Nessco Forestry Services LLC

Nessco Forestry Services LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Sanders, Arizona, provides pinecone and forest genetic materials collection and crown management services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor on small-business-set-aside and full-and-open delivery orders. The company operates 100% as a prime — no subcontract work in the source data — and competes under a mix of Total Small Business set-asides and unrestricted delivery orders issued against two indefinite delivery vehicles.

Nessco's customer base is concentrated entirely within the Forest Service. The company holds task orders from USDA Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region), Region 2 (Rocky Mountain Region), and the Washington Office Acquisitions, which together account for 100% of recent awards. The dollar concentration is heavily skewed toward the Forest Service Washington Office: the $50 million Land Management Integrated Resources (LMIR) Blanket Purchase Agreement awarded July 29, 2024, with an expiration date of March 6, 2033, dominates the combined potential value at $50 million across a single prime vehicle, while Region 1 and Region 2 task orders carry only $4.8 million and $349 thousand in combined potential value, respectively. Nessco also holds a $4.5 million Indefinite Delivery Contract for vegetative materials collection under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's Replant Act program (NAICS 541220 — Forest Nurseries and Gathering of Forest Products; PSC R408 — Natural Resources/Conservation) running through January 11, 2029, with task orders spanning Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Pike-San Isabel National Forest, and Boise National Forest. Representative delivery orders include a $107,800 Total Small Business set-aside task order issued August 7, 2026, for 2026 grouse creek and dry creek cone collection and crown management on the Idaho Panhandle National Forest (completion October 31, 2026); a $113,995 full-and-open delivery order from August 11, 2025, for cone collection and crown management at the same location (completion October 31, 2025); a $27,225 full-and-open order from September 15, 2025, for approximately 150 bushels of ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir, and lodgepole pine cone collection at Pike-San Isabel National Forest near Conifer, Colorado (completion October 15, 2025); and a $49,480 full-and-open order from August 26, 2024, for 400 bushels of cone collection at Boise National Forest (completion September 30, 2024). All delivery orders carry firm fixed pricing and IIJA funding.

Award activity is sparse and uneven — one award in 2021, three in 2024, two in 2025, one in 2026, and one in 2027 — with combined potential value of $55.1 million against only $366 thousand in combined dollars obligated to date (1% of ceiling). Two awards face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $164 thousand, representing modest near-term recompete exposure. Nessco's capability footprint is narrow: forest genetic materials collection (seed cones, crown management) and associated field operations supporting ecosystem restoration and reforestation across western national forests, with work performed at multiple locations including Sandpoint, Idaho; Conifer, Colorado; and Boise, Idaho.

Harvest and transport of Conifer Seed Cones for reforestation efforts