Indefinite Delivery Contract 1202SB26T7253

Elk Park Fire LLC, a woman-owned small business contractor based in Basin, Montana, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract by the National Interagency Fire Center on February 6, 2026, with a ceiling value of $250,000 and performance period extending through May 30, 2030. This Total Small Business set-aside contract, awarded as a firm fixed-price vehicle, provides water handling services to support wildland fire suppression, all-hazard incident response, and prescribed project work across East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 of the U.S. Forest Service. The scope of services encompasses the provision of equipment, materials, supplies, transportation, and trained personnel capable of sustaining up to 16-hour daily operational shifts during emergency incidents. The contract utilizes the Virtual Incident Procurement system for order placement and is available for optional use by interagency cooperators, including the Department of Interior, National Park Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs, facilitating coordinated emergency response across multiple federal land management agencies.

The original solicitation, posted February 4, 2025, with quotes due March 23, 2025, sought multiple awardees through Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements to establish on-call water handling resources across the specified regional dispatch centers. Prospective vendors were required to maintain current System for Award Management registrations, active Unique Entity Identification numbers, and valid communication capabilities to support rapid deployment during unpredictable wildland fire events. The U.S. Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management Regional Program Office retains annual review authority to assess the addition of new contractors or resources throughout the contract period, allowing flexibility in maintaining an adequate contractor network for emergency response across the East Zone's geographic footprint.