C.t.l. Forest Management, Inc.

C.t.l. Forest Management, Inc., doing business as Ceres Forestry, is a for-profit small business organization registered in SAM.gov since March 30, 2004, headquartered in Cameron Park, California. The company specializes in comprehensive forestry management and vegetation services for federal agencies across the western United States, with a particular focus on hazardous fuels reduction, forest health management, vegetation clearing, erosion control, and environmental restoration projects. Ceres Forestry has established itself as a reliable federal contractor providing on-demand forestry and land stewardship services that support critical infrastructure maintenance, wildfire risk mitigation, and environmental management objectives across multiple federal agencies.

Ceres Forestry has demonstrated substantial expertise through diverse prime federal contract awards spanning multiple agencies and project types. The company has received significant task orders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Sacramento under the Tree Mitigation and Vegetation Clearing Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC), with delivery orders totaling approximately $8.6 million for projects including tree removal along the Sacramento River East Levee Project ($209,000), the Lower San Joaquin River Phase E Levee Project tree survey and arborist report ($174,054), the San Joaquin River West Mitigation project ($5.77 million), Natomas Basin tree cutting operations, Hamilton City tree and stump clearing ($932,711), and various erosion control and vegetation removal projects. The U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region has awarded Ceres Forestry a $50 million Blanket Purchase Agreement for stewardship services across 14 California national forests, including the Last Chance Stewardship project in Sequoia National Forest valued at approximately $5.63 million involving mechanical thinning, fuels reduction, and hazardous tree removal. The company also received a $3.4 million definitive contract from the Forest Service for the Zoombug Stewardship Integrated Resource Stewardship Contract focused on forest health improvement and community safety in the Wildland Urban Interface of the Dixie Fire Complex burn scar. The Bureau of Land Management has issued multiple delivery orders to Ceres Forestry for manual and mechanical hazardous fuel reduction services across Oregon and Washington, with individual orders valued at $5,000 each serving as minimum guarantees under larger IDIQ vehicles. Additionally, Ceres Forestry provided wildland fire suppression services to the Forest Service during the 2021 Caldor and Dixie Fire incidents, with purchase orders totaling approximately $1.41 million for faller services and equipment operation. Set-aside designations have varied across awards, with several Corps of Engineers delivery orders designated as total small business set-asides while most other awards were issued without set-aside provisions, reflecting the company's competitive standing in open federal procurement.

Ceres Forestry holds an extensive portfolio of Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contracts and related master IDVs with significant ceiling values enabling rapid deployment of services across multiple regions. The company maintains a $49.9 million partial small business set-aside Multiple Award Task Order Contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Sacramento for Tree Mitigation and Vegetation Clearing services through September 29, 2027, which serves as the parent vehicle for numerous delivery orders addressing levee reconstruction, erosion mitigation, and vegetation management projects throughout the Sacramento District area. Ceres Forestry holds a $50 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region through October 2032 for stewardship services across California national forests, supporting wildfire risk mitigation and land stewardship activities. The company has been awarded multiple mechanical hazardous fuel reduction IDIQ contracts from the Bureau of Land Management, including a $70 million single-award contract for East Washington services, a $145 million multiple-award contract for Central Oregon services, a $110 million multiple-award contract for Southwest Oregon services, a $140 million multiple-award contract for East Oregon services, and a $60 million multiple-award contract for Northwest Oregon services, all with performance periods extending through August or September 2028 and providing mechanical fuel management services including thinning, piling, mastication, yarding, and fireline construction. Additionally, Ceres Forestry holds multiple manual hazardous fuel reduction IDIQ master contracts with the Bureau of Land Management totaling $525 million in combined potential value across Central Oregon ($145 million), East Oregon ($140 million), East Washington ($70 million), Northwest Oregon ($60 million), and Southwest Oregon ($110 million) through September 2027, enabling the provision of manual fuel reduction services including hand cutting, pile burning, and debris removal across federal lands in these regions. The company also maintains a $0 value Indefinite Delivery Contract with the U.S. Forest Service Region 1 Northern Region for Region 1/Region 4 mechanical thinning services designated as a total small business set-aside through January 2023, and holds delivery orders against the Bureau of Land Management's Mechanical IDIQ for minimum guarantee services in Bend, Oregon through August 2028. These diverse IDV holdings position Ceres Forestry as a primary contractor for federal land management agencies seeking specialized forestry services across the western United States.