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Forest Service Hand Thinning, MATOC North Rockies/Great Basin
Open — responses due 19 Nov 2026 (24 days left) · No Set aside used · Forest Service, USDA · Missoula, MT · NAICS 115310 · Solicitation 1176101
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| Solicitation number | 1176101 |
|---|---|
| Notice ID | d141b64c62d746f986ec61e80929b9a3 |
| Agency | Department of Agriculture (USDA) |
| Sub-agency | Forest Service |
| Contracting office | USDA-FS, CSA INTERMOUNTAIN 3 |
| NAICS code | 115310 — Support Activities for Forestry |
| Product / service code (PSC) | F114 |
| Set-aside | No Set aside used |
| Notice type | Sources Sought |
| Posted | 19 October 2026 |
| Response deadline | 19 November 2026 |
| Place of performance | Missoula, MT, USA |
| Competition | Competitive |
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What is being bought
Non-merchantable vegetation management activities for fuels reduction, prescribed burn unit preparation, stand improvement, or unit rehabilitation.
- Tree thinning, slashing, girdling, and pruning
- Weed and release, and release of browse species
- Slash treatment, hand piling, and chipping
- Fuel break and Fireline construction
- Residual tree protection
- Duff mound removal, unit preparation, and rehabilitation
Competition
Full and open competition — no set-aside restrictions; any responsible offeror may bid.
Key risk
- Potential for the IDIQ or subsequent task orders to be set-aside for specific small business types, altering initial competition or future eligibility.
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Description
Version history
SAM.gov has posted 2 notices under solicitation 1176101, oldest first.
- 19 October 2026 — Sources Sought
- 19 October 2026 — Sources Sought (this page)
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- Thinning_Synopsis_V2.pdf
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Market context: USDA and NAICS 115310
About the buyer and the industry, not this specific solicitation. Source: USASpending.gov award data, updated nightly.
- In fiscal year 2026, USDA obligated $892.5M across 9,381 contract actions under NAICS 115310.
- 710 contracts worth $352.2M in this category end within the next 18 months.
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