Altergott Forestry, LLC

Altergott Forestry, LLC, doing business as Altergott Forestry LLC, is a Spearfish, South Dakota-based small business that delivers wildland fire suppression equipment, personnel, and forestry services to the federal government as a prime contractor on total small business set-aside delivery orders and indefinite delivery contracts. The company is a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation operating under primary NAICS 541730 (Support Activities for Forestry), competing almost exclusively under total small business set-asides on Forest Service regional and National Interagency Fire Center procurement vehicles.

Altergott Forestry's capability portfolio centers on Type 3 and Type 6 wildland fire engines, skidgines, water tenders, heavy equipment including dozers and excavators, faller services, and chipper rentals, deployed across multiple Forest Service regions and the Bureau of Land Management through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system on firm fixed-price task orders. Representative recent work includes a $167,390.52 delivery order from USDA Forest Service Region 2 (Rocky Mountain Region) in August 2026 for wildland fire suppression equipment and personnel in Chadron, Nebraska; a $156,425.28 delivery order in July 2025 from Region 2 for wildland fire engines and heavy equipment in Glenwood Springs, Colorado; and a $104,100.32 purchase order in June 2025 from the Idaho Region for a Type 2 skidgine supporting the Fire Turner Gulch incident in Boise, Idaho.

Customer concentration is dominated by USDA Forest Service regional offices and the National Interagency Fire Center. The top five customer agencies account for 86% of recent awards and 95% of combined potential value, led by the National Interagency Fire Center (36 awards, $7.2 million combined potential value) and Forest Service Region 2 (40 awards, $2.8 million). The two rankings diverge markedly: Region 2 places the most task orders by volume, but the National Interagency Fire Center anchors the largest dollar concentration through its umbrella indefinite delivery contract vehicles. Additional significant customers include Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest), the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region, and Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest).

Altergott Forestry holds a portfolio of small business set-aside indefinite delivery contracts issued by the National Interagency Fire Center. The top three parent vehicles carry 60 task orders across $3.2 million in combined potential value: Indefinite Delivery Contract 1202SB22T7180 (23 task orders, $1.5 million), IDC 1282X919T7055 (20 task orders, $748 thousand), and IDC 1202SB25T7797 (17 task orders, $959 thousand). Individual IDCs are valued at $250,000 to $500,000 and extend through 2028–2030, covering heavy equipment with water, water handling, fallers, chipper equipment, and miscellaneous heavy equipment across East Zone regions (1, 2, 4, 9) and extending to Region 5. These vehicles enable the Forest Service to issue firm fixed-price task orders on an as-needed basis to support wildland fire suppression and incident response operations.

Activity has grown substantially and consistently. Awards increased from nine in 2022 to 23 in 2026 year to date, with 2024 and 2025 showing 15 and 14 awards respectively. The vendor's 115 total awards carry a combined potential value of $12.1 million, with $4.9 million obligated to date (40% of potential value), indicating active execution on outstanding task orders. No substantial recompete cliff is evident in the source; the National Interagency Fire Center IDC portfolio extends through 2030, and delivery orders are issued on an as-needed basis rather than committed in bulk.

Altergott Forestry operates as a 99% prime contractor, with a single sub-award as a sub-recipient on a February 2025 fuels reduction grant from the South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources supporting the Galena Fuels Reduction Project (100 acres of state and private land, eight residents, hazardous fuels reduction). The company has no federal grant prime awards in the source data.

Place of performance spans multiple Forest Service regions and the Bureau of Land Management. Recent delivery orders identify performance locations in Sandy, Oregon; Chadron, Nebraska; Custer, South Dakota; Duluth, Minnesota; Delta and Pueblo, Colorado; Lincoln, Nebraska; and Tallahassee, Florida, with additional work across Regions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9. Work is coordinated through Forest Service regional incident support contracts and the National Interagency Fire Center's Virtual Incident Procurement system, which enables rapid deployment of prepositioned equipment and personnel for unscheduled incident response across multiple regions.