Lester Enterprises Northstate, Inc.

Lester Enterprises Northstate, Inc. - doing business as North State Welding & Iron Bear Products - is a corporate entity registered as a self-certified small disadvantaged business that provides goods and services to the federal government.

Lester Enterprises Northstate has received multiple federal contract awards to provide products and services in support of U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service operations, specifically the Pacific Southwest Region encompassing California and Hawaii. These have included firm fixed-price delivery orders issued against the Forest Service's Region 5 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract vehicle to provide heavy equipment, personnel, and related services for wildland fire suppression, landscape protection, and all-hazard incident response. The delivery orders have had potential values ranging from $17,000 to $63,375, with no set-aside designations and completion dates through October 2022. Under the awards, Lester Enterprises Northstate has provided dozers, excavators, operators, and management to aid the Forest Service's emergency response and land and resource stewardship across the region.

Lester Enterprises Northstate also holds multiple-award indefinite delivery contracts with potential values of $250,000 each to furnish heavy equipment and services on an as-needed basis for wildland fire and all-hazard incident support in Forest Service Regions 5 and 6 (California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington) through June 2023 and June 2028 respectively. The contracts were awarded as total small business set-asides by the Forest Service's Fire and Aviation Management division and allow issuance of subsequent firm fixed-price delivery orders to provide critical resources for landscape protection and emergency operations.