Amos Espinoza

Amos Espinoza, a sole-proprietor minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Cleveland, New Mexico, supplies heavy equipment and vehicles to the U.S. Forest Service and the National Interagency Fire Center as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates under primary NAICS 335110 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression, with 100% of its recent federal footprint in equipment rental and provision for land management, fire suppression, and emergency response operations.

Amos Espinoza's customer concentration is singular: 100% of awards span four organizational subdivisions of the Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The National Interagency Fire Center anchors the dollars, accounting for six awards with $3 million combined potential value across multiple indefinite delivery contracts. Forest Service Region 3 (Southwestern Region) places the highest volume at eight awards and $402 thousand in combined potential value, primarily through delivery orders for dozers, excavators, skidders, dump trucks, mulchers, road graders, and transport vehicles supporting land management and fire response in New Mexico and Colorado. Forest Service regional offices and the parent Forest Service account for five additional awards totaling $168 thousand.

The vendor holds six multiple-award indefinite delivery contracts through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center with ceilings ranging from $250 thousand to $1 million and completion dates between May 2028 and April 2029. All six are set aside for total small business and carry firm fixed pricing. Representative recent delivery orders include a $46,846 order from Forest Service R3 on August 23, 2026, for heavy equipment supporting land management in Santa Fe, New Mexico; a $74,800 order from Department of Agriculture R3 on August 17, 2026, for specialized equipment supporting forest management; and a $60,750 order from Forest Service on August 6, 2026, for equipment supporting land management and fire suppression in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Activity accelerated sharply in 2026 with eleven awards year-to-date, compared to one award in 2022 and four in 2023. The vendor has obligated approximately $570 thousand against a combined potential value of $3.6 million across all awards, indicating substantial remaining capacity on its VIPR system vehicles. All performance occurs in New Mexico and Colorado, concentrated in Forest Service Regions 3 and 8, with no subcontract activity.