Joseph Marshall

Joseph Marshall, doing business as Marshall Tree Service, is a self-employed sole proprietor providing wildland fire suppression equipment, faller services, and forestry management support to the U.S. Forest Service as a prime contractor operating exclusively under total small business set-asides. Marshall Tree Service is a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Fresno, California, competing entirely in the small business reserve and holding all eight recent awards as prime contracts and indefinite-delivery vehicles with no subcontract footprint.

The vendor's entire capability portfolio centers on wildland fire management and emergency incident response. Marshall Tree Service operates heavy equipment (dozers and excavators) for fire suppression and all-hazard incident support, provides faller services for tree management during active fire operations, and delivers chipper services to support incident logistics across Forest Service regions 5 and 6. Recent representative work includes a $248,675 firm-fixed-price delivery order from the Forest Service Region 5–Pacific Southwest Region for specialized forestry and wildland fire management services in Clovis, California (August 2025), a $61,975 delivery order from Region 5 for tree-related services in Solvang, California (August 2026), and an $8,100 delivery order from the Forest Service for specialized tree services in Porterville, California (August 2024).

Customer concentration is absolute: 100% of awards fund Department of Agriculture Forest Service programs. The National Interagency Fire Center accounts for five awards worth $1.8 million in combined potential value (primarily through indefinite-delivery contracts), while the Forest Service Region 5–Pacific Southwest Region places two awards valued at $311 thousand. The Forest Service remains the only federal customer across the entire award portfolio.

Marshall Tree Service holds four indefinite-delivery contracts through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, a multiple-award vehicle enabling rapid resource mobilization for emergency response. The two most valuable IDCs carry $500,000 ceilings each — one for faller services across West Zone regions 5 and 6 (awarded February 2026, running through June 2028) and one for heavy equipment services for the same zones (awarded February 2026, also running through June 2028). Two additional IDCs with $250,000 ceilings each cover heavy equipment and faller services respectively, awarded June 2023 and running through June 2028. A fifth IDC for chipper services, awarded August 2026 with a $250,000 ceiling, runs through August 2029. All five IDCs carry total small business set-aside designations.

Activity has accelerated: two awards in 2023, one in 2024, one in 2025, and four in 2026. Of the $2.1 million in combined potential value across all awards, $319 thousand has been obligated (15% drawdown). Three awards representing $249 thousand in potential value reach completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure. Place of performance includes California locations in Fresno, Clovis, Porterville, and Solvang, with service scope covering Forest Service regions 5 and 6 (Pacific Southwest and Sierra Nevada).