Southwest Research LLC

Southwest Research LLC, a small business based in Moab, Utah, provides forestry data collection, stand examination services, and natural resources consulting to the U.S. Forest Service and Department of the Interior as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards), competing exclusively under small business set-asides. The company operates as a limited liability partnership and specializes in field survey work, vegetation inventory, Common Stand Exam protocols, and environmental data management across federal land management agencies nationwide.

Southwest Research's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Forest Service. The top five customer organizations account for 60% of awards by count but 98% of combined potential value — driven overwhelmingly by the $50 million Land Management Integrated Resources (LMIR) Blanket Purchase Agreement established with the Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions on May 15, 2026, running through March 6, 2033. Within that agreement, Southwest Research has generated five task orders totaling $281 thousand. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region (Region 2) is the dominant operational customer, with 23 awards worth $11.2 million combined potential value, followed by the Southwestern Region (Region 3) with 2 awards worth $7 million. The company holds task orders under five named Forest Service indefinite delivery contracts, with the highest activity on Indefinite Delivery Contract AG82AKC140007 (5 task orders, $281 thousand) and three others each carrying 3 to 4 task orders in the $70 thousand to $133 thousand range.

Recent representative work illustrates the scope: a $38,169 purchase order from the Forest Service Southwestern Region (February 2026) for Common Stand Exam data collection at 541 plot points on the Lincoln National Forest to monitor treatment effectiveness for the Mexican Spotted Owl Management Experiment; a $40,287 purchase order from the Rocky Mountain Region (June 2024) for forest inventory data collection on approximately 1,033 sample plots across the Laramie Ranger District; and a $28,755 purchase order from the Forest Service Job Corps (June 2026) for post-fire stand examination services on burn-affected stands within the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest in Wyoming. Awards range from $27 thousand to $50 million and span BPA calls, purchase orders, and indefinite delivery contracts, all under small business set-asides.

Activity has been episodic — six awards in 2020, then two in 2021, none in 2022–2023, one each in 2024 and 2025, and five in 2026 — with only three awards (combined potential value $94 thousand) reaching ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months. Southwest Research does not hold positions on federal GWACs or schedule vehicles; its work is routed through Forest Service and Department of the Interior regional offices and parent IDCs. The company holds only prime awards and no subcontract positions. Its capability footprint centers on support activities for forestry (51 awards by NAICS), with secondary work in forest tree planting, wildlife special studies, and environmental services.