Hitchcock Tree Removal LLC

Hitchcock Tree Removal LLC, a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Missoula, Montana, provides specialized forest management and fire-suppression services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime (100% of recent awards) across two distinct USDA Forest Service customer segments: the National Interagency Fire Center's virtual incident procurement system and the Region 1 Northern Region stewardship program. Work is performed across Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota, with primary NAICS coding in support activities for forestry (561730) and natural resources conservation.

Hitchcock's federal award footprint centers on two anchoring vehicles, one of which dominates the dollar value. The Northern Rockies Stewardship BPA, a single-award blanket purchase agreement with USDA Region 1 awarded May 15, 2023, carries a $50 million ceiling through October 3, 2032, with no set-aside restrictions applied — this is the vendor's flagship vehicle and accounts for $50 million of the $51.5 million combined potential value across all awards. The remaining $1.5 million sits in four multiple-award indefinite delivery contracts issued by the National Interagency Fire Center under the Virtual Incident Procurement system: two contracts for faller services ($500,000 each, awarded June 9, 2023 and February 6, 2026, ultimate completion dates June 9, 2028 and February 6, 2028 respectively) and two contracts for chipper services ($250,000 each, awarded May 30, 2024 and February 6, 2026, ultimate completion dates May 30, 2029 and May 30, 2029 respectively). All four NIFC contracts carry total small business set-asides. Recent work includes a September 15, 2026 purchase order from USDA Forest Service Region 1 for tree removal at Bitterroot National Forest locations (Stevensville and West Fork Ranger Stations) valued at $22,500 with December 31, 2026 completion.

Activity has been sparse and uneven — two awards in 2023, one in 2024, and three in 2026 — with only $23 thousand in combined dollars obligated across all awards to date despite $51.5 million in combined potential value. One award (the $22,500 Bitterroot purchase order) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The vendor has no subcontract footprint in the source data and operates entirely as a prime. Customer concentration is absolute: 100% of awards fund USDA Forest Service programs across two internal segments, with the Northern Rockies stewardship program representing 97% of combined potential value. Hitchcock competes exclusively under small-business set-asides in its prime footprint, with the exception of the Northern Rockies BPA, which used no set-aside restriction.