CAL Forest Nurseries, Inc.
Etna, CA Part of Droneseed CO.
- UEI
- C493LX6BEHM1
- CAGE
- 9M2T7
- Primary NAICS
- 113210 Forest Nurseries and Gathering of Forest Products
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Corporate family
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Parent
Droneseed CO. · Seattle, WA
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Parent
Droneseed CO. · Seattle, WA
LHC4K8EB5Q87
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 1838 Eastside Rd, Etna, CA 96027, USA
- Website
- calforest.com
- Founded
- 1978
- Employees
- 1-10
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Consumer Staples
- Food, Beverage & Tobacco
- Food Products
- Agricultural Products
- SIC code
- 08 Forestry
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $465,959 |
| FY2026 | $1,129,899 |
| FY2025 | $918,711 |
| FY2024 | $992,029 |
| FY2023 | $471,705 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Agriculture | $1,250,237 | |
| 2 | Department of the Interior | $345,621 |
Contract vehicles
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
CAL Forest Nurseries, Inc., a small-business subsidiary of Droneseed CO. based in Etna, California, supplies containerized conifer seedlings and forest seed to the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business set-asides and open competition. The company operates under NAICS 114111 (Forest Nurseries and Gathering of Forest Products) and PSC codes R499 (Other Forestry Services) and R401 (Seeds and Nursery Stock), specializing in Douglas Fir, Ponderosa Pine, Shasta Red Fir, and other conifer species grown to federal specifications for reforestation and habitat restoration on federal lands across the Pacific Northwest and Southwest.
CAL Forest Nurseries' customer base is tightly concentrated within the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service and the Department of the Interior's BLM. The two customers account for 100% of the vendor's recent prime awards: BLM Oregon-Washington dominates by award count with 9 orders ($2.6 million combined potential value), while USDA Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions anchors the dollars with 2 awards ($57.5 million combined potential value). The Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6) places 5 additional orders ($1.3 million), and the Southwestern Region (Region 3) contributes 1 award ($230 thousand). The potential-value ranking diverges sharply from the award-count ranking because two recently awarded blanket purchase agreements — a $50 million Land Management Integrated Resources (LMIR) BPA established May 26, 2026, and a $7.5 million Region 6 containerized conifer seedling BPA established July 1, 2024 — carry multi-year ceilings that dwarf individual task orders.
Representative prime work includes a $315.69 thousand purchase order from Forest Service Region 6 (Cedar Creek Fire reforestation, approximately 720,000 seedlings, firm fixed price, ultimate completion April 1, 2028); a $504.025 thousand BLM Oregon-Washington seedling production purchase order (August 25, 2025, through May 15, 2028); a $565.738 thousand BLM seedling production contract (September 15, 2024, through May 15, 2027); and a $462.361 thousand BLM seedling production order (September 15, 2023, through May 15, 2026). CAL Forest Nurseries also holds a single-source procurement for $156.54 thousand with BLM for processed Douglas Fir, Ponderosa Pine, and Shasta Red Fir seeds from Klamath Falls seed zones 502 and 721, awarded August 28, 2025, based on the vendor's exclusive cone-collection permit for those zones.
Activity has grown modestly year over year — one award in 2022 to five in 2026 (year to date) — with a combined potential value of $61.6 million across 17 awards, though only $4 million (7%) has been obligated to date. Five awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $1.8 million and face recompete exposure. CAL Forest Nurseries operates entirely as a prime contractor; it holds no recorded subcontract positions. Work is performed at the vendor's facility in Etna, California, and at subordinate delivery locations including the J. Herbert Stone Nursery in Central Point, Oregon; Klamath Falls, Oregon; and Fredonia, Arizona. The company's geographic positioning within 300 miles of key Forest Service and BLM operations in the Pacific Northwest supports efficient delivery and coordination with federal reforestation initiatives.
Quick answers
Is CAL Forest Nurseries, Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. CAL Forest Nurseries, Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through July 6, 2027.
Which contract vehicles does CAL Forest Nurseries, Inc. hold?
CAL Forest Nurseries, Inc. holds a place on 1 federal contract vehicle: LMIR.
How much has CAL Forest Nurseries, Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $918,711 to CAL Forest Nurseries, Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $3,978,304 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does CAL Forest Nurseries, Inc. rank among federal contractors?
CAL Forest Nurseries, Inc. ranked #5 in NAICS 1132, #6 in NAICS 113 and #6 in PSC 8730 in FY2025.
What is CAL Forest Nurseries, Inc.'s most recent federal award?
CAL Forest Nurseries, Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is Reforestation: or & WA containerized conifer seedling production (1240BG27F0004), from Forest Service, on October 21, 2026.
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