Ponderosa Timberland, Inc.

Ponderosa Timberland, Inc., a minority-owned, Hispanic American-owned 8(a)-certified small disadvantaged business based in Medford, Oregon, operates as a prime contractor delivering manual forestry and land management services to federal natural resource agencies across the Western United States, with 100% of recent awards held as prime contracts. The company operates under primary NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry) and holds active SBA 8(a) certification expiring October 25, 2026, competing predominantly under total small business set-asides and 8(a) sole-source designations across its recent award footprint.

Ponderosa Timberland's capability portfolio centers on tree planting, vegetation management, fuels reduction, timber stand improvement, invasive species control, post-wildfire restoration, conifer tree climbing and cone collection, and prescribed fire support across public lands in the Pacific Northwest, Pacific Southwest, Northern, and Intermountain regions. Representative work includes a $1.74 billion delivery order from the Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington Region for FY25 tree planting in northwest Oregon under the $40 million BLM Western Oregon Silviculture MATOC (awarded November 2024); a $721,532 delivery order from the Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region for saw work and vegetative management on the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest's Wild Rivers Ranger District under an IDIQ (April 2024); a $359,510 BPA call from the Forest Service Idaho Region for RX Fire Support Module-ARFO services under the $50 million Land Management Integrated Resources National BPA (September 2026); and a $1.3 million definitive contract from the Forest Service Southwestern Region for 2022 Payson Fuel Break Maintenance Thinning with Chainsaw services in Hayden, Arizona (August 2022, 8(a) sole source).

Customer concentration is heavy with natural resource agencies. The top five funding sources account for 89% of recent awards, led by the Department of Agriculture Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region (133 awards, $38.9 million combined potential value) and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington Region (42 awards, $55.4 million combined potential value). By dollar volume, the generic "Department of Agriculture Forest Service" aggregation (10 awards, $61.5 million) dominates, followed by BLM Oregon-Washington. The divergence signals that Ponderosa Timberland anchors significant IDIQ and BPA vehicles with national scope and high ceilings—notably the $50 million Forest Service Land Management Integrated Resources National BPA and a $60 million Forest Service National Type 2 Firefighter Crews IDIQ—while simultaneously running large volume through regional task orders in the Pacific Northwest.

Ponderosa Timberland holds seats on multiple indefinite delivery vehicles. The $50 million Land Management Integrated Resources National BPA (Forest Service Acquisitions, awarded February 2024, total small business set-aside, through March 2033) has generated numerous task orders across Forest Service regions. The $40 million BLM Western Oregon Silviculture MATOC (Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington, awarded August 2023, total small business set-aside, through July 2028) supports reforestation and young stand management across western Oregon. The $60 million National Type 2 Firefighter Crews IDIQ (Forest Service, multiple award, total small business set-aside, through July 2027) enables task orders for firefighter crew resources across multiple western regions. The $1 million Conifer Tree Climbing and Cone Collection IDIQ (Forest Service R6, awarded February 2024, total small business set-aside, through September 2026) supports specialized seed collection. A $4.5 million Saw Work/Vegetative Management IDIQ (Forest Service R6-Rogue River-Siskiyou, awarded April 2022, 8(a) sole source, through June 2025) and a $5 million Sudden Oak Death Treatment IDC (Forest Service R6, awarded January 2023, total small business set-aside, through February 2026) round out the active vehicle portfolio.

Activity has declined over the trailing five years. Award volume peaked at 47 in 2023, fell to 41 in 2024, 23 in 2025, 16 in 2026, and 1 to date in 2027, signaling either a portfolio shift toward larger, higher-value task orders or a contraction in award frequency. Sixteen awards with combined potential value of $3.5 million face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating modest recompete exposure. Combined potential value across all 278 prime awards is $226.8 million; combined dollars obligated stands at $46.1 million (20% draw-down), indicating a large unexercised ceiling across the active IDIQ and BPA portfolio.

Service Contract Inventory captures limited Ponderosa Timberland activity—only $2.7 million invoiced across FY2023, with 26.2 FTEs delivered that fiscal year. SCI-reportable government-paid rates held steady at a median of $50/hr across the FY2023 cohort. The company does not engage subcontractors on its SCI-reportable service contracts (0% sub-hours share), suggesting that Ponderosa Timberland fields its own labor force on prime delivery. SCI coverage is sparse relative to the vendor's total federal footprint, reflecting that most Ponderosa Timberland work falls below the $150,000 SCI reporting threshold or is structured as goods/products rather than billable labor hours.

Ponderosa Timberland operates as a pure-play federal forestry services provider with no identified subcontractors across the award portfolio and no sub-awardee relationships. The vendor competes predominantly under 8(a) and total small business set-asides, positioning it as a targeted supplier for federal land management agencies pursuing small business goals. Its $226.8 million ceiling across active vehicles, paired with 20% utilization, signals significant headroom for task order growth under existing IDIQs and BPAs through 2028–2033.

The company has extensive knowledge in the reforestation field many of it's key employees have over 25 years of experience Ponderosa Timberland prides itself in delivering all work on time and with an excellent quality.