Salvador Zavala

Salvador Zavala, doing business as SZ Forestry, is a self-certified small disadvantaged business sole proprietorship based in Salem, Oregon that provides Type 2 wildland firefighter crews and forestry services for sustainable forest management and land stewardship to the USDA Forest Service as a prime contractor operating entirely under set-aside and small business vehicles across the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain regions.

SZ Forestry operates as a pure prime contractor with no subcontract engagement across its federal footprint. The vendor holds a critical five-year indefinite delivery contract (IDC) valued at $1.25 million with the USDA Forest Service's National Interagency Fire Center, designated for total small businesses, from which 25 of its 26 federal awards derive as delivery orders. The combined potential value across all awards stands at $4 million, with $2.8 million obligated (69% realization). Work is performed at multiple locations across Oregon and Washington, including Medford, Vale, Springfield, John Day, Castle Rock, Wenatchee, and Ellensburg, with ultimate completion dates primarily set for May 10, 2026 or July 1, 2027.

Customer concentration is singular: all 26 awards are with the USDA Forest Service, split across three distinct funding lines — the Pacific Northwest Region (13 awards, $2.1 million), the general Forest Service (10 awards, $1.9 million), and the Intermountain Region (3 awards, $89 thousand). The vendor's capability set narrows to two NAICS and PSC codes — Support Activities for Forestry (NAICS) and Natural Resources/Conservation Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression (PSC) — across all awards. Recent representative work includes a $286,200.66 delivery order for Type 2 wildland firefighter crews and all-hazard incident response in Medford (August 15, 2026), a $355,858.50 delivery order in Springfield (August 28, 2025), and a $203,933.50 delivery order for sustainable forest management services in the Pacific Northwest (September 5, 2024).

Award activity grew from one in 2021 to five in 2022 and eleven in 2024, then slowed to seven in 2025 and two in 2026 year to date. Two awards (combined potential value $408 thousand) complete within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. The vendor operates without subsidiaries, parent companies, or named subcontractors, competing exclusively within small business set-asides and Forest Service regional vehicles rather than across government-wide acquisition contracts or multi-agency platforms.