Earl Gardner

Earl Gardner is a sole proprietorship doing business as 4 X 4 Logging that provides wildland firefighting support services to the federal government. The company supplies heavy equipment with water capabilities and qualified personnel to the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service under contract awards intended to aid in wildfire suppression and all-hazard incident response.

Through past prime federal contract awards, Earl Gardner has provided skidgines, softtracks, pumper cats, and other specialized vehicles equipped with water to the Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management programs. The equipment and operators have been utilized to combat wildfires and other threats to federal lands in New Mexico and other areas covered by Forest Service Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9. The contract awards have been firm fixed price delivery orders issued against multiple award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity vehicles administered out of the National Interagency Fire Center. No set-aside provisions were applied.

Earl Gardner holds two indefinite delivery contracts intended to supply heavy equipment with water and crews to aid the Forest Service’s wildfire response capabilities. The IDVs were awarded as small business set-asides by the Northern Region and National Interagency Fire Center. Task orders can be issued to dispatch equipment and operators to severity fires and other incidents necessitating emergency response resources. The IDVs have potential values of $250,000 each and periods of performance through May 2025 and June 2022.