C&O Forestry, Inc.

C&O Forestry, Inc., a minority-owned, Hispanic American-owned small business based in Medford, Oregon, provides forest management and restoration services to federal land agencies as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The vendor is self-certified as a small disadvantaged business and competes exclusively within small-business reserve categories across the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management and the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service.

C&O Forestry's capability portfolio centers on forestry field labor: tree planting, cutting and hand-piling of slash for fuels management, lop and scatter thinning of woodland vegetation, and stand improvement work across western National Forests and BLM districts. Work is classified under NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC codes covering tree thinning and forest tree planting. Representative recent awards include a $576,981 BPA call from the Department of the Interior Region 1 for the Disaster Remington Mechanical Project near Ashland, Montana (due September 30, 2026); a $86,653 purchase order from BLM Idaho Region for lop and scatter tree thinning and removal across approximately 1,844 acres of Utah juniper and pinyon pine forest in Nevada (September 15, 2026 through February 28, 2027); a $87,626 purchase order for lop and scatter operations in the Twin Falls District, Idaho (completed October 31, 2025); and a $198,030 spring tree planting contract from USDA Forest Service Region 2 for approximately 3,160 acres across six Rocky Mountain National Forests (May through July 2024).

Customer concentration is split between BLM Idaho Region (4 awards, $267 thousand combined potential value) and USDA Forest Service regional offices. However, the dollar picture is dominated by two large vehicle holdings that dwarf recent task-order activity. C&O Forestry holds a $50 million Blanket Purchase Agreement with USDA Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions (the Land Management Integrated Resources, or LMIR, BPA, awarded May 15, 2026, running through March 6, 2033) and a $7.5 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract from Forest Service Region 3 for Southwestern tree planting services across eleven National Forests in Arizona and New Mexico (awarded April 13, 2026, extending through March 1, 2031). A third vehicle, the R2 Planting IDIQ from Forest Service Region 2, carries an $816,700 ceiling and runs through February 26, 2030. These three IDIQs and BPAs represent $58.3 million of the vendor's combined $59.4 million potential value. One task order has been issued against the LMIR BPA ($577 thousand for the Disaster Remington Project).

Activity has concentrated heavily in 2026, with seven awards issued year-to-date compared to one award per year in 2019, 2024, and 2025. Four awards (combined potential value $757 thousand) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and will require recompete or renewal. Obligated dollars across all awards total $1.1 million, representing 2% of combined potential value — consistent with a vendor holding large vehicles with minimal task-order drawdown to date. The vendor operates as a 100% prime contractor with no identified subcontractor relationships in the source record. Work is performed at multiple western locations including Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Colorado, Idaho, and Arizona, reflecting the geographic footprint of national forests and BLM districts the vendor serves.