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.
An area encompassing all the National Forest System lands administered by an administrative unit. The area encompasses private lands, other governmental agency lands, and may contain National Forest System lands within the proclaimed boundaries of another administrative unit.
Forest Products Paper and packaging materials. Lumber for homes and buildings. Composite materials for construction. Renewable energy materials. Stronger, lighter laminated building materials. High value wood for furniture and flooring. Structural materials for bridges and transportation safety.
Congress has given the Forest Service authority to enter into land exchanges with private individuals and groups. Land exchanges can be effective tools because the Forest Service has very limited authority to sell lands and limited funds for acquiring key tracts.
Of the approximately 33 million acres of forest in California, federal agencies (including the USDA Forest Service and USDI Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service) own and manage 19 million acres (57%).
Alaska has the most national forest land, with 21.9 million acres (8.9 million ha), followed by California (20.8 million acres, 8.4 million ha) and Idaho (20.4 million acres, 8.3 million ha).