Indefinite Delivery Contract 1204H126T7209

Late Summers Wildfire, LLC, a small business based in East Wenatchee, Washington, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract by the National Interagency Fire Center on February 6, 2026, with a total small business set-aside designation and a ceiling value of $250,000. The contract, designated as Firm Fixed Price, is structured under the Virtual Incident Procurement Blanket Purchase Agreement and covers water handling equipment and services for Region 6, the Pacific Northwest Region. The contract extends through May 29, 2030, and authorizes the issuance of firm fixed-price delivery orders for specialized firefighting equipment, including Fire Engines Types 3, 4, 5, and 6; Support Water Tenders Types 1, 2, and 3; and Tactical Water Tenders Types 1 and 2. The contractor is responsible for furnishing equipment, materials, transportation, qualified personnel, and ensuring compliance with agreement specifications for emergency incident response operations.

The underlying solicitation, posted on February 4, 2025, sought competitive quotes from small businesses capable of supporting wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response across the Pacific Northwest. The United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 6 anticipated awarding multiple preseason Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements through this competitive procurement mechanism to establish a flexible and responsive vendor pool for emergency dispatch support. Contractors are expected to support emergency incident response, prescribed project work, and potential interagency cooperative efforts, with proposed rates based on up to 16-hour daily operational shifts. The procurement emphasizes regional dispatch coordination, with vendors encouraged to align with dispatch centers proximate to their resource locations to optimize response time and cost-effectiveness in meeting the diverse water handling requirements for fire management operations across the western United States.