Requests For Proposals

This Request for Proposals is for handwork fuels reduction services related to the Downieville Phase I: Fuels Reduction Handwork Implementation project, located on the Yuba River Ranger District of the Tahoe National Forest. The selected contractor will collaborate with the YRRD, NFF, and oversight forester to implement approximately 268.00 acres of hand cut/hand pile treatment and 262.18 acres of lop and scatter treatment across the project area (approximate total: 530.18 acres).

Project Tour

The NFF and the USFS will host a project tour on June 23, 2026. Plan to meet at the Downieville USFS Fire Station (10 Smokey Ln, Downieville, CA 95936) at 10:00 AM (PDT).

6/25/26: Added Changes/Clarifications & Questions & Answers document.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by July 2, 2026.

Contact:

Tyler Walsh, [email protected]

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In 2024, the South Fork and Blue 2 wildfires burned approximately 13,000 acres within the Smokey Bear Ranger District of the Lincoln National Forest (LNF). As a result, the post-fire landscape is highly susceptible to non-native invasive plant (NNIP) infestations. Left untreated, NNIP can have detrimental effects on the landscape including a reduction in biological diversity which leads to less resilient ecosystems. The purpose of this project is to treat and reseed areas infested with NNIP that have been identified by the LNF Botanist. This includes populations within 745 acres. The NNIP species targeted for treatment are: musk thistle, Scotch thistle, bull thistle, poison hemlock, Fuller’s teasel, common mullein, cheatgrass, weeping lovegrass, and Lehmann lovegrass. The primary treatment method will be herbicide application; manual removal will be allowed, where efficient.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by July 2, 2026.

Contact:

Rylee Hostrawser, [email protected]

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The National Forest Foundation (NFF) and the U.S. Forest Service (Forest Service) are partnering on an effort to increase seed and seedling production and distribution at the six nurseries and two extractories that make up the Forest Service National Nursery System.

NFF is seeking quotes for contractual services from skilled and experienced Process Engineers to provide strategic and technical guidance for the National Nursery System.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by July 7, 2026.

Contact:

Amanda Erath, [email protected]

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The Delleker T Timber Project is a ground-based commercial thinning project designed to reduce wildfire risk by thinning over-stocked forest stands near the city of Portola and improve forest health and resilience.

Work on this project will include cutting, skidding, decking, and hauling of sawtimber, as well as removal of biomass and road reconstruction.

Optional Field Tour:

For interested parties, a project field tour is scheduled for Thursday, June 25th, 2026, at 10:00am.

Meeting Location: Going up West St from Highway 70, it is the left turn at the crosswalk before C Roy Carmichael Elementary School. There is a USFS gate that will be unlocked. Trucks will park in the opening just past the gate. 

Google Map Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/rGoUwcruRazVBeCRA

7/1/2026: Added Q&A.

7/3/2026: Updated Q&A to include cruise data

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by July 9, 2026.

Contact:

Sumner Cornacchia, [email protected]

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This Request for Quotes is for restoration services related to regeneration stocking exam field data collection on selected fire burned stands on the North and South Zones (Cottage Grove, Diamond Lake, North Umpqua, and Tiller Ranger Districts) of the Umpqua National Forest

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by July 13, 2026.

Contact:

Anna Wemple, [email protected]

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NFF and the U.S. Forest Service (“USFS”) are seeking proposals for the replacement of the roof of the historic Timberline Lodge located on the Mt. Hood National Forest in Oregon. Timberline Lodge was constructed in 1937 and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977. The Lodge sits at 6,000 feet above sea level in an alpine environment and continues to operate as a ski lodge and mountain retreat. The project will involve replacement of the existing cedar shake roof in accordance with historic preservation requirements and USFS-provided construction specifications.

A virtual Q&A meeting (non-mandatory) will be held at 9AM Pacific Time on June 9, 2026. The meeting will be held via Microsoft Teams. Please use the following link to join the meeting: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/261774405728365?p=GtU1U6eydLjXx9kRID

UPDATED 6/16/2026: Updated to extended RFP deadline to July 15, 2026; add window refurbishment as an optional item for each phase; and add mobilization as a line item for each phase.

UPDATED 6/26/2026: Updated to add Appendix D: Pre-Bid Meeting Q&A to the Box folder and at the end of the RFP.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by July 15, 2026.

Contact:

Jeff Malik, [email protected]

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Over the past several years, NFF and its partner, the USDA Forest Service (USFS) have been treating encroaching Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperas virginiana) and other hardwoods on the Caddo – Lyndon Baines Johnson Grasslands (CLBJNG) to improve water availability, reduce basal area and return closed canopy woodlands to oak savannah.

