406H2O LLC

406H2O LLC, a women-owned small business and HUBZone-certified firm based in Roundup, Montana, provides water handling equipment, supplies, personnel, and emergency response services for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident support to the Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor. The firm operates exclusively under total small business set-asides (or no set-aside, in one instance) and has generated $1.1 million in combined potential value across seven prime awards since 2022, with only $96 thousand obligated to date.

406H2O's customer footprint concentrates entirely within the U.S. Forest Service's regional and national fire operations. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center accounts for three awards (one indefinite-delivery contract with $500,000 ceiling, another with $250,000 ceiling, and a third with $250,000 ceiling that completed in May 2025) representing the bulk of the firm's pipeline at $1 million combined potential value. Regional Forest Service offices — Northern Region (Region 1), Southwestern Region (Region 3), and Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6) — account for four task orders valued at $96 thousand combined, issued against the national IDIQs. All work is categorized under NAICS 541700 Support Activities for Forestry and PSC Q330 (Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression).

The firm holds three indefinite-delivery contracts, all structured as multiple-award incident blanket purchase agreements under the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system. The primary active IDIQ is the February 2026 award from the National Interagency Fire Center for water handling services across East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 through May 2030, with a $500,000 ceiling and only $21,000 obligated. A second East Zone IDIQ awarded May 2025 carries a $250,000 ceiling through May 2030. A third IDIQ, awarded May 2022, carried a $250,000 ceiling through May 2025 and has since completed. Task orders against these vehicles are short-duration, firm fixed-price delivery orders ranging from $4,383 to $65,087, issued by regional dispatch centers on five-to-fourteen-day performance schedules to support active fire incidents and emergency response operations.

Activity has accelerated modestly—one award in 2022, two in 2025, four in 2026—reflecting the firm's recent competitiveness in Forest Service VIPR competitions. The firm operates as a prime only, with no sub-award presence in the source data. Capacity constraint is evident in the low obligated-dollars-to-ceiling ratio (9%), indicating the firm holds significant runway across its three active IDIQs for incident-driven task orders. Geographic performance spans the northern tier and Southwest (Montana, Oregon, New Mexico, Arizona) with optional availability to the Department of the Interior and National Park Service.

Water Tenders and Water Trucks, Hauling Capacities from 3,200n to 5,100 gallons. All trucks have drafting capabilities (fill with water from a pond, or other source) and pressure spray bars on front, rear and side sprays. VHF driver programmable digital and analog radios in every truck. Torsion Bar suspension for off road capabilities including an available 8x8 AWD truck equipped with a rear steer axle. We own all of our trucks, Trucks are supplied with 3' draft hoses, 2' draft hoses, hose reels, 2 1/2 fire hose, 1 1/2 fire hose, Camlock fittings to adapt from 4' to 1'.