Southwest Contracting & Associates LLC

Southwest Contracting & Associates LLC, doing business as Wilson Thinning, is a certified small disadvantaged and women-owned business specializing in forestry management, environmental conservation, and wildfire prevention services across the Southwestern United States. The company provides critical vegetation management, ecosystem restoration, and natural resource stewardship services primarily to federal land management agencies, with a strong focus on national forests in Arizona and New Mexico. Wilson Thinning has established itself as a key contractor for the USDA Forest Service, offering comprehensive solutions to support forest health, reduce wildfire risks, and maintain ecological balance on federal lands.

The company has been awarded numerous federal contracts for a wide range of services, including mechanical and manual forest thinning, hazardous fuels reduction, ecosystem restoration, prescribed burn preparation, timber harvesting, slash treatment, habitat improvement, and hazardous tree removal. Most of these contracts have been awarded by the USDA Forest Service's Southwestern Region (Region 3), with contract values ranging from $50,000 to nearly $6 million. While many of the contracts were not set aside for small businesses, Southwest Contracting & Associates LLC consistently qualifies as a small disadvantaged and women-owned business. The contracts typically involve work on specific national forests such as Apache-Sitgreaves, Coconino, Kaibab, Prescott, Tonto, Carson, Cibola, Gila, Lincoln, and Santa Fe National Forests, covering both Arizona and New Mexico.

Southwest Contracting & Associates LLC holds several significant Indefinite Delivery Vehicles (IDVs) and Blanket Purchase Agreements that enable continued service to federal agencies. These include a $50 million Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Forest Service for stewardship services across eleven national forests, valid through December 2032, and a $100 million multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract for vegetation management services in Region 2 National Forests and Grasslands. The company also holds two separate Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center for providing miscellaneous heavy equipment rental services, with ceiling values of $250,000, supporting wildfire suppression and all-hazard incident responses in multiple USDA Forest Service regions. These IDVs demonstrate the company's capacity to provide comprehensive, flexible services across different federal land management contexts, particularly in vegetation management and wildfire prevention.