Alice Lake Timber Sales Prep - Chippewa NF
Updated
Special Notice from the Forest Service, for work in Deer River, Minnesota. Due Nov 29, 2026, 11:59 PM (UTC-5), 15 days left.
| Solicitation number | 12443927Q0028 |
|---|---|
| Agency | Forest Service |
| Office | Usda-Fs, Csa East 1 |
| Notice type | Special Notice |
| Set-aside | Small business |
| Trade (NAICS) | Support Activities for Forestry (115310) |
| Product or service code | F021 |
| Place of performance | Deer River, Minnesota |
| Posted | Nov 13, 2026 |
| Response deadline | Nov 29, 2026, 11:59 PM (UTC-5) (15 days left) |
| Add the deadline to | Google Calendar · Apple / Outlook (.ics) |
Federal prevailing wage rates for this place: Minnesota Davis-Bacon and SCA wage determinations.
Description
Special Notice BPA Call Order Exceeding $20,000 Synopsis RFQ 12443927Q0028 The USDA Forest Service (FS), Procurement & Property Services (PPS) is issuing this notice as a means of complying with USDA Acquisition Regulation (AGAR), SUBPART 412.201-1, requiring that all calls above $20,000 be posted to the Government Point of Entry (GPE). The USDA FS intends on awarding a competitive BPA Call Order against the LMIR BPA for Chippewa National Forest, Itasca County, Minnesota – Alice Lake Timber Sale Preparation.
The purpose of this request is to secure services to perform forestry services (Designation and Cruising Scope of Work) in timber sale preparation: cut tree marking (CTM), designation by species (DXSPD) total tree count, and sample tree (STR) cruising of sawtimber and pulpwood in various timber stand types in the Alice Lake Timber Sale on the Deer River Ranger District - Chippewa National Forest.
12363N23Q4023 The Land Management Integrated Resources BPA (LMIR) is a National BPA that consists of a large variety of work including Professional Services, Natural Resources Restoration, Engineering, Project Management, NEPA, Communications, and more. The BPA can be utilized on all Forests and Grasslands and is available for all federal agencies to utilize. This is not a solicitation.
This synopsis notification of intent to award a BPA Call order does not constitute a request for proposals or submission of any information in response to this notification. This procurement is restricted to those approved companies eligible for call orders under the Land Management Integrated Resources BPA (LMIR) for USFS. There are currently 100 businesses that will receive this solicitation.
The Call Order shall be issued via email to those companies listed on the BPA. Any changes to the Call Order RFQ shall also be emailed to those companies listed on the BPA. This requirement will be competitively awarded as a BPA Call Order against the aforementioned multiple award schedule BPA continuously solicited on the GPE at: SAM.gov.
The government will not provide feedback or evaluations to companies regarding their submissions in response to this notice; however, this is an open continuous BPA that allows us to accept responses for the life of the BPA. Search “Contract Opportunities” on sam.gov using solicitation number “12363N23Q4023”. The LMIR BPA has a continuous solicitation sharing that that contractors may join the BPA at any point in time by reaching out to POC on Solicitation 12363N23Q4023.
Contracting contact
- Amelia Davila-Garcia · [email protected]
As published on the official notice. Ask questions in writing and before any questions deadline the notice sets.
Is your business small enough?
For NAICS 115310, a business counts as small if it has no more than $11.5 million in average annual receipts (SBA size standard). This notice is set aside, so only businesses under that size, or in the named program, can bid. SBA table, current as of Oct 15, 2026.
Companies that win this kind of work
Federal contractors paid for support activities for forestry work, who also hold Forest Service contracts (last 12 months): possible competitors, or partners to team with.
- Grayback Forestry, Inc. $26.4 million in this trade
- Patrick Environmental Inc $21.4 million in this trade
- Firestorm Wildland Fire Suppression, Inc. $18.2 million in this trade
- Miller Timber Services, Inc. $17.2 million in this trade
- Imperial Forestry, Incorporated $14.2 million in this trade
About the buyer
The USDA Forest Service awarded $4.1 billion in contracts in the last 12 months; its biggest suppliers were Perimeter Solutions LP, Aero-Flite, Inc. and Helicopter Transport Services, LLC. See what Forest Service is buying now.
Who can bid: Small Business set-aside
Total and partial small business set-asides are open to any business under the SBA size standard for the notice's NAICS code.
All open Small Business set-asides.
Support Activities for Forestry contracts right now
There are 24 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 115310), 11 posted in the last 7 days; 96% are set aside for small businesses. The agencies buying the most are Forest Service, Department of Energy and Departmental Offices. Most of the work with a stated place is in Wisconsin, Colorado and Oregon. A notice in this trade gives a median of 13 days from posting to deadline; this one gives 16 days.
All open support activities for forestry contracts
Coming up in this trade
Planned contracts from the agencies' procurement forecasts, often months before a solicitation. Plans can change.
Recent awards in this trade
- Austin Peay State University $48,077 · Departmental Offices · Nov 3, 2026
- Mike Kesler Enterprises Inc $85,237 · Departmental Offices · Oct 22, 2026
- Heloair, Incorporated $1.9 million · Department of the Army · Oct 9, 2026
- Blue OAK Environmental Group, Inc. $9.5 million · Department of the Army · Dec 11, 2025
- CMD Landworks LLC $96,800 · National Park Service · Jul 11, 2024
From the award notices agencies publish.