Clearwater Forest Analytics, LLC

Clearwater Forest Analytics, LLC, a South Dakota-based small business, delivers Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) field data collection and forestry resource assessment services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards), operating predominantly under small business set-asides on task orders against blanket purchase agreements and full-and-open competitive calls.

Clearwater Forest Analytics is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Rapid City, South Dakota. The vendor competes under total small business set-aside and full-and-open designations. Recent NAICS concentration runs to 541512 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences) and 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry), with primary PSC coding in Agriculture R&D Services and Natural Resources Conservation. The company's capability portfolio centers on field-based forest inventory operations: plot location and monumenting, tree and understory inventory, tree core and soil collection, photography, and database creation supporting the Forest Service's statutory long-term forest monitoring mission. Representative work includes a $7.5 million single-award BPA with the Northern Research Station for nationwide FIA data collection across 24 states (awarded July 9, 2025, completion December 15, 2029), a $50 million multiple-award Land Management Integrated Resources National BPA for natural resources restoration and project management nationwide (awarded May 5, 2025, completion March 2033), and a $1 million single-award Professional Forestry Services BPA with Forest Service Acquisitions (awarded February 14, 2024, completion January 31, 2030). Recent task orders under these vehicles include $181.5 thousand for Rhode Island and Massachusetts FIA data collection, $160.7 thousand for New Jersey Trenton FIA work, and $131.2 thousand for Nebraska statewide forest inventory. The vendor also holds a $1 million BPA with the Pacific Northwest Research Station for professional forestry services across Oregon, Washington, and California.

Customer concentration sits entirely within the Department of Agriculture Forest Service network. The top five customer components—Northern Research Station (12 awards, $9.2 million), Rocky Mountain Research Station (4 awards, $456 thousand), Pacific Northwest Research Station (3 awards, $140 thousand), Rocky Mountain Region (3 awards, $228 thousand), and Forest Products Laboratory (2 awards, $99 thousand)—account for 83% of awards by count. However, the top-customer-by-potential-value ranking surfaces material dollar concentration: the Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions component (2 awards) anchors $51 million of the $61.5 million combined potential value, representing the two large BPAs. By contrast, research station and regional office call orders are individually small ($28 thousand to $213 thousand range) and concentrated in FIA field operations. Activity has grown from 3 awards in 2022 to 8 awards in 2026 year-to-date; 9 awards with ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $1.5 million and therefore face recompete exposure in that window. The vendor holds no subcontract footprint in the source data; all work is prime delivery.