Stumpem Cutting Northwest LLC

Stumpem Cutting Northwest LLC, a woman-owned small business based in Redmond, Oregon, provides timber cutting, vegetation management, and forestry support services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor across western national forests, competing almost entirely under total small business set-asides. The company is a self-certified small disadvantaged business, Hispanic American-owned enterprise, and sole proprietorship organized as a limited liability company.

Stumpem Cutting Northwest's service scope encompasses tree felling, brush clearing, stump removal, and heavy equipment operations (dozers and excavators) to support fire suppression, emergency response, fuels reduction, and natural resource management. Representative recent work includes a $141,780 delivery order from Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest) awarded July 23, 2026, for timber cutting and vegetation management in Pendleton, Oregon, under a Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) indefinite delivery contract; a $106,470 delivery order from Region 6 awarded August 4, 2024, for timber cutting and removal in Oregon; and a $95,550 delivery order from Region 6 awarded August 5, 2024, for vegetation management and timber services. Task orders under the vendor's VIPR vehicles have ranged from approximately $4,095 to $141,780 in ceiling value, with firm fixed price structures and completion windows typically between two to four weeks.

The vendor concentrates entirely with the Department of Agriculture Forest Service across five regional customer offices. The National Interagency Fire Center (which issues VIPR contracts) accounts for 8 awards valued at $3.3 million in combined potential value, while Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest) drives volume with 26 awards totaling $1.2 million. The remaining three Forest Service regional offices—Regions 5 (Pacific Southwest), 4 (Intermountain), and the generic Forest Service account—collectively represent 9 awards at $387 thousand. All 43 awards are prime delivery orders or indefinite delivery contracts; the vendor has no subcontract footprint.

Stumpem Cutting Northwest holds seven parent VIPR indefinite delivery contracts with the Forest Service and National Interagency Fire Center, with three contracts of particular scale: a $1 million ceiling contract for fallers in West Zone Regions 5 and 6 (awarded February 6, 2026, through June 2, 2028) against which 29 task orders have been placed at $1.3 million combined potential value; a $250,000 ceiling contract for heavy equipment in West Zone Regions 5 and 6 (awarded June 11, 2023, through June 11, 2028) with $500,000 cumulative ceiling spanning the vehicle; and a $250,000 ceiling contract for fallers in East Zone Regions 1, 2, and 4 (awarded February 6, 2026, through May 31, 2029). All VIPR contracts carry total small business set-aside designations and firm fixed price terms. Together, the top three parent vehicles account for 35 of 43 awards.

Activity has accelerated sharply. The vendor recorded six awards in 2023, twenty in 2024, three in 2025, and fourteen through September 2026—a pattern reflecting ramping task order velocity under established VIPR indefinite delivery positions rather than new vehicle wins. Combined potential value across all 43 awards stands at $4.8 million, with $1.5 million (32%) obligated to date. The work concentration in NAICS Support Activities for Forestry (all 43 awards) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression (all 43 awards) signals a vendor narrowly positioned in wildfire prevention and forest stewardship for a single customer.