The Oregon Forest Practices Act (FPA) sets standards for all commercial activities involving the establishment, management, or harvesting of trees on Oregon's non-federal forestlands. Oregon law gives the Board of Forestry primary responsibility to interpret the FPA and set rules for forest practices.
Oregon Contractor Licensing Guide Complete pre-license training and take an examination. Determine your endorsement type. Register your business. Provide proof of insurance and bonds. Complete an application.
Oregon rules make it very difficult to work as a handyman without a CCB license. Any handyman that performs work valued at or above $1,000 must be licensed by the CCB. Handymen must also be licensed by the CCB if they produce any form of advertisements, including business cards.
Clearcutting is limited by state law Oregon rules limit the size of clearcuts (when a forestland owner removes most of the trees in a given area) to 120 acres. Clearcuts must be no closer than 300 feet to another clearcut.
But there's one catch: federal contracting is time-intensive and often intimidating. It requires extensive, sometimes painstaking steps, from registering your business to finding relevant proposals and then eventually bidding on these contracts. That said, the rewards greatly outweigh the initial investment.
Get started searching contract opportunities Use the search feature on SAM. Follow contract opportunities. Save my searches. Use the interested vendors list.
In short, for your small business to serve as a prime contractor or subcontractor, you'll need to legally qualify as a small business and register as a government contractor . Then you can start looking for both prime or subcontracting opportunities with the federal government.
Federal business opportunities for contractors are listed at SAM. Government agencies are required to use SAM to advertise all contracts over $25,000.
To bid on federal construction contracts, you must apply for a profile on the System for Award Management (SAM). Once you've registered for this centralized online portal at SAM, you can use its search function to find federal construction bidding projects.