availability of these contract vehicles has facilitated Sierra Cone's rapid response to emergency recovery needs, as evidenced by recent high-priority disaster response task orders for Hurricane Helene forest restoration in the Southern Region.

Collection of seed cones from all species of forest conifers, specializing in blister rust resisent (BRR) sugar pine spurless climbing. 11 years experience.