Bob Lee & Sons Tree Service, Inc.

Bob Lee & Sons Tree Service, Inc. is a self-certified Small Disadvantaged Business headquartered in Arizona that serves as a prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service and the National Interagency Fire Center. The company specializes in providing forestry management, vegetation management, wildland fire suppression, and land stewardship services across federal lands in the Southwestern and Pacific Northwest regions. Bob Lee & Sons Tree Service has established itself as a strategic partner for federal land management and emergency incident response, leveraging specialized expertise in tree removal, equipment operation, and emergency response capabilities to support the Forest Service's stewardship objectives across multiple regions.

The company has executed a diverse portfolio of federal contract awards valued at approximately $1.3 million in direct task orders and delivery orders since 2021. These contracts have been funded exclusively by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service and the National Interagency Fire Center, with the company serving as prime contractor on all awards. Bob Lee & Sons Tree Service has provided specialized equipment operation services including chipper operation, skidder services, forwarder equipment operation, and hazard tree removal across multiple project locations. Notable contract awards include a $194,110.20 purchase order for skidder equipment and services at the Calf Canyon project in Santa Fe, New Mexico; a $170,366.59 purchase order for forwarder equipment operation at the same location; a $169,855.49 purchase order for equipment operation and erosion control services; and multiple smaller delivery orders ranging from $7,050 to $100,000 for chipping services, hazard tree removal, and incident response equipment rental. All task orders and delivery orders were awarded without small business set-aside designations, reflecting the company's competitive positioning in open federal procurements. The company's work has supported the Forest Service's fire prevention, hazard tree programs, general forest management functions, and vegetation clearing operations across Regions 3 (Southwestern), 5 (Pacific Southwest), and 6 (Pacific Northwest).

Bob Lee & Sons Tree Service currently holds four Indefinite Delivery Contracts with a combined ceiling value of $1.05 million, plus a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement valued at $50 million. The largest and most significant contract vehicle is the Southwest Stewardship Blanket Purchase Agreement awarded by the Forest Service's Southwestern Region on December 2, 2022, with a ceiling value of $50 million and a performance period extending through December 5, 2032. This single-award contract covers stewardship services across six Arizona and New Mexico national forests—the Apache-Sitgreaves, Coconino, Coronado, Kaibab, Prescott, and Tonto National Forests. Additionally, the company holds three Indefinite Delivery Contracts under the Forest Service's Virtual Incident Procurement program valued at $250,000 each. These include a multiple-award IDC awarded June 2, 2021, with a completion date of May 20, 2024, for chipper services and miscellaneous heavy equipment across Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10; a multiple-award IDC awarded June 29, 2021, with completion through April 22, 2024, for miscellaneous heavy equipment rental in Regions 3, 5, and 6; and a multiple-award IDC awarded April 22, 2024, with completion through April 22, 2029, for miscellaneous heavy equipment rental in Regions 3 and 8 East Zone. Under these IDC vehicles, the company provides equipment including fellers bunchers, mulchers, masticators, road graders, and skidders on a 16-hour daily shift basis, along with operators, maintenance, transportation, and supervision support. Task orders executed under these IDVs have included a $22,168.22 delivery order from Forest Service Region 3 in July 2025 and a $17,714 delivery order from Forest Service Region 5 in July 2024, both for tree and brush removal services. All IDVs are structured as firm fixed-price contracts, with the 2021 and 2024 awards designated as total small business set-asides, demonstrating the company's continued qualification and competitiveness in federal small disadvantaged business procurements.