Alcon Excavating LLC

Alcon Excavating LLC, a HUBZone-certified small disadvantaged business based in Mora, New Mexico, operates as a 100 percent prime contractor delivering heavy equipment rental and excavation services to the USDA Forest Service and the National Interagency Fire Center for wildland fire suppression, prescribed burn work, and land stewardship across multiple Forest Service regions. All 102 awards in the source are prime contracts; the company performs work in-house with no subcontracting footprint and competes predominantly under total small business set-asides.

The vendor's customer base concentrates almost entirely within the Department of Agriculture Forest Service ecosystem. The Forest Service R3-Southwestern Region dominates both award count and dollar value, accounting for 69 of 102 awards ($3.7 million combined potential value) with performance locations centered on Santa Fe, Taos, and Albuquerque, New Mexico. The National Interagency Fire Center contributes 7 awards ($2.5 million combined potential value), while regional offices (R2-Rocky Mountain, R4-Intermountain, R6-Pacific Northwest, R8-Southern) account for the remainder. The top three customer segments represent 100 percent of combined potential value. Alcon's work spans support activities for forestry (98 awards across NAICS 238910) and equipment rental (2 awards), with procurement spanning Natural Resources/Conservation categories—forest-range fire suppression/presuppression dominating at 94 awards under PSC code 543 (Fire Suppression/Presuppression).

Alcon holds six primary indefinite delivery contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center and Forest Service, all structured as Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system with $250,000 to $500,000 ceilings per IDC: a West Zone Heavy Equipment with Water vehicle for Regions 3, 5, and 6 (awarded February 2026, $500,000 ceiling); a Miscellaneous Heavy Equipment vehicle for Regions 3 and 8 East Zone (February 2026, $500,000 ceiling); a Heavy Equipment for Regions 3 and 8 Only vehicle (February 2026, $500,000 ceiling); and corresponding awards from May 2025, April 2024, and May 2023 each at $250,000 ceilings for the same service areas. The top five IDCs collectively support 61 task orders totaling $2.4 million in combined potential value. Representative recent delivery orders include a $53,550 excavation and heavy equipment task order issued by Forest Service Region 3 on June 29, 2026, an $89,250 wildland fire suppression order from Region 3 in May 2026, and a $44,550 delivery order for Las Vegas, New Mexico operations issued September 3, 2026.

Activity has accelerated recently. Awards jumped from 6 in 2024 to 18 in 2026 year-to-date (through September 3), following a 2023 peak of 22 awards. The company operates a fleet of dozers, excavators, tractor plows, feller bunchers, mulcher/masticators, road graders, and skidders for 16-hour daily shift operations across southwestern national forests and grasslands. The vendor's combined potential value stands at $7 million with $3.4 million in dollars obligated (49 percent utilization). Alcon competes entirely under total small business set-aside vehicles and has maintained a multi-year relationship with Forest Service regions since at least 2022, with the source indicating historical performance dating back to 2013.