Rue Forest Contracting, Inc.

Rue Forest Contracting, Inc., a Hispanic American-owned and minority-owned small business based in Molalla, Oregon, operates as a prime contractor providing wildland firefighting, invasive species control, forestry management, and seed orchard operations to federal land management agencies across the Pacific Northwest and California. The company competes predominantly under total small business set-asides; 93% of its recent award volume (153 of 165 total awards) comes from the top five customer agencies, with the Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region (USDA-FS R6) accounting for 59% of awards and 55% of combined potential value.

Rue Forest Contracting's capability portfolio centers on fire suppression and emergency incident response equipment and personnel, invasive species treatment using manual and chemical methods, cone collection and seed orchard services, reforestation and tree planting, and vegetation management across federal forests and rangelands. Representative work includes a $240,464 delivery order from USDA-FS R6 for wildland fire and all-hazard incident support (August 2026, ultimate completion July 2027, Wenatchee, WA), a $407,519.70 purchase order from the Bureau of Land Management National Office for cone collection and handling at the Horning and Travis Tyrrell seed orchards (July 2024, performance through November 2024), a $202,998 BPA call from USDA-FS R6 for priority weed treatments at the Hebo Ranger District (June 2023, Springfield, OR), and a $136,658.20 purchase order from BLM National Office for cone collection services at Horning (July 2022, performance through October 2022). Recent awards also include a $94,518 delivery order for firefighter crew deployment in Wenatchee (September 2025, completion May 2026) and a $191,450.40 purchase order for cone collection from USDA's National Office (April 2025, completion October 2025).

Customer concentration is extreme. The top five agencies account for 93% of awards, led by USDA-FS R6 (98 awards, $14.6 million), followed by BLM Oregon-Washington Region (38 awards, $1.8 million), USDA-FS Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center (7 awards, $1.1 million), BLM National Office (6 awards, $832 thousand), and Army Corps of Engineers Portland District (5 awards, $333 thousand). The dollars ranking diverges from volume: the single award from USDA-FS (not Region 6 specific) carries a $7.5 million ceiling and represents the company's Type 2 firefighter crew deployment BPA, anchoring 28% of combined potential value despite being one award.

Rue Forest Contracting holds five major parent vehicles. A $7.5 million Type 2 Blanket Purchase Agreement with USDA-FS (award date May 12, 2025, completion through July 1, 2027) for National Type 2 firefighter crews spanning Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10 carries 16 task orders with $415 thousand combined potential value. A $250,000 multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the National Interagency Fire Center for water handling equipment and fire suppression support (June 2022 award, expired June 2025) generated 14 task orders worth $248 thousand. A $250,000 multiple-award IDC with the National Interagency Fire Center for water handling (May 2025 award through May 2030) carries 12 task orders valued at $570 thousand. An $8 million (implied from 16 task orders for $415 thousand) Blanket Purchase Agreement for invasive species and weed treatment (vehicle 1240BK21A0021) generated 8 task orders totaling $747 thousand. A $5 million single-award BPA for invasive species treatment with USDA-FS R6 (referenced across multiple award summaries, running through at least December 2025) anchors recurring weed and herbicide work across Oregon and Washington.

Activity has remained flat to slightly declining year over year—nine awards in 2022, seven in 2023, nine in 2024, eleven in 2025, and seven in 2026 through August. Only four awards (combined potential value $832 thousand) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited recompete pressure in the near term. The company holds no subcontracting positions; all 165 awards recorded are prime contracts and IDVs. Work performance occurs primarily across USDA-FS Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10, with significant presence in the Pacific Northwest (Wenatchee, WA; Springfield, OR; Molalla, OR; Baker City, OR) and periodic California assignments. The vendor's NAICS footprint is concentrated in Support Activities for Forestry (145 awards) and Forest Nurseries and Gathering of Forest Products (17 awards), with primary PSC coding around forest-range fire suppression/presuppression (64 awards), seed collection and production (32 awards), and other forest/range improvements (32 awards).