Lava River Forestry Inc.

Lava River Forestry Inc. is a for-profit subchapter S corporation based in Salem, Oregon, registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) since March 14, 2006. The company specializes in providing comprehensive forestry services to federal agencies, with a primary focus on supporting the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service. Through its federal contract awards, Lava River Forestry Inc. delivers a wide range of services including wildland fire management, vegetation management, forestry services, and the deployment of specialized firefighting crews and equipment.

The company has consistently received federal contract delivery orders primarily from the USDA Forest Service across multiple regional offices, including Pacific Northwest (Region 6), Pacific Southwest (Region 5), Intermountain (Region 4), Northern (Region 1), and Southwestern (Region 3) regions. These delivery orders have encompassed services such as forest management, wildland fire prevention and suppression, conservation efforts on public lands, and providing specialized firefighting resources. While most of these contracts were not set aside for specific business categories, the company has demonstrated extensive capability in supporting forest management activities. The contract values have ranged from as low as $1,313 to as high as $465,674, covering diverse geographical areas including Oregon, California, New Mexico, Utah, Montana, and Arizona.

Lava River Forestry Inc. holds several significant Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) with the National Interagency Fire Center. These include a $142,500,000 multiple-award IDC for National Type 2 Firefighter Crews (set aside for small businesses), a $250,000 IDC for water handling services in Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10 (small business set-aside), a $250,000 IDC for water handling in the Pacific Northwest Region (small business set-aside), and a $250,000 IDC for chippers in Regions 5 and 6. These contracts enable the company to provide critical resources such as firefighting crews, water handling equipment, chippers, and associated personnel for local, regional, and nationwide fire suppression, all-hazard incidents, and prescribed project work across various Forest Service regions.