Lava Nursery, Inc.

Lava Nursery, Inc., headquartered in Mt. Hood, Oregon, is a small business manufacturer of goods that has been registered in the System for Award Management since 2003. The company specializes in the production and delivery of native tree and shrub seedlings to support federal land management agencies' reforestation and ecological restoration objectives. As a self-certified small disadvantaged business, Lava Nursery has established itself as a critical supplier of native plant materials for Pacific Northwest federal land management initiatives, leveraging its expertise in seedling production, transplanting, lifting, sorting, and storage services.

Lava Nursery's federal contract portfolio demonstrates a consistent focus on native seedling production for the Bureau of Land Management's Oregon-Washington Region. The company has received five prime federal contract awards, all from the BLM Oregon-Washington Region, with a combined ceiling value of $423,057.23. These contracts include a December 2021 BPA call order for approximately 118,000 native tree and shrub seedlings valued at $117,827.23 under a total small business set-aside; an August 2023 purchase order for $86,400 under the SEEDLING PRODUCTION 2024 contract, also designated as a total small business set-aside; a September 2024 purchase order for $92,465 under the SEEDLING PRODUCTION 2 contract with a total small business set-aside designation; a May 2025 purchase order for $10,000 for Douglas-fir 1+1 seedlings with no set-aside used; and an August 2025 purchase order for $116,365 under the OR/WA SEEDLING PRODUCTION 2025-2 contract awarded on an unrestricted basis using best value tradeoff methodology. The seedling species produced include Douglas-fir, Ponderosa pine, and other native conifer varieties, with production and delivery locations primarily in Eugene, Colton, and Portland, Oregon. All contracts feature firm fixed-price terms, with performance periods extending through May 2028, supporting the BLM's broader mission of land stewardship and sustainable forest restoration across Oregon and Washington federal lands.