Michael Beling

Michael Beling, operating as Black Bear Tree Service, a small-business sole proprietorship based in Oakhurst, California, provides heavy equipment rental and operational personnel for wildland fire suppression, all-hazard incident response, and prescribed project work as a prime contractor exclusively to the Department of Agriculture under total small business set-asides. All twelve recent awards are prime contracts; the vendor competes across multiple USDA Forest Service delivery vehicles without subcontractor engagement.

Black Bear Tree Service delivers specialized forestry equipment and crews for emergency and land-management operations. The equipment portfolio includes feller bunchers, mulchers, masticators, road graders, skidders, dozers, excavators, and chippers, supplied with trained and certified operational personnel, transportation, lodging, and supervisory support. Recent representative work includes a $131,140 delivery order issued by USDA Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) on August 28, 2026, for heavy equipment rental and operational support in Solvang, California, with completion September 16, 2026; a $140,112 firm-fixed-price delivery order from Region 5 awarded September 16, 2025, for equipment and services in Clovis, California; and a $111,469 Region 5 delivery order from August 30, 2025, continuing the vendor's operational support pattern.

Customer concentration is fully consolidated within USDA. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center accounts for six awards with $2.3 million in combined potential value, while the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5) accounts for six awards totaling $600 thousand, representing 100% of recent awards and combined potential value. Place of performance spans USDA Forest Service Regions 5 (Pacific Southwest) and 6 (Pacific Northwest), with work supporting both emergency incident dispatch and prescribed project activities across western forest regions.

Black Bear Tree Service holds multiple small-business set-aside Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center, each carrying $250,000 to $500,000 ceiling values and performance periods extending through 2028 and 2029. Three IDCs awarded February 6, 2026, hold $500,000 ceilings each covering chippers and crews (Regions 5 and 6), miscellaneous heavy equipment (Region 5), and heavy equipment for West Zone Regions 5 and 6, all under total small business set-asides and firm-fixed-price terms. Earlier BPAs awarded June 11, 2023, May 28, 2024, and June 13, 2024, carry $250,000 ceilings structured through the Virtual Incident Procurement system. Combined obligated dollars across all awards are $600 thousand (21% of combined potential value), indicating early-stage performance maturity across the contract portfolio. Activity has grown from one award in 2023 to five in 2024, with two awards in 2025 and four in 2026, reflecting increasing order volume under standing IDCs.