Mechanical Site Prep – Drum Chopping
Updated
Solicitation from the Forest Service, for work in Silver Springs, Florida. Due Oct 27, 2026, 11:59 PM (UTC-4), 3 days left.
| Solicitation number | 12444726Q0069 |
|---|---|
| Agency | Forest Service |
| Office | Usda-Fs, Csa East 8 |
| Notice type | Solicitation |
| Set-aside | Small business |
| Trade (NAICS) | Support Activities for Forestry (115310) |
| Product or service code | F099 |
| Place of performance | Silver Springs, Florida |
| Posted | Oct 23, 2026 |
| Response deadline | Oct 27, 2026, 11:59 PM (UTC-4) (3 days left) |
| Add the deadline to | Google Calendar · Apple / Outlook (.ics) |
Official notice and attachments
Description
Questions Posted This notice is to inform interested vendors that the Questions and Answers document for Solicitation 12444726Q0069, FY26 Mechanical Site Preparation – Drum Chopping for the Ocala National Forest, has been posted in the Attachments/Links section. The document is titled Questions and Answers 12444726Q0069. Vendors are advised to review the posted questions and responses at their earliest convenience.
All other solicitation documents remain unchanged. This is a reminder that quotes are due Tuesday, October 27, 2026, no later than 11:59 PM Eastern Time. Amendment 0001 has been issued for Solicitation 12444726Q0069. Please review the following updates: The updated solicitation document titled C05_Sol12444726Q0069_SAM RFQ_V1 has been posted. • The Offers Due date has been changed from 26 October to 27 October 2026 (ET). • Block 10 of the SF1449 has been updated to reflect a 100% Small Business Set?Aside. • On page 8, under Service Contract Labor Standards, the location has been corrected from Green Mountain & Finger Lakes National Forest to Ocala National Forest (Lake, Putnam, and Marion Counties). • All changes in the solicitation are highlighted in yellow.
Reminders: • The last day to submit questions is Monday, October 19, 2026. • Quotes are due Tuesday, October 27, 2026, before 11:59 PM ET. All other documents remain unchanged. This requirement is for Mechanical Site Preparation using a double drum chopper on the Ocala National Forest. Work includes single and double chopping treatments to prepare timber harvest areas and support vegetation management objectives.
Contractors must provide all equipment, labor, supervision, transportation, and materials needed to meet performance standards, including the ability to chop approximately 50 acres per day. Equipment must meet specified weight, speed, and blade requirements, and the Government may require replacement of unsatisfactory equipment. Treatment includes chopping vegetation up to 6 inches in diameter, leaving designated snags, and incorporating “sloppy chop” exclusion zones.
Roads within treatment areas not shown on maps must also be chopped. Please review the attached Statement of Work for full specifications and requirements.
Contracting contact
- Laniece Nixon · [email protected]
- Shannon Wrobel · [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.
Notice history
- Oct 20, 2026: Solicitation Due Oct 27, 2026, 11:59 PM (UTC-4)
- Oct 15, 2026: Solicitation Due Oct 27, 2026, 11:59 PM (UTC-4)
- Oct 9, 2026: Solicitation Due Oct 27, 2026, 11:59 PM (UTC-4)
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.
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 20 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 115310), 9 posted in the last 7 days; 85% 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, Vermont and Utah. A notice in this trade gives a median of 12 days from posting to deadline; this one gives 4 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
- Mike Kesler Enterprises Inc $85,237 · Departmental Offices · Oct 22, 2026
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- CMD Landworks LLC $96,800 · National Park Service · Jul 11, 2024
From the award notices agencies publish.