Bertagna Custom Farming, Inc.

Bertagna Custom Farming, Inc., a veteran-owned small business based in Chico, California, provides pesticide spray application services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides and full-and-open solicitations. The company operates as a for-profit corporate entity and competes predominantly under the Total Small Business set-aside category, though it has also won awards under no set-aside designation.

Bertagna's federal work centers on specialized pest management for forest seed orchards. The company delivers labor, equipment, and high-pressure enclosed-cab spray rigs for insecticide and fungicide applications, with the Forest Service supplying pesticides and materials. Representative work includes a $35,280 Total Small Business purchase order awarded May 1, 2026, for insecticide and fungicide spray applications across 84 acres at the Chico Seed Orchard in Chico, California, to control coneworm, seedbug, and seed chalcid infestations (performance through September 18, 2026); a $28,840 Total Small Business award from April 24, 2024, for four insecticide applications and two fungicide applications covering 121 acres combined at the same location; and a $23,800 full-and-open purchase order from June 5, 2025, for insecticide spray services on 85 acres at the Chico Seed Orchard in the Mendocino National Forest.

Customer concentration is narrow. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region accounts for 12 awards and $181 thousand of the $216 thousand combined potential value across Bertagna's recent award footprint; the parent Forest Service organization accounts for 1 award and $35 thousand. Bertagna operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract activity. Activity is consistent but modest — one award per year for the past five years (2022–2026) — with one award ($35 thousand) reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. Work is performed entirely at the Chico Seed Orchard location in California, where Bertagna holds a recurring contract relationship since at least 2022.