Alvernaz Clay

Alvernaz Clay, doing business as Clay's Fab And Repair, a self-certified small disadvantaged business sole proprietorship based in Glide, Oregon, provides vehicles with drivers, mechanics with service trucks, and water handling equipment to the U.S. Forest Service for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident management across the Western United States, operating exclusively as a prime contractor on 68 awards valued at $4.6 million combined potential value.

The vendor competes under Total Small Business set-asides on its indefinite delivery contracts through the Forest Service's Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, though individual delivery orders drawn from those IDCs frequently carry no set-aside designation. Alvernaz Clay holds nine active IDCs with the National Interagency Fire Center (the Forest Service's procurement hub) and Forest Service Region 6 Pacific Northwest, each valued up to $250,000 or $500,000, covering vehicle and driver supply, mechanic services with service trucks, and water handling equipment for Regions 5 and 6 in the West Zone through dates ranging from 2025 to 2031. Delivery orders under these vehicles have ranged from $700 to $78,475 and focus on rapid mobilization of specialized equipment and personnel within a 450-mile radius of dispatch centers in Oregon and Washington. Recent representative work includes an $87,000 delivery order from Forest Service Region 6 on August 21, 2026 for vehicles, drivers, mechanics, and water handling equipment; a $53,014 order on July 25, 2026 for vehicles and drivers to support wildfire suppression in Wenatchee, Washington; and a $31,998 order on August 24, 2026 for similar services at Sandy, Oregon.

Customer concentration is complete within the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service ecosystem. The top two customers by potential value are the National Interagency Fire Center (15 awards, $3.1 million combined potential value) and Forest Service Region 6 Pacific Northwest (47 awards, $1.4 million combined potential value), accounting for 100% of awards. By award count, Region 6 dominates with 47 delivery orders representing seasonal fire-response work, while the National Interagency Fire Center holds 15 IDCs that serve as the contracting vehicle for the delivery orders flowing to regional field offices.

Activity grew from 10 awards in 2022 to a peak of 23 in 2024, then declined to 4 in 2025 and 9 through August 2026, reflecting the cyclical and seasonal nature of federal fire suppression contracting. The source does not identify a recompete cliff; instead, the IDC awards themselves carry completion dates through 2030 and 2031, with the vendor's primary recompete exposure tied to renewal or re-solicitation of VIPR Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements (I-BPAs) as those vehicles expire. The vendor places no work as a subcontractor and carries no parent GWAC, GSA Schedule, or government-wide vehicle presence outside the Forest Service VIPR system. Category concentration is stark: 35 awards fall under NAICS 485999 (All Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation), 18 under 811111 (General Automotive Repair), and 14 under 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry); 67 of 68 awards carry PSC code K041 (Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression). Obligated dollars total $1.6 million against $4.6 million potential value, indicating significant unfilled capacity on active IDCs and a vendor posture oriented toward on-call incident response rather than baseline revenue.