The work is comprised of vegetation management in mixed complexity stands via handcrews on the Caddo – LBJ National Grasslands. The primary focus will be thinning and falling cedar of various heights and diameter at breast height (DBH) along with thinning various hardwood species between 1-to-8-inch DBH. Debris and slash should be lopped and scattered to prevent biomass accumulation and ladder fuels. Alternate proposals utilizing machinery such as skid steers may be considered provided large diameter cedars are sheared, felled or girdled.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by July 15, 2026.

Contact:

Austin Justis, [email protected]

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The National Forest Foundation (NFF), in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), is seeking proposals from qualified contractors to provide construction services for False Bay Cabin located near Hoonah, Alaska on the Tongass National Forest.

The work for the False Bay Cabin project generally consists of cabin foundation design and cabin structural revisions, if required, to accommodate proposed materials, approved substitutions, site conditions, or the Contractor’s means and methods, as well as the construction of aggregate sitework, a two-story cabin, outdoor seating area, access trails, vault toilet, woodshed, and associated site amenities. The selected Bidder must furnish all labor and materials to complete the work per the bid items. Option items include construction of a beach access trail, yarding of felled hazard trees, and construction of a deer hang with all associated site work.

UPDATED 7/8/2026: Updated 7/8/2026 to extend the deadline from 7/13/2026 to 7/20/2026 at 9am AKDT.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by July 20, 2026.

Contact:

Carolyn Auwaerter, [email protected]

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This Request for Proposals (RFP) is for construction services and limited design-build services related to the McKinley Lake Cabin project near Cordova, AK, including foundation and site-related design services, construction of the cabin, and associated site amenities. The project includes construction of one (1) custom-built 16’x20’ cedar cabin with a loft and a 12’x16’ covered wrap-around deck with accessible ramp access. Associated site amenities include a pit outhouse, fire ring, woodshed, gravel pathways, benches, tables, and related improvements as identified in the project plans and specifications. A 100% design is provided for the cabin structure. The Contractor shall be responsible for the design and engineering of the cabin foundation, outhouse, and outhouse foundation. All required design work shall be completed and stamped by an Alaska licensed engineer as appropriate.

Pre-Bid Meeting: The National Forest Foundation and USFS will provide an online pre-bid meeting to answer any questions about the scope of work for the project. This meeting will be held online via Microsoft Teams video on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, at 10:00 AM AKST. Meeting details can be found in the RFP.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by July 20, 2026.

Contact:

Annie Eggert, [email protected]

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The NFF and the Beckwourth Ranger District (BKRD) of the Plumas National Forest are collaborating on the 1,116-acre Beckwourth Hand Thin & Pile Project. This project is a manual hand thinning and piling project located near the City of Portola and Lake Davis designed to reduce wildfire risk by removing suppressed understory trees with poor crown structure to disconnect vertical and horizontal tree-ladder fuels, reducing stand density, and modifying species composition to shade intolerant, fire resistant species.

Optional Bid Tour:

Date/Time: Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at 10:00am

Meeting Location: We will meet at the first stop on the tour which is located at (39.880900, -120.453252).

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Directions when traveling east on CA Route 70 from Portola:

1. Make a left onto Grizzly Rd
2. Drive up Grizzly Rd for 5.4 miles
3. Make a right onto Crocker Mt Rd
4. Drive 0.8 miles up Crocker Mt Rd until reaching the pull-off near the log deck

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by July 22, 2026.

Contact:

Sumner Cornacchia, [email protected]

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In partnership with the San Bernardino National Forest, the NFF is seeking heritage monitoring services for oversight of implementation of landscape-scale treatments to reduce wildfire risk in the North Big Bear (NBB) Fuel Reduction and Forest Health Project Area. Project treatments will take place across over 2,000 acres.

The Contractor will provide an archeological monitor to ensure cultural resources are not impacted during operations of the NBB Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) contract to the extent practical.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by July 22, 2026.

Contact:

Michelle Daneri, [email protected]

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The Mad Rabbit Trails Project area includes approximately 127,124 acres of National Forest System lands north and east of the City of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. This is a three-phase project with most of the work occurring on Rabbit Ears Pass along Highway 40. The project will include trail construction, trail layout, and other associated trail features.

A Pre-Bid Site Visit will occur at 12pm MDT on Wednesday, July 1 at Meadows Campground – Steamboat Springs, CO 80487. Please RSVP to [email protected] if you plan on attending.

NOTE: The bid deadline has been extended two weeks from July 10 to July 24, 2026, 5PM Mountain Time.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by July 24, 2026.

Contact:

Jim Fried, [email protected]

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The NFF is requesting proposals from qualified contractors to perform roadway vegetation management within the footprint of the 2020 Slater Fire on the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. Work will generally consist of removing downed trees and other debris from within 10 feet of either side of the road, mowing vegetation within 10 feet of either side of the road, and ensuring that ditches and all drainage features are clear and free of debris.

Felling of standing trees is not required under this project. Large-diameter downed trees may be cut, manipulated, and moved so that they are farther than 10 feet away from the road. Small-diameter trees and woody debris shall be chipped and scattered. No large brush piles will be permitted.

