Cloud Mountain Forestry LLC

Cloud Mountain Forestry LLC, a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Dover, Arkansas, provides forestry management, vegetation control, and environmental stewardship services to federal agencies as a prime contractor, competing predominantly under total small business set-asides on its IDIQs and full-and-open on individual task orders issued against those vehicles. The company is structured as a limited liability company and sole proprietorship with Native American ownership designation.

Cloud Mountain's capability portfolio centers on timberland improvement, wildlife habitat management, prescribed burning, herbicide application, brush clearing, roadside brushing, overhead trimming, invasive species removal, dozer maintenance, and secondary road work across national forests and Army Corps of Engineers facilities in Arkansas. Representative work includes a $446,618 total small business set-aside purchase order from the Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District (awarded September 2025) for prescribed burning across 2,149 to 4,174 acres on Missouri River Recovery Program sites in Nebraska through November 2026; a $362,750.08 single-award indefinite delivery contract from the Army Corps of Engineers (awarded May 2024) for timberland improvement and herbicide management at Lake Dardanelle and Lake Ozark through December 2026; and a $6.06 million single-award indefinite delivery contract from the Army Corps of Engineers (awarded June 2022) for environmental stewardship at the Nimrod-Blue Mountain project through May 2027, from which multiple task orders ranging from $11,748 to $135,080 have been issued.

Customer concentration sits heavily with the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers, which accounts for 25 awards worth $10 million combined potential value (74% of the portfolio by dollar value). The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R8-Southern Region follows with 18 awards worth $2.7 million combined potential value. These two customers account for 98% of Cloud Mountain's recent award count. The Corps' Omaha District and Little Rock District represent subordinate concentration within the broader Army customer base, with four awards worth $354 thousand from Little Rock and one worth $447 thousand from Omaha.

Cloud Mountain holds five active indefinite delivery vehicles: a $6.06 million single-award IDC with the Army Corps of Engineers for Nimrod-Blue Mountain environmental stewardship (extended through May 2027); a $362,750 single-award IDC with the Corps for timberland improvement at Lake Dardanelle and Ozark Lake (through December 2026); a $327,076 single-award IDC with the Corps for herbicides and natural resource management along the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (through December 2025); a $2 million multiple-award IDC (#12445122D0004) with the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 8 for road maintenance across Ouachita and Ozark-St. Francis National Forests (through September 2025); and several smaller Corps IDCs including W9127S22D0019, W9127S19D0022, W9127S19D0021, and W9127S24D0011. The Forest Service IDC carries 14 task orders worth $439 thousand; the three Corps environmental contracts combined anchor the bulk of Cloud Mountain's billable capacity.

Activity has declined year over year—12 awards in 2022 declining to one award in 2026 (the most recent through April 2026). Three awards totaling $698 thousand in combined potential value face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting limited recompete exposure in the near term. Combined potential value across the 51-award prime portfolio stands at $13.5 million, with $2.5 million obligated to date (19% draw-down). The portfolio is entirely prime contractor awards with no sub-award activity.

Cloud Mountain competes under total small business set-aside designation on its IDIQ awards but accepts non-set-aside delivery orders issued against those vehicles, indicating willingness to compete against larger contractors on individual task orders once secured under the parent vehicle. Work performance spans Arkansas national forests and Army Corps facilities, with the prescribed burning contract extending into Nebraska. The vendor's specialization in landscape and forestry services under PSC codes 5210 (Housekeeping—Landscaping/Groundskeeping) and 5310 (Maintenance of Highways/Roads/Streets) reflects concentrated focus on ground-level environmental and infrastructure maintenance rather than design, engineering, or strategic advisory roles.