Underdog Timber Falling, Inc.

Underdog Timber Falling, Inc., doing business as Underdog Timber Fall Inc., provides timber falling, tree removal, and vegetation management services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor, competing predominantly under total small business set-asides as a self-certified woman-owned small disadvantaged business based in Sonora, California.

The vendor's federal footprint consists almost entirely of delivery orders and task orders against multiple indefinite delivery contracts with the Forest Service's National Interagency Fire Center and regional offices. Work centers on wildland fire prevention, suppression, and natural resource management across Forest Service Regions 1 through 6, with primary operational presence in the Pacific Southwest (Region 5) and Pacific Northwest (Region 6). Representative recent awards include a $39,378.28 delivery order from Forest Service Region 6 in August 2026 for timber falling and vegetation management in Sandy, Oregon; a $138,128 delivery order from Region 5 in September 2025 for similar services in Clovis, California; and a $92,000 delivery order from Region 5 in August 2023 for hazard tree removal in support of wildland fire prevention. The vendor also holds three multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center on February 6, 2026, each valued at $500,000 with total small business set-asides running through 2028–2029: one for mobile communications units, one for helicopter operations support, and one for timber falling services in West Zone Regions 5 and 6.

Customer concentration is extremely high and monolithic. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service accounts for 97% of all awards across five distinct component funding lines, led by Forest Service R5–Pacific Southwest Region (66 awards, $3.1 million combined potential value) and the National Interagency Fire Center (29 awards, $3.7 million combined potential value). The remaining 3% of awards include a small number from Forest Service R6–Pacific Northwest Region, Federal Fire and Aviation Management, and a handful of other regional offices. By potential value, the National Interagency Fire Center and R5 region together represent $6.8 million, or roughly 72% of the $9.4 million total portfolio.

The vendor sits on five named parent vehicles. The top three are Indefinite Delivery Contract 129J6120T7247 (50 task orders, $1.8 million), Indefinite Delivery Contract 12569R23T7170 (33 task orders, $1.4 million), and Indefinite Delivery Contract AG9J61B177303 (29 task orders, $1.2 million). A Blanket Purchase Agreement (AG9J61B147046) carries 10 task orders worth $691 thousand. These vehicles are the Forest Service's primary channels for procuring on-call forestry and fire-support labor.

Activity shows distinct cyclicality tied to wildland fire season. Awards peaked at 39 in 2022, dropped to 11 in 2023, recovered to 23 in 2024, then declined to 11 in 2025 and 7 through August 2026. This pattern reflects the vendor's reliance on as-needed delivery order volume under fire-suppression and forestry management IDIQs rather than sustained fixed contracts. The combined potential value across 163 awards is $9.4 million, with $5.6 million obligated (60% realization). The vendor has maintained a federal contracting relationship with the Forest Service continuously since at least 2008, with the earliest award in the source data dated September 8, 2008.

Underdog Timber Falling competes exclusively as a prime contractor — 100% of the award footprint reflects prime positions, with no subcontract activity. The vendor's service profile is narrow and specialized: timber falling, hazard tree removal, vegetation management, and associated labor mobilization for wildland fire response and forest stewardship across western national forests. Place of performance is concentrated in California, Oregon, and New Mexico. The company's capability is grounded in rapid deployment of certified faller crews and equipment in response to fire season demand, with task orders ranging historically from $500 to over $90,000. Competitive posture centers on total small business set-asides; no full-and-open awards appear in the recent portfolio.

Company is able to provide professional timber falling and logging services which includes yarding with ground based equipment (rubber tired skidder, dozers and loaders).