Oregon Department Of Forestry

The Oregon Department of Forestry, a state government agency and child entity of the State of Oregon, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering wildfire management, forest restoration, and natural resource conservation services across multiple federal grant programs and, to a lesser extent, as a contractor on specific federal purchases for security and fire suppression work. As a state agency rather than a commercial entity, ODF competes in full-and-open federal grant programs without set-aside designations and does not hold SBA certifications.

ODF's federal footprint centers on forest health, wildfire mitigation, and ecosystem restoration delivered to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) and the Bureau of Land Management's Oregon-Washington Region. ODF serves as a prime recipient on over 600 federal awards spanning grant programs including the Cooperative Forestry Assistance (CFDA 10.664), State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance (CFDA 10.698), Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.676 and 10.734), Community Wildfire Defense Grants (CFDA 10.720), Forest Health Protection (CFDA 10.680), Good Neighbor Authority (CFDA 10.691 and 15.015), and the Inflation Reduction Act's Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727), among others. Recent representative work includes $8.94 million in Cooperative Forestry Assistance funding awarded August 18, 2025, supporting direct assistance to non-federal land managers and private forest landowners for wildfire suppression, invasive species management, forest health restoration, and timber production; a $22 million Inflation Reduction Act Forest Legacy Program grant awarded August 21, 2025, to purchase conservation easements in the Blue Mountains; a $1.87 million Forest Health Protection Cooperative Agreement awarded August 18, 2025, for a long-term Sudden Oak Death eradication and monitoring strategy; and a $2.82 million Good Neighbor Authority Cooperative Agreement awarded September 16, 2025, for forest restoration services on National Forest System lands including road obliteration, reforestation inspections, and seed orchard protection.

ODF's customer concentration is heavily concentrated within the Department of Agriculture and Department of the Interior. The top five funding agencies account for 71% of awards by count: USDA Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region leads with 172 awards, followed by FEMA Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards (113 awards, primarily disaster-recovery grants for facility repair), USDA Forest Service (112 awards), BLM Oregon-Washington Region (55 awards, $134.2 million combined potential value), and BLM (28 awards). By potential value, BLM Oregon-Washington dominates the portfolio at $134.2 million (84% of total combined potential value), with USDA Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest contributing $3.2 million. This concentration reflects ODF's role as the state's implementing partner for federal land management and wildfire response on public lands across the Pacific Northwest. Activity has declined sharply in 2024–2026 (27, 25, and 4 awards respectively) compared to 2022–2023 (53 and 64 awards), indicating completion of major grant cycles rather than sustained growth.

ODF holds parent vehicle positions under several indefinite delivery and basic ordering agreements: Indefinite Delivery Contract HAC032W00 carries 40 task orders valued at $1.5 million; Indefinite Delivery Contract INL08PC90414 carries 12 task orders at $635 thousand; and Basic Ordering Agreement GS10B06803 carries 41 task orders at $162 thousand. These vehicles do not represent commercial contracts but rather federal administrative structures for reimbursable services ODF provides to federal agencies under grant and cooperative agreement authority.

ODF operates as a prime recipient on 90% of awards (608 of 673) and as a sub-recipient on 10% (65 awards). The sub-recipient posture is limited and primarily reflects pass-through awards routed through the Oregon Military Department (the state's designated emergency management authority) for disaster recovery and fire suppression reimbursements. Named sub-recipients under ODF-administered grants include Wallowa Resources, which received Community Wildfire Defense Grant sub-awards for defensible space and fuel reduction work in Union and Baker counties (July and November 2025), and the Douglas Forest Protective Association, which received sub-awards for hazardous fuels treatment and wildfire education in Douglas County.

ODF's award portfolio breakdown by NAICS shows Support Activities for Forestry dominates (99 awards), followed by Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (75 awards — reflecting facility rental and equipment staging for wildfire response operations). By PSC code, Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression accounts for 69 awards, with Lease/Rental of Office Buildings (50 awards) and Housekeeping and Other Services making up secondary categories. The portfolio's composition reflects ODF's statutory mission: fire prevention, suppression, and response on non-federal forest and rural lands; technical assistance to private landowners and conservation districts; forest health monitoring and invasive species management; and ecosystem restoration across Oregon's approximately 16 million acres of public and private forestlands.

Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is limited: 21 awards (combined potential value $456 thousand) reach ultimate completion dates by October 2026. The combined potential value cited in the award portfolio ($164.5 million) reflects anticipated performance values rather than invoiced revenue; obligated dollars across all awards total $1 billion, indicating significant multi-year performance already underway, particularly within long-term cooperative agreements extending through 2032. ODF operates as a state agency implementing federal land management and conservation priorities rather than as a commercial federal contractor, and its federal footprint is predominantly grant-funded, with minimal contract work concentrated in security and fire suppression services for specific federal facilities.