Forest Service within the Department of Agriculture, manages and restores forest ecosystems in California’s northern Sierra Nevada, prioritizing ecological resilience, public safety, and sustainable resource stewardship. Its core mission centers on maintaining healthy forest landscapes through targeted infrastructure maintenance, hazardous vegetation management, and hydrologic restoration.
Plumas National Forest is a government agency with procurement activity across contracts, awards, and contractors. Over the last 12 months, Plumas National Forest has obligated $39,061, issued 1 award, and worked with 1 contractor. Procurement is concentrated in Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing.
Spending trends, top contractors, industry breakdown, and recent contract activity.
AI Mission Profile
The Plumas National Forest, under the U.S. Forest Service within the Department of Agriculture, manages and restores forest ecosystems in California’s northern Sierra Nevada, prioritizing ecological resilience, public safety, and sustainable resource stewardship. Its core mission centers on maintain...
The Plumas National Forest, under the U.S. Forest Service within the Department of Agriculture, manages and restores forest ecosystems in California’s northern Sierra Nevada, prioritizing ecological resilience, public safety, and sustainable resource stewardship. Its core mission centers on maintaining healthy forest landscapes through targeted infrastructure maintenance, hazardous vegetation management, and hydrologic restoration. Strategic initiatives include trail and bridge rehabilitation to ensure public access while minimizing environmental impact, hazard tree removal to reduce wildfire risk, and meadow restoration using precision environmental monitoring tools. These efforts reflect a commitment to adaptive land management that balances ecological integrity with community safety and recreational access.
Procurement activities are focused on specialized construction, forestry operations, and environmental sensing technologies. The agency routinely solicits services for infrastructure repair and ecological intervention, often combining technical expertise with field-based execution. Contracts are typically issued as competitive solicitations or combined requirements to ensure integrated solutions that meet complex environmental and engineering standards. Procurement vehicles emphasize performance-based outcomes, with an emphasis on contractors capable of operating in sensitive, remote terrains under stringent ecological guidelines.
The agency’s primary procurement categories include logging operations for hazardous fuel reduction, highway and bridge construction for trail and access infrastructure, and manufacturing of environmental monitoring instruments such as water sondes. All recent contracts have been set aside for Small Business Administration-qualified vendors, reflecting a deliberate preference for local, small, and disadvantaged businesses with demonstrated capability in ecological restoration and forest service operations. Vendor relationships are built on proven experience in environmental compliance, field logistics, and low-impact construction techniques.
As a unit of the Forest Service, the Plumas National Forest operates within a federal land management framework, managing over 1.2 million acres of national forest land. It relies on standard federal procurement structures including FAR-based solicitations and interagency agreements, prioritizing contractors with environmental certifications and on-the-ground expertise in forested mountain ecosystems.
Procurement Analytics
Where Plumas National Forest directs its contract spending, by industry and small-business set-aside program.
