Indefinite Delivery Contract 1204H126T7177

J3 Contracting, Inc., a small business headquartered in Milton-Freewater, Oregon, was awarded a $250,000 Indefinite Delivery Contract on February 6, 2026, by the National Interagency Fire Center under a Total Small Business set-aside designation for water handling equipment and services supporting the U.S. Forest Service, Region 6 Pacific Northwest Region through May 29, 2030. The contract employs a firm fixed-price compensation model and was established through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system to enable rapid mobilization of specialized firefighting resources. The contract scope encompasses rental and deployment of Type 3, 4, 5, and 6 fire engines; Support Water Tenders Types 1, 2, and 3; Tactical Water Tenders Types 1 and 2; and associated contractor personnel, vehicles, materials, and transportation support. Performance is anticipated across the Pacific Northwest region, with resources staged to support emergency incident response, prescribed fire operations, and all-hazard emergency management activities across multiple western states.

The underlying solicitation, posted February 4, 2025, with quotes due March 21, 2025, established expectations for contractor capability, responsiveness, and pricing mechanisms under preseason Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements (I-BPAs) with multiple anticipated award recipients. Contractors were required to propose rates based on up to 16-hour daily shift operations, with the Forest Service retaining flexibility to issue task orders at specified contract rates during operational needs. The multiple-award structure allows the Forest Service to distribute workload across capable vendors and establish competitive pricing while maintaining rapid access to critical water handling resources. J3 Contracting's established portfolio of similar Indefinite Delivery Vehicles across multiple Forest Service regions, with documented task order performance values ranging from approximately $4,150 to over $310,000, demonstrates the contractor's capacity to deliver timely, specialized support for complex wildland fire and emergency incident operations in the Pacific Northwest.