Forest Service Hand Thinning, MATOC North Rockies/Great Basin
Updated
Sources Sought from the Forest Service, for work in Missoula, Montana. Due Nov 19, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC-6), 30 days left.
| Solicitation number | 1176101 |
|---|---|
| Agency | Forest Service |
| Office | Usda-Fs, Csa Intermountain 3 |
| Notice type | Sources Sought |
| Set-aside | None |
| Trade (NAICS) | Support Activities for Forestry (115310) |
| Product or service code | F114 |
| Place of performance | Missoula, Montana |
| Posted | Oct 19, 2026 |
| Response deadline | Nov 19, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC-6) (30 days left) |
| Add the deadline to | Google Calendar · Apple / Outlook (.ics) |
Official notice and attachments
Description
Requirement includes a wide variety of non-merchantable vegetation management activities for the purpose of fuels reduction, prescribed burn unit preparation, stand improvement, or unit rehabilitation. Activities could include, but are not limited to, tree thinning, slashing, girdling, pruning, weed and release, release of browse species, slash treatment, hand piling, fuel break construction, Fireline construction, residual tree protection, duff mound removal, unit preparation work, rehabilitation, chipping and related services.
Unit boundary/special protection area designation and/or traversing for or within these units may also be included in the activity.
Contracting contact
- Crystal Amos · [email protected] · (618) 467-8347
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.
Notice history
- Oct 19, 2026: Sources Sought Due Nov 2, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC-6)
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 $4.3 billion in contracts in the last 12 months; its biggest suppliers were Kiewit Infrastructure South Co, Perimeter Solutions LP and Aero-Flite, Inc.. See what Forest Service is buying now.
Support Activities for Forestry contracts right now
There are 16 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 115310), 9 posted in the last 7 days; 94% are set aside for small businesses. The agencies buying the most are Forest Service, Departmental Offices and US Fish and Wildlife Service. Most of the work with a stated place is in Florida, Louisiana and Montana. A notice in this trade gives a median of 15 days from posting to deadline; this one gives 31 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
- 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.