Western Weed Control LLC

Western Weed Control LLC, a small-business partnership based in Columbia Falls, Montana, provides noxious weed and invasive species control services to federal land management agencies exclusively as a prime contractor across USDA Forest Service and Department of the Interior landscapes in Montana and Idaho. The vendor competes entirely under full-and-open and total small business set-aside designations; no work flows through 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic set-asides.

Western Weed Control's capability portfolio centers on targeted herbicide application and chemical spraying for vegetation management on national forests, national wildlife refuges, and wetland management districts. Recent representative work includes a $33,700 delivery order from USDA Forest Service Region 1 in June 2024 for herbicide treatments on the Flathead National Forest and Lolo National Forest in Montana near wildfire burn areas; a $23,226 delivery order from Region 1 in April 2026 for herbicide spraying at the TIA Seed Orchard on Lolo National Forest; and a $23,268 BPA call from Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 in August 2025 for Eurasian watermilfoil herbicide application at Pablo National Wildlife Refuge in Marion, Montana. Work spans roadside treatments, powerline corridor and gravel pit vegetation management, trailhead weed control, and aquatic invasive species suppression.

Customer concentration is extreme: the USDA Forest Service Northern Region (Region 1) accounts for 46 of 60 total awards and $14.8 million of the $15.2 million combined potential value — 97% of all work. The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 places the remaining 7% through six awards totaling $355 thousand. Two other DOI and USDA offices carry single awards of nominal value. Both rankings are identical, with no divergence between award volume and dollar concentration.

Western Weed Control holds two active parent vehicle positions: a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (AG03R6C140042) with USDA Forest Service Region 1 valued at $9.99 million through March 31, 2027, which has generated 9 task orders totaling $426 thousand to date, and a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (140FS223A0092) with Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 valued at $250 thousand through August 31, 2028, which has generated 3 BPA calls totaling $44 thousand. Additional parent vehicles from prior years (AG03R6C110030, 1284LL22D0001, USFS Region 1 Ground Based Weed Spraying 2017-2022) remain in the portfolio data but are either expired or completing. Activity has been steady but modest — two to five awards annually over the past five years — with only two awards reaching ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, representing minimal recompete exposure in that window. The $9.99 million Forest Service IDV ceiling and $250 thousand Fish and Wildlife BPA ceiling establish the full scope of authorized work through 2027-2028.