Earth Industries LLC

Earth Industries LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business based in Central Point, Oregon, operates as a prime contractor providing land management, wildfire response, and ecosystem restoration services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and related federal land agencies. The company competes under total small business set-asides on its core Indefinite Delivery Contracts but uses full-and-open procurement for task orders and delivery orders drawn against those vehicles.

Earth Industries delivers concrete forest stewardship capabilities: reforestation and tree planting, vegetation management and hazardous fuels reduction, water handling equipment provision (Type 3, 4, 5, and 6 engines; support and tactical water tenders), chipping and crew services, equipment rental, personnel deployment for wildland fire suppression, habitat restoration, and emergency incident response. The company holds a NAICS classification under 541711 (Support Activities for Forestry) and serves federal customers primarily through delivery orders and task orders under larger Indefinite Delivery Contracts. Representative recent work includes a $188.5 thousand delivery order from the Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5) awarded August 9, 2026, for fire suppression operations in Eureka, California; a $187.5 thousand delivery order from Region 6 (Pacific Northwest) awarded July 30, 2026, for vegetation management and fire response in Wenatchee, Washington; and a $126.7 thousand BPA call from Region 6 awarded February 20, 2024, for large-scale seedling planting (1,250 acres) on the Umatilla National Forest under the Central Oregon Restoration Project.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to the Forest Service's regional operations. The top five funding entities account for 98% of combined potential value across all awards. The Forest Service R2-Rocky Mountain Region anchors the potential-value ranking with two awards ($55 million combined), representing the recent award of two major Blanket Purchase Agreements: a $50 million single-award Rocky Mountain Restoration Project (RMRP) Stewardship BPA awarded March 31, 2025, and a $50 million single-award Land Management Integrated Resources (LMIR) BPA awarded April 7, 2026. The Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region follows with 59 awards ($53.6 million combined potential value), and the Forest Service R5-Pacific Southwest Region with 59 awards ($11.2 million combined potential value). Activity is distributed across both volume (numerous smaller delivery orders in Regions 5 and 6) and dollar concentration (the multi-million-dollar stewardship BPAs anchoring the national contract footprint). The Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions and the Rocky Mountain Research Station each carry a single $50 million vehicle.

Vehicle position concentrates on Indefinite Delivery Contracts and Blanket Purchase Agreements with the Forest Service and National Interagency Fire Center. Earth Industries holds multiple active IDCs and BPAs: the Indefinite Delivery Contract (1202SB22T7764), the company's highest-activity vehicle with 63 task orders generating $3.7 million in combined potential value; water handling IDCs for Region 5 ($500 thousand ceiling, awarded February 6, 2026) and Region 6 ($500 thousand ceiling, awarded February 6, 2026); chippers and crews IDC for Regions 5 and 6 ($500 thousand ceiling, awarded February 6, 2026); the $50 million Rocky Mountain Restoration Project BPA (single-award, no set-aside, through July 2032); the $50 million Land Management Integrated Resources BPA (total small business set-aside, through March 2033); the $50 million Pacific Northwest Stewardship BPA (single-award, no set-aside, through October 2032); the $50 million Intermountain Stewardship BPA (single-award, no set-aside, through October 2032); and smaller $250 thousand water handling IDCs for Regions 5 and 6 awarded in 2025. The company also holds the Central Oregon Restoration Project BPA and a $250 thousand West Zone water handling IDC through June 2025.

Activity trajectory shows year-over-year variability with 26 awards in 2022, 23 in 2023, 30 in 2024, 25 in 2025, and 14 awards so far in 2026 (the source date is October 15, 2026). Combined potential value across all 163 awards stands at $223.9 million, though only $8.5 million (4%) has been obligated to date, reflecting the large ceiling values on the multi-year stewardship BPAs that remain unexercised. Recompete exposure is material but structured by vehicle type: the five major stewardship BPAs total $250 million in combined ceiling and span completion dates from July 2032 to March 2033, while the smaller water handling and chipper IDCs completed in 2025–2026 are scheduled to expire between May 2029 and June 2030.

Earth Industries operates 100% as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint in the source data. The company's set-aside posture is characteristic of small disadvantaged minority businesses: core IDCs and BPAs carry total small business set-aside designations, but individual delivery orders and task orders drawn against those vehicles are frequently issued full-and-open, allowing Earth Industries to compete on pricing and performance rather than set-aside protection once the parent vehicle is secured. The company's competitive position rests on established relationships with Forest Service regional offices in the Pacific Southwest, Pacific Northwest, Rocky Mountain, and Intermountain regions, with particular depth in Regions 5 and 6, where historical delivery orders and task orders demonstrate operational capacity in remote, rugged terrain across California, Oregon, and Washington.