Shuster James

Shuster James, a sole proprietorship based in Meridian, Idaho, provides herbicide application and noxious weed treatment services to the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime on a single-customer relationship, with 43 awards across seven years yielding $1.5 million in combined potential value.

Shuster James specializes in vegetation management and invasive plant control across BLM rangelands in southwest Idaho, using vehicle sprayers, backpack sprayers, and pack-animal application methods in non-motorized areas. The work spans Adams, Elmore, Payette, Valley, and Washington counties, with the BLM providing herbicides and adjuvants; Shuster James must maintain current Idaho Professional Applicator licenses and appropriate application equipment. Representative work includes a $31,000 BPA call from the BLM Idaho Region issued in June 2026 for spot and broadcast herbicide treatments through December 2029, a $25,000 noxious weed treatment call from May 2025 for the same performance window, and a $33,900 call from June 2024 for herbicide application and weed control services on BLM rangelands.

The vendor's customer concentration is absolute: the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region accounts for 100% of 43 awards and $1.5 million in combined potential value. Activity is modest and flat — one award in 2022, one in 2023, two in 2024, two in 2025, and one in 2026 — with combined dollars obligated of $545 thousand representing 35% of the combined potential value ceiling. Shuster James holds a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement valued at $999,999 issued by the BLM Idaho Region in June 2024, running through December 2029, which serves as the parent vehicle for multiple task orders across fiscal years 2024 through 2026. The vendor also places work under three predecessor BPAs (INL11PA00149, 140L0718A0006, and INL15PA00107), which collectively account for 35 historical task orders valued at $430 thousand. NAICS positioning splits between All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (22 awards) and All Other Specialty Trade Contractors (21 awards), with PSC coding primarily in Natural Resources/Conservation—Land Treatment Practices (32 awards). All work is performed in Idaho under total small business set-asides; the vendor does not subcontract and operates within a geographically and functionally narrow scope.