12 Gauge Timber Inc.

12 Gauge Timber Inc., a small-business prime contractor based in Marion, Montana, provides timber harvesting, processing, and heavy equipment services to the U.S. Forest Service under total small-business set-asides, operating exclusively as a prime on federal awards with no subcontract activity. The company competes under small-business set-asides across 100% of its recent award footprint.

12 Gauge Timber Inc. operates in two distinct capability streams within forest and wildland management. The first is timber and forestry field services—harvesting, processing, and removal of forest vegetation in support of the Forest Service's land and wildlife stewardship programs. The second is heavy equipment provision with water capabilities for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response, including skidgines, softtracks, and pumper cats deployed across Forest Service regions. Representative work includes a $45,300 firm fixed-price delivery order awarded August 4, 2026, to the Forest Service for timber services in Kalispell, Montana; a $32,373.75 delivery order issued July 20, 2026, by Forest Service Region 1 for timber services in Dalton Gardens, Idaho; and a $25,807.50 firm fixed-price delivery order against the Region 1 Multiple Award Task Order Contract for timber management in Libby, Montana in 2023.

The customer base is narrowly concentrated within the Department of Agriculture Forest Service. Three Forest Service components account for 100% of awards: Fire and Aviation Management's National Interagency Fire Center (3 awards, $1 million combined potential value), the Northern Region (4 awards, $345 thousand combined potential value), and the broader Forest Service organization (2 awards, $72 thousand combined potential value). 12 Gauge Timber operates under three Indefinite Delivery Contracts, all small-business set-asides, carrying $1 million in combined ceiling value and spanning Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 for wildland fire suppression and timber management work through May 2030. The top parent vehicle is an Indefinite Delivery Contract (1202SB22T7130) with 3 task orders totaling $90 thousand in combined potential value.

Recent activity shows modest but consistent engagement: one award in 2019, two in 2022, two in 2023, one in 2025, and three in 2026. Nine total awards carry $1.4 million in combined potential value, of which $168 thousand has been obligated to date (12% of potential). The vendor's entire award portfolio falls under NAICS 541711 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression. No recompete exposure is visible in the near term; the most recent awards were issued in August 2026 with completion dates within weeks of award.