A.a.a. Thunderbolt Fire Service, Inc.

A.a.a. Thunderbolt Fire Service, Inc., doing business as AAA Thunderderbolt Fire Service Inc., is a small business subchapter S corporation based in Mt. Vernon, Oregon that provides wildland fire suppression equipment, personnel, and services to the federal government as a prime contractor exclusively under small business set-asides. The vendor competes entirely in the total small business set-aside category and operates across USDA Forest Service regions in the western United States, with nearly all work flowing through the National Interagency Fire Center or regional Forest Service offices.

A.a.a. Thunderbolt Fire Service delivers Type 3, 4, 5, and 6 fire engines; water tenders; fire crews; and associated equipment and operational support for wildland fire suppression, preparedness, and response. Recent concrete work includes six delivery orders totaling $603,614.82 from USDA Forest Service Region 6 awarded August 2026 — a $244,854.82 delivery order (August 12, 2026) for fire suppression resources in Roseburg, Oregon; a $142,000 order (August 25, 2026) in Baker City; and a $96,000 order (August 16, 2026) in Sandy — plus a $79,092.16 delivery order from USDA Forest Service Region 2 (Rocky Mountain Region) in July 2026 for fire management services in Delta, Colorado, and purchase orders from USFS Idaho Region totaling $282,248 for Type 4 and Type 6 fire engines supporting specific fire suppression efforts such as Cottonwood Peak, Juniper, and Rail Ridge fires in 2025.

Customer concentration is extreme and characteristic. The top customer by both award count and dollar value is USDA Forest Service Region 6 Pacific Northwest Region, which accounts for 180 of 249 total awards (72% of the portfolio) and $30.7 million of $37.7 million combined potential value (81% of dollars). The National Interagency Fire Center (Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management) places 28 awards worth $1.9 million, and the Bureau of Land Management places orders at much smaller scale. The 85% coverage threshold includes only two substantive customer buckets: Region 6 and NIFC. No other federal customer contributes meaningfully to the portfolio.

A.a.a. Thunderbolt Fire Service holds four prime Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center, all total small business set-asides running through 2025 or 2030. The primary vehicles are a $500,000 multiple-award IDC for water handling equipment and services (Region 6, awarded February 6, 2026, performing through May 28, 2030) with six task orders worth $603,614.82 already issued; a $250,000 VIPR I-BPA for water handling regions 3, 5, 6, and 10 (awarded June 1, 2022, performing through June 6, 2025) with 52 task orders worth $2.1 million; a $250,000 VIPR I-BPA for heavy equipment with water for regions 5 and 6 (awarded June 1, 2022, performing through June 2, 2025) with 47 task orders worth $1.3 million; and a $250,000 VIPR I-BPA for water handling regions 3, 5, 6, and 10 (awarded May 28, 2025, performing through May 28, 2030). The vendor also operates under multiple Forest Service region-specific blanket purchase agreements and indefinite delivery vehicles, including the Malheur NF Fuels Reduction and Slash Treatment IDIQ (13 task orders, $1.8 million), with the top five parent vehicles accounting for 167 task orders and $6.8 million combined potential value.

Activity has been volatile, ranging from 19 awards in 2022, declining to 13 in 2023, rebounding to 24 in 2024, falling to 14 in 2025, and rising to 15 through August 2026. The vendor maintains a long federal footprint — the earliest award in the source data is August 15, 2000 — but has been registered in SAM.gov continuously since 2003. The portfolio carries no recompete cliff language in the source; however, two of the four NIFC IDCs expire in June 2025 (one has already lapsed relative to the current snapshot date of October 15, 2026), representing transition risk as the vendor pursues renewal or replacement vehicles.

A.a.a. Thunderbolt Fire Service operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of awards); no subcontract activity appears in the source. Place of performance spans multiple western Forest Service regions, including Oregon (Baker City, Pendleton, Sandy, Roseburg, John Day, Springfield), Idaho (Boise), Colorado (Delta, Durango, Santa Fe area), and Washington, with administrative and operational oversight based in Mt. Vernon. The vendor's capability stack is narrowly specialized: 263 of 292 awards fall under NAICS 561730 (Support Activities for Forestry), and 219 awards are coded to PSC Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression, underscoring focus on emergency and seasonal wildland fire response rather than diversified federal service offerings.

WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION. REFORESTATION; I.E. PRESCRIBED BURNS, THINNING, HAND PILING. TRAIL MAINTENANCE.