Ricky Joe Black

Ricky Joe Black, a sole proprietorship operating under the doing business as name Black Ricky Joe, is a vegetation management services contractor based in Steelville, Missouri. The entity has been registered in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) since April 2009 and maintains federal contract eligibility through November 2026. Black Ricky Joe specializes in providing comprehensive vegetation management services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, with a particular focus on supporting sustainable forest management, wildfire mitigation, and ecosystem restoration activities across federal lands in Missouri.

Black Ricky Joe has established a consistent track record of delivering vegetation management services to the U.S. Forest Service Eastern Region through multiple delivery orders issued between 2021 and 2025. The contract work has encompassed tree felling, ecosystem restoration through mechanical means, prescribed burns, road vegetation clearing, and herbicide treatments across various ranger districts of the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri. Award values for individual delivery orders have ranged from $16,955 to $247,092, with the majority of work performed in the Potosi-Fredericktown Ranger District and other Mark Twain National Forest locations. All delivery orders were issued without set-aside designations except for one definitive contract awarded in May 2021 for $86,990 that carried a total small business set-aside designation. The contractor has served as the prime contractor on all awards with no identified subcontractors, demonstrating the capacity to perform specialized vegetation management work independently.

Black Ricky Joe holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) with the U.S. Forest Service Eastern Region for Mark Twain National Forest Vegetation Management Services, valued at $4.7 million with a ceiling completion date of September 7, 2026. Originally competed and awarded as a total small business set-aside in September 2021, the IDC now permits the issuance of task orders above and below established thresholds. Under this IDC vehicle, the Forest Service has exercised significant ordering authority, issuing eight delivery orders totaling approximately $848,315 since the contract's inception. The IDC provides a flexible contracting mechanism that enables the Forest Service to efficiently procure vegetation management services for wildfire mitigation, ecosystem restoration, and sustainable forest management activities across the 1.5 million-acre Mark Twain National Forest landscape. The arrangement has proven effective for the agency's operational needs, with regular task order issuance demonstrating strong demand for Black Ricky Joe's specialized capabilities in this geographic and functional area.