Tom Lodge

Tom Lodge, a sole proprietorship based in Burnsville, North Carolina, delivers forestry and vegetation management services to federal land stewardship agencies as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business set-asides, with 100% of recent awards designated for small business participation. The vendor operates across 117 recent federal awards spanning USDA Forest Service, National Park Service, and other land management customers, with a combined potential value of $70.3 million, though only $3.4 million has been obligated to date.

Tom Lodge's capability portfolio centers on invasive species control, timber stand improvement, herbicide application, and forest health treatments across southeastern national forests. Representative work includes a $46,494 BPA call from USDA Forest Service Southern Region (awarded September 28, 2026) for climbing vine and non-native invasive species treatment across 252 acres on the Pisgah Ranger District using backpack sprayers and herbicide; a $97,587 BPA call (September 1, 2026) for basal bark release and oak regeneration in the Twelvemile Project Area as part of Helene reforestation efforts in Mars Hill, North Carolina; and a $73,980 firm-fixed-price purchase order from the National Park Service Southeast Region (September 23, 2024) for Hemlock Woolly Adelgid suppression in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Work is performed across western North Carolina locations including Pisgah, Nantahala, and Great Smoky Mountains, with acreage-based treatments typically ranging from $9,000 to $43,488 per task order.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the USDA Forest Service Southern Region (Region 8), which accounts for 62 awards ($18 million combined potential value) representing 83% of award count. The Forest Service Research Service Southern Research Station holds 19 awards ($713 thousand), and the National Park Service Southeast Region holds 13 awards ($1.4 million). A single outlier award — the Land Management Integrated Resources (LMIR) Blanket Purchase Agreement awarded February 5, 2026 by the Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions — carries a $50 million ceiling and represents 71% of the vendor's total potential value; this vehicle is a multiple-award, ten-year BPA (through March 6, 2033) that establishes a framework for comprehensive land and natural resources management services across federal lands nationwide. Tom Lodge also holds a $7 million single-award BPA with the Forest Service Southern Region for wildlife and forest projects (through August 31, 2028) and a $10 million small business set-aside BPA for vegetation management services in North Carolina national forests (through May 31, 2027). Task orders flow predominantly under these three BPAs, with 18 task orders against Blanket Purchase Agreement 12444122A0028 ($440 thousand combined value) and 10 task orders under the North Carolina Non-Native Invasive Species Treatment vehicle ($171 thousand).

Activity has been episodic: four awards in 2021, eight in 2022, nine in 2023, one in 2024, and four in 2026. Only three awards (combined potential value $164 thousand) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure for the vendor and limited opportunities for competitors to displace Tom Lodge on small, task-order work. The vendor's footprint is concentrated in NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry), which accounts for 102 of 117 awards, with secondary work in site preparation and soil cultivation categories.

Trail maintenance and construction; release/thinning; tree planting; riverbank/wetlands restoration; landscaping.