Indefinite Delivery Contract 1202SB21T7048

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service has awarded Keller Logging, Inc., a for-profit small business contractor, a multiple award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) valued up to $250,000 per contract to provide heavy equipment services for fire suppression and all-hazard incident response in Regions 1 and 4. Two of the IDC vehicles have total small business set-asides. Keller Logging has also received several firm fixed price delivery orders, valued between $60,980 and $228,377.69, to perform logging, felling, skidding, dozing, excavation, and transportation services in support of the Forest Service's natural resource management and wildfire suppression efforts in Libby, Montana. The IDC and delivery orders were competitively issued under the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, with the National Interagency Fire Center as the awarding authority.

The original solicitation sought a consolidated "Heavy Equipment Task Force" capability consisting of equipment such as a feller buncher, skidder, dozer, and pumper/skidgine unit, along with trained personnel, to aid in fire and all-hazard incident response on an as-needed basis. Interagency cooperators may also utilize the contracted services, subject to their own payment and administrative terms. The solicitation was issued as a total small business set-aside, with the intent of making multiple preseason Incident Blanket Purchase Agreement (I-BPA) awards through the VIPR system to vendors who could meet the Government's critical and timely incident support needs.