Shaba Contracting

Shaba Contracting, a veteran-owned small business based in Robbinsville, North Carolina, provides forestry and land management services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor exclusively, competing across mixed set-aside and full-and-open task orders under standing indefinite delivery contracts and blanket purchase agreements with the agency's Eastern and Southern Regions.

Shaba's customer footprint is tightly concentrated within USDA Forest Service regional operations. The top two funding offices account for 69% of recent awards by count: USDA Forest Service Region 8 (Southern Region) dominates with 53 awards valued at $14.2 million combined potential value, and Region 9 (Eastern Region) adds 17 awards worth $1.1 million. The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, USDA Forest Service Research Service Southern Research Station, and a smaller USDA Forest Service parent office round out the active set. The two customer rankings align closely — Southern Region drives both volume and dollars — with combined potential value across all 124 awards standing at $15.8 million and $2.7 million obligated to date (17% of potential).

Shaba's capability portfolio centers on timber stand improvement, site preparation, tree planting, fence and cage installation, and invasive species control across national forest units. Representative work includes a $156,618.94 Total Small Business set-aside purchase order from Region 9 for tree planting, tree cage construction, and deer repellant placement on Monongahela National Forest (awarded March 2023); a $89,505 Total Small Business set-aside purchase order from Region 9 for welded wire tree protection cage manufacture and installation across 11 timber harvest units near Glady, West Virginia (awarded April 2026); a $57,640 Total Small Business set-aside purchase order from Region 9 for pre-commercial thinning and timber stand improvement on 131 acres of dense stands near Circleville, West Virginia (awarded May 2026); and $43,865.77 Total Small Business set-aside purchase order from Region 9 for fence removal spanning approximately 40,052 linear feet on the Little Beach Mountain Project (awarded August 2026). Work locations concentrate on West Virginia and Virginia national forest lands.

Shaba holds three active vehicle positions. A $3 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with Region 8 (Southern Region), set aside for total small business, procures site preparation, timber stand improvement, and non-native invasive species spraying services through May 2028, with four task orders issued to date totaling $77,304. A $10 million multiple-award blanket purchase agreement with Region 8, unrestricted, covers vegetation management services across North Carolina national forests through May 2027, from which seven task orders totaling $64 thousand have been issued. A $384,650 single-award indefinite delivery contract with Region 9 (Eastern Region), set aside for total small business, procures forest-wide site preparation and post-harvest services across West Virginia ranger districts through April 2027, with five task orders issued totaling $104 thousand.

Activity volume has declined sharply in recent years — nine awards in 2022, fifteen in 2023, five in 2024, five in 2025, and three in 2026 — though the vendor's major IDV vehicles extend through 2027 and 2028. Only three awards (combined potential value $191 thousand) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal near-term recompete exposure. Shaba competes as a 100% prime contractor footprint with no subcontractor relationships in the source data. Across both volume and dollars, the vendor is entirely dependent on USDA Forest Service Regional operations — Southern and Eastern Regions account for 97% of combined potential value — with no diversified customer base outside the agency.

Timber Stand Improvement,Site Prep,Pre-Commercial Thinning,Release,Planting,Herbicide,Trail Construction, Concrete Construction(All Phases),Camp Ground Construction,Fences all applications.