Three Stripes Contracting LLC

Three Stripes Contracting LLC, a woman-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Medford, Oregon, provides tree planting, wildfire suppression crew deployment, water handling services, and post-fire forest restoration work to the U.S. Forest Service as a sole-source prime contractor operating exclusively under small-business set-asides. The company is structured as a Subchapter S Corporation and competes entirely within total small business set-asides and partial small business set-asides across all recent awards.

Three Stripes' customer footprint concentrates entirely within the Department of Agriculture Forest Service, with 90% of recent awards split among regional offices and the National Interagency Fire Center. The Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6) dominates activity: 25 awards valued at $2.2 million in combined potential value represent the bulk of operational work, while the single largest award—a $50 million Blanket Purchase Agreement through March 2033 for natural resources restoration, professional services, engineering, and project management—sits with Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions. The Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5) accounts for 4 awards valued at $565 thousand; the Rocky Mountain Region (Region 2) for 2 awards at $233 thousand; and the Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center for 2 awards at $500 thousand combined potential value.

Core capability work splits between purchase orders and BPA calls for hand-planted tree seedling installation (ranging from 9,000 to 860,635 seedlings per contract across fire-recovery and timber-sale areas) and delivery orders for Type 2 firefighter crew deployment and forestry operations. Representative awards include a $314.7 thousand firm-fixed-price purchase order from Forest Service Region 6 for spring tree planting on Willamette National Forest (approximately 860,635 seedlings, March 2026); a $164.3 thousand BPA call from Region 6 for FY2027 fall/winter planting under the Land Management Integrated Resources National BPA (LMIR) (September 2026); a $185.5 thousand BPA call from Region 2 for tree planting at Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests (September 2025); a $750 thousand indefinite-delivery contract with the National Interagency Fire Center for National Type 2 firefighter crews extended through July 2027 (awarded May 2023, with seven delivery orders totaling approximately $1.3 million since August 2023); and a $250 thousand indefinite-delivery contract with the National Interagency Fire Center for water handling services across East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 through July 2030 (awarded July 2026).

Activity trajectory shows volatility: 13 awards in 2023, declining to 6 in 2025, then rising to 11 in 2026. Combined potential value across all 39 prime awards totals $54.4 million, though only $3.2 million (6%) has been obligated to date, reflecting the significance of the large-ceiling BPA and IDIQs against which individual task orders remain unexercised. Four awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $608 thousand, presenting a modest recompete exposure window. Three Stripes holds no subcontractor relationships and operates exclusively as a prime. The vendor's NAICS specialization is Support Activities for Forestry (115310 across all 39 awards), with PSC codes split primarily between forest-range fire suppression/presuppression (24 awards), forest tree planting (8 awards), and other forest/range improvements (3 awards). All work is performed in western U.S. locations: Oregon, Washington, California, Wyoming, and Idaho, with administrative base in Medford, Oregon.