Contracting
The Northern Region Forest Service offices annually purchase a wide variety of goods and services. We have Customer Service Areas that represent the Intermountain Zone of Procurement & Property Services:
- The PPS IZ CSA#1 (formerly Idaho-Montana Acquisition Team, IMAT) serves the Idaho Panhandle, Nez Perce-Clearwater, and the Kootenai National Forests.
- The PPS IZ CSA#2 (formerly Western Montana Acquisition Zone, WMAZ) serves the Bitterroot, Lolo, and Flathead National Forests, the Regional Office, and Aerial Fire Depot.
- The PPS IZ CSA #3 (formerly East Side Acquisition Team, ESAT) serves the Beaverhead-Deerlodge, Custer Gallatin, Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forests and the Dakota Prairie Grasslands.
Procurements by the Forest Service are guided by the Federal Acquisition Regulation as modified by various Department of Agriculture and Forest Service policies. These rules and regulations may differ from Uniform Commercial Code.
How to Do Business with the Forest Service
Doing business with the Federal government, including the Forest Service, can be complicated. The following information is intended to provide a brief overview of the steps necessary to position a business concern to do business with the Forest Service and the Federal government. Also contacts are provided regarding additional resources that will assist a business concern in understanding the processes of doing business with the Forest Service and other Federal government agencies.
Step One: Be formed in a business-like way
Step Two: Register in the System for Award Management (SAM)
Step Three: Learn about available Federal projects to submit a bid, proposal, or quote on
Step Four: Learn about doing business with the Federal government and Forest Service
- Washington Office PPS: http://www.fs.usda.gov/working-with-us/contracts-commercial-permits/how-to-contract-with-forest-service.
- Find other regional Acquisition websites at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/contactus/regions.shtml, look for links to contracting.
- If interested in contracting with the Forest Service with regard to Incidents (wild land fire and other all-hazard incidents) lease visit the following website: http://www.fs.usda.gov/business/incident/