Big Cedar LLC

Big Cedar LLC, doing business as Big Cedar Fire, is a woman-owned small business based in Kooskia, Idaho, that provides wildland fire suppression equipment, personnel, and services to the U.S. Forest Service and National Interagency Fire Center as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) under total small business set-asides. The company operates as a Subchapter S corporation focused on NAICS 333923 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression work.

Big Cedar's customer base is concentrated within the Department of Agriculture Forest Service. Recent awards span 57 delivery orders and indefinite-delivery contracts, with 91% of award count coming from two customer segments: the Forest Service R1-Northern Region (32 awards, $1.8 million combined potential value) and the Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center (16 awards, $3 million combined potential value). The R3-Southwestern Region, R2-Rocky Mountain Region, and R8-Southern Region account for the remaining 9%. The potential-value ranking mirrors the award-count concentration, with NIFC and R1 anchoring $4.8 million of the $5 million combined portfolio value.

Big Cedar holds five active indefinite-delivery contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center, each designated as total small business set-asides with ceilings of $250,000 to $500,000 and performance periods extending through 2030. These IDCs authorize supply of heavy equipment with water capabilities—including skidgines, softtracks, and pumper cats—along with water tenders, Type 2 and Type 6 fire engines, and trained personnel across Forest Service Regions 1, 2, 4, 8, and 9. Task orders flow through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system via Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements issued on an end-use basis for fire suppression, all-hazard response, and prescribed project work. Performance occurs at Kamiah, Idaho, with regional dispatch from Santa Fe, Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Chadron, Nebraska. Optional availability extends to the Department of Interior, National Park Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs. Recent representative delivery orders include a $117,600 order from Forest Service Region 1 on August 6, 2026, and a $50,964 order from Region 1 on May 2, 2023, both for water tenders and fire engines supporting wildland suppression in the Kamiah area.

Activity has declined from nine awards in 2022 to two in 2024, with a modest recovery to four awards each in 2025 and 2026. The vendor has maintained a contracting relationship with the Forest Service since 2003 and has obligated $1 million of its $5 million combined potential value, representing 21% utilization across the portfolio. Big Cedar competes entirely within total small business set-asides and does not pursue full-and-open federal opportunities.