Assignments are expected to be issued on a quarterly basis and communicated to the selected Bidder(s) at least two weeks in advance. There is no guaranteed minimum quantity of work under any resulting agreement. Work will be assigned on an as-needed basis and only as authorized by NFF.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by July 24, 2026.

Contact:

Jeff Malik, [email protected]

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The Fourmile and Thompson Riparian Restoration Project is an ongoing collaborative effort to restore stream, riparian, floodplain, and wetland habitat in the headwaters of the Roaring Fork, on the White River National Forest (WRNF). Using low-tech process-based restoration (LTPBR) techniques, the Project will mitigate channel straightening, reconnect floodplains, increase hydraulic complexity, reduce erosion and incision, increase surface and groundwater interactions, and increase baseflows. Large scale goals of this Project are to improve water quality and quantity, provide habitat for aquatic and terrestrial species, wildfire mitigation, floodwater attenuation and retention, sediment retention, and drought resiliency.

The NFF, in collaboration with WRNF staff, is seeking a contractor to complete the work described in this Request for Proposals (RFP). Ideally, bids should be submitted to include all the work listed in this RFP, including optional items. Proposals that include the entire scope of work in this RFP will be considered more competitive.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by July 31, 2026.

Contact:

Emily Kasyon, [email protected]

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The purpose of this project is to re-establish forest cover following multiple severe fires, including the 2021 Jack Fire, on the North Zone of the Umpqua National Forest. Approximately 480,000 seedlings, a mix of bare root, Q-plug, and container stock, are to be planted on the Jack Fire in the fall of 2026 and winter of 2027.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by July 31, 2026.

Contact:

Anna Wemple, [email protected]

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This project is located within the Sierra Vista Ranger District on the Coronado National Forest (CNF). This area is within the Fort Huachuca Sentinel Landscape (FHSL), a region of 2.9 million acres in southeastern Arizona whose lands have been recognized as critical to the Nation’s defense. This fuel reduction project is intended to safeguard the landscape, local communities, and U.S. military base from wildfire exposure. The objective of this project is to combat the threat of high severity/intensity wildfire through the thinning of oaks and junipers in the Pauline Unit of the CNF. Up to 719 acres of trees will be thinned and piled or lopped and scattered.

Pre-Bid Site Visit: A pre-bid site visit will occur Friday, July 24, 2026. Attendance is not required to bid, though an RSVP is required to attend. Email [email protected] to RSVP. Attendees will gather at 10am at the Sonoita Mercantile and caravan to the project site from there. Address: 3235 AZ-82, Sonoita, AZ 85637

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by July 31, 2026.

Contact:

John Goraj, [email protected]

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The intent of this project is to obtain professional architectural, engineering, and technical (A&E) design services for Water System Improvements at the Steamboat Work Center and Horseshoe Bend Campground. The selected Contractor(s) will develop preliminary and final design documents and final construction documents for both sites.

UPDATED 7/7/2026: Updated the Pre-Bid meeting location and time. Updated information is located below and in the RFP.

Pre-Bid Meeting
NFF and the USFS will hold a pre-bid meeting for interested contractors on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at 10AM PST. Attendance at the meeting is not mandatory to submit a bid. A record of questions asked and USFS answers will be provided to all interested contractors. The meeting will be held at the Steamboat Inn, located at 42705 N. Umpqua Highway, Idleyld Park, Oregon.
Please RSVP to the pre-bid meeting by emailing [email protected]

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by July 31, 2026.

Contact:

Jeff Malik, [email protected]

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The NFF is seeking a contractor to complete four types of treatment on three different project areas. The treatments are: hand thin and chip using a tracked chipper, hand thin and hand pile, hazard tree removal, and hand line construction to facilitate future prescribed fire and/or wildfire suppression operations.

Pre-bid Field Tour:

Meeting Day/Time: Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at 10:00 AM

Meeting Location: Challenge Forest Service Fire Station 18050 Mulock Rd 95925

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by July 31, 2026.

Contact:

Gavin Williams, [email protected]

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The NFF, in partnership with the US Forest Service (USFS), is seeking qualified contractors for mastication and hand thinning/lop & scatter on the Prescott National Forest. These treatments have proven to be an effective hazardous fuels management tool by rearranging/reducing ladder and canopy fuels to the surface to reduce the risk of crown fire, and to increase defensible space for fireline control operations. The total project area is 1,738.4 acres across both flat and rocky, steep terrain.

Pre-Bid Tour: A Pre-bid tour is scheduled for August 10, 2026 at 10am AZ Time. Contractors are encouraged to attend the pre-bid tour to better understand the scope of work and expectations. To attend the Pre-Bid Tour, Contractors must contact Chad Kim ([email protected]) no later than August 7, 2026 to be placed on the RSVP list.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by August 24, 2026.

Contact:

Chad Kim, [email protected]

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