Sierra Nevada Forest Management LLC

Sierra Nevada Forest Management LLC, a for-profit limited liability company headquartered in Mariposa, California, provides wildland fire suppression equipment, heavy machinery rental with operators, and forest stewardship services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a small business prime contractor across 100% of its recent awards, competing predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides on IDIQ and BPA vehicles.

Sierra Nevada's customer base concentrates entirely within the Forest Service. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R5-Pacific Southwest Region leads by potential value at $56.4 million across eight awards, anchored by a $50 million single-award stewardship BPA awarded October 2022 covering 14 California national forests and subsequent $3.8 million task order for forest stewardship in Mi-Wuk Village through October 2025. The National Interagency Fire Center, functionally a Forest Service contracting arm, holds ten IDIQ and BPA awards valued at $3.5 million combined, focused on regional equipment mobilization for incident response. The Forest Service Technology and Development Center's Missoula Technology and Development Center holds a $7 million single-award BPA through November 2023 for storm and disaster recovery equipment support in California and Nevada. The R3-Southwestern Region and broader Forest Service account for $189 thousand and $45 thousand respectively. Top-line vehicle position includes five task orders placed against an IDIQ (1202SB21T7901) worth $454 thousand combined, the $3.8 million stewardship BPA call (12363N23A4022), and single-award calls under two additional Pacific Southwest Region IDIQs. Recent representative work includes a $3.791 million firm fixed-price stewardship call for tree harvesting and vegetation management in Mi-Wuk Village (September 2023–October 2025), a $178.6 thousand task order for forest management equipment and personnel in Clovis, California (September 2025), and a $56.3 thousand delivery order for heavy equipment and services in Solvang, California (August 2026).

Activity shows growth trajectory in recent years — two awards in 2024 to five in 2026 — but declining year-over-year from 2022's six awards. Combined potential value of $67.1 million contrasts with $6.6 million in combined obligated dollars (10% draw), indicating substantial unexercised BPA ceilings. No recompete cliff is specified in the source. Capability portfolio centers on feller buncher and mulcher equipment with trained operators, heavy dozers and excavators, chipper crews, and faller personnel, all positioned for rapid 16-hour daily shift mobilization to regional dispatch centers during incident response. Work is performed across Forest Service Regions 5 (Pacific Southwest) and 6 (Southwestern) and extends to California and Nevada.

SCI-reported invoicing on federal services contracts captured $4 million across FY2023–FY2025, with invoicing concentrated in FY2025 at $3 million across 4.9 FTEs. SCI pricing shows a median government-paid rate of $295.89 per hour, with 10th percentile at $111.68 per hour and 90th percentile at $346.49 per hour. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractor hours averaged 39% of total contractor hours, with four named subcontractors engaged. Sierra Nevada operates as a small business prime across the entire award portfolio with no recorded sub-awards in the source data.