Blaises Skidsteer Service Inc.

Blaises Skidsteer Service Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Kelliher, Minnesota, provides timber sale preparation, stand layout, boundary marking, tree cruising, and pre-harvest forestry services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor under small-business set-asides and full-and-open vehicles. The company operates exclusively as a prime (100% of recent awards) and competes across both set-aside and unrestricted delivery mechanisms — recent work split between Total Small Business purchase orders and BPA calls on full-and-open vehicles.

Customer concentration is extreme and structural: the Department of Agriculture Forest Service accounts for all fourteen recent awards, with the Washington Office Acquisitions cell anchoring $50 million in combined potential value through a single Blanket Purchase Agreement and the Eastern Region (Region 9) field operations placing thirteen smaller task orders and purchase orders worth $1.1 million combined. The LMIR BPA, a $50 million multiple-award blanket purchase agreement running through March 2033, dominates the vendor's vehicle footprint; the company also holds a $750 thousand IDIQ for timber marking and cruising services reserved for small businesses. Representative concrete work includes a $32.627 thousand Total Small Business purchase order (awarded August 31, 2026) for Everton Creek timber sale preparation on the Chippewa National Forest covering 413 acres of stand boundary layout, GPS-based polygon creation, and boundary marking with performance through September 1, 2027; a $18.675 thousand BPA call for Chippewa National Forest Hodge Podge conifer timber sale prep (awarded July 29, 2024) under the LMIR BPA; and a $15.675 thousand BPA call for Hodge Podge West timber sale prep (awarded August 6, 2025) also under LMIR. All work is performed at Forest Service field locations across the Eastern Region, with cruisers required to hold Forest Service Qualified Cruiser Certification.

Activity has been episodic — two awards in 2020, one in 2021, then a gap through 2023, one award in 2024, one in 2025, and one in 2026 — and the vendor carries minimal recompete exposure, with only $33 thousand in awards completing inside the next twenty-four months. Service categories span Support Activities for Forestry (14 awards) under NAICS 113110, with work coded primarily to Natural Resources Conservation and Site Preparation PSC lines. The vendor holds no subcontractor relationships; all awards are primed.