Big Bark Chipper Services LLC

Big Bark Chipper Services LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Sweet Home, Oregon, provides forestry equipment deployment, vegetation management, and wildland firefighter crew services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor under total small business set-aside IDIQs and delivery orders. The company competes exclusively under set-asides and operates 100% as a prime across its recent federal footprint with no subcontract activity.

Big Bark Chipper Services specializes in chipper services for processing woody biomass, forest slash, and debris; Type 2 wildland firefighter crew deployment; fuels reduction; and vegetation management across western Forest Service regions. Recent delivery orders include a $315,796.95 order from Region 5 (Pacific Southwest) for chipper services in Yreka, California (September 2025), a $241,651.20 order from Region 5 for Arcadia, California (September 2024), a $279,281.95 order from Region 4 (Intermountain) for Jackson, Wyoming (September 2024), and a $191,880 order from Region 6 (Pacific Northwest) for Wenatchee, Washington (July 2026). The company holds multiple indefinite delivery contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center, including a $60 million national Type 2 firefighter crews and vegetation management IDIQ (Ultimate Completion Date July 1, 2027), $500,000 chippers IDIQs for Regions 5–6 (May 28, 2029) and East Zone Regions 1–2–4 (April 30, 2030), and a $250,000 water-handling IDIQ for Region 6 (August 2, 2030).

Customer concentration sits almost entirely with the Forest Service and National Interagency Fire Center. The top five Forest Service entities and the NIFC account for 95% of awards by count, with dollars dominated by the National Interagency Fire Center (11 awards, $62.3 million combined potential value). Region 6 (Pacific Northwest) generates the highest transaction volume (61 awards, $4.5 million), but the $60 million NIFC IDIQ for national Type 2 crews anchors potential value. Award activity peaked in 2024 with 28 orders, then declined to 9 in 2025 and 11 through August 2026. All awards fall under NAICS 561730 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC K021 or K024 (fire suppression/presuppression and fire equipment). The five active parent IDIQs carry approximately 90 task orders and $7.2 million in obligated dollars. Big Bark Chipper Services operates on firm fixed-price delivery orders, frequently with performance periods extending through May 2026 and beyond, supporting Forest Service fire suppression, incident response, and vegetation-management operations across Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming.