Paradigm Shift Enterprises LLC

Paradigm Shift Enterprises LLC, doing business as Northern Landworks, is a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Hale, Michigan that delivers forestry, wildland fire management, and land conservation services to the U.S. Forest Service as a prime contractor across multiple regions. The company operates as a sole proprietorship and limited liability company specializing in hazardous fuels reduction, prescribed fire support, mechanical thinning, wildlife habitat improvement, and heavy equipment provision for fire suppression and all-hazard incident response. Northern Landworks competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides, which account for the majority of its indefinite delivery vehicles and smaller task-order awards.

Northern Landworks' customer base is entirely concentrated within the Department of Agriculture Forest Service across eight geographic and functional subdivisions. By award count, the Eastern Region (Region 9) dominates with eight awards totaling $8 million in combined potential value, followed by the National Interagency Fire Center (four awards, $1.5 million), the Rocky Mountain Research Station (two awards, $7.5 million), and the Rocky Mountain Region (Region 2, two awards, $290 thousand). By potential value, however, the Washington Office Acquisitions division anchors the portfolio with a single $50 million Blanket Purchase Agreement for Land Management Integrated Resources (LMIR) awarded August 26, 2024, running through March 6, 2033. This BPA covers wildlife habitat improvement, hazardous fuels reduction, fire suppression support, forestry consulting, engineering, and project management across national forests nationwide. The next three largest vehicles are a $12.5 million single-award Region 1/Region 4 Mechanical Thinning IDIQ (September 28, 2022, expiring September 30, 2027), a $7.5 million multiple-award Rocky Mountain Research Station prescribed fire and support IDIQ (September 8, 2025, expiring September 7, 2028), and multiple small-ceiling ($500 thousand, $250 thousand) heavy equipment and prescribed fire contracts under the National Interagency Fire Center's VIPR (Virtual Incident Procurement) program. Recent task-order work includes a $176 thousand Total Small Business delivery order from Rocky Mountain Region for wildland fire management and hazardous fuels reduction (July 4, 2026), a $112 thousand delivery order for forestry support in Durango, Colorado (August 16, 2025), and a $123 thousand award for wildlife habitat improvement and fire suppression support in the Intermountain Region (October 5, 2024).

Northern Landworks operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of awards) with zero subcontract exposure in the source data. Activity has remained relatively flat over the past five years — three to four awards annually from 2022 through 2026 — with combined obligated dollars of only $989 thousand against $80.2 million in combined potential value, reflecting the structure of IDIQs and BPAs that carry high ceilings but slower draw-down. Only one award faces ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months (a $3 thousand delivery order). Northern Landworks' work is concentrated under NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry), with task orders predominantly coded to natural resources conservation and forest-range fire suppression/presuppression PSC lines. The company delivers mechanical equipment (feller bunchers, mulchers, masticators, dozers, excavators), labor-intensive prescribed fire modules (20-person, 10-person, and 5-person teams), and forestry field operations across Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 of the national forest system and across multiple intermountain and western national forests.