MARKET RESEARCH · SOURCES SOUGHT
Forest Service Hand Thinning, MATOC North Rockies/Great Basin
Forest Service (Department of Agriculture), Usda-Fs, Csa Intermountain 3
Market research. Sources sought: not a bid yet. The agency wants to know which businesses can do the work. Answering can put you on its radar and can lead to a small-business set-aside.
- Deadline
- Nov 19, 2026, 1:00 PM ET (27 days left)
- Who can bid
- Open to any business (no set-aside).
- Where the work is
- Missoula, Montana, 59804
- Industry (NAICS)
- 115310 · Support Activities for Forestry
- Solicitation number
- 1176101
- Posted
- Oct 19, 2026
- Product/service code
- F114
From the notice
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…
Open the official notice on SAM.gov ↗What to do next
- Open the notice on SAM.gov and read what the agency is asking.
- Send the short response it asks for (usually your capabilities, size status and past work) before the deadline.
- Mention your small-business status: enough small businesses answering can lead the agency to set the contract aside.
- Watch for the solicitation that may follow.
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