Shaba Contracting

Shaba Contracting, a veteran-owned small business headquartered in Robbinsville, North Carolina, delivers forestry and land management services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides and full-and-open competitive designations. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime (100% of recent awards) across 123 federal awards with combined potential value of $15.8 million, concentrated in timber stand improvement, site preparation, invasive species control, and tree planting on national forest lands in the Eastern and Southern regions.

Shaba's customer footprint is highly concentrated within USDA Forest Service regional offices. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 8 (Southern Region) accounts for 53 awards valued at $14.2 million combined potential value, and Region 9 (Eastern Region) accounts for 16 awards valued at $1 million, together representing 69% of recent awards and 97% of combined potential value across the vendor's portfolio. The vendor has also worked with the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (8 awards) and USDA Forest Service Research Service Southern Research Station (3 awards, $25 thousand). Representative recent work includes a $156.6 thousand Total Small Business set-aside purchase order from USDA Forest Service Region 9 for tree planting, tree cage construction, and deer repellent placement on the Monongahela National Forest (awarded March 2023); an $89.5 thousand Total Small Business set-aside purchase order from Region 9 for the manufacture and installation of 3,775 welded wire tree protection cages at the Monongahela National Forest (awarded April 2026); and a $57.6 thousand Total Small Business set-aside purchase order from Region 9 for pre-commercial thinning and timber stand improvement on 131 acres of the Monongahela National Forest (awarded May 2026).

Shaba holds three primary parent vehicles with the USDA Forest Service. A $3 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with Region 8 (Southern Region), awarded May 2023 and running through May 2028, procures site preparation, timber stand improvement, and non-native invasive species spraying services across Virginia and related locations, with four task orders issued to date totaling $77.3 thousand. A $10 million multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with Region 8, awarded May 2022 and running through May 2027, funds vegetation management services across North Carolina national forests with seven task orders issued to date. A $384.6 thousand single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with Region 9 (Eastern Region), awarded April 2022 and running through April 2027, procures forest-wide site preparation and post-harvest forestry services across West Virginia national forest units, with five task orders issued to date. Recent task orders under these vehicles range from $4.8 thousand to $38.5 thousand for activities including crown touch release, site preparation for natural regeneration, and manual vegetation removal.

Award activity shows contraction in recent years. The vendor received nine awards in 2022, fifteen in 2023, five in 2024, five in 2025, and two through mid-2026. Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal — two awards with combined potential value of $147 thousand reach ultimate completion dates within that window. Shaba competes across NAICS codes 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry, 103 awards), 111411 (Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating, 7 awards), and related forestry categories, with PSC concentration in Natural Resources/Conservation work — tree thinning (35 awards), site preparation (29 awards), and other forest/range improvements (27 awards). The vendor's set-aside posture splits between Total Small Business designations (predominant on Region 9 awards and larger purchase orders) and full-and-open competitive delivery orders (common on Region 8 task orders). Combined dollars obligated across all awards amount to $2.7 million, representing 17% of combined potential value, indicating modest invoicing velocity relative to the vendor's ceiling contract capacity.

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