Archibald Excavating & Grading Inc.

Archibald Excavating & Grading Inc., a small business based in Palo Cedro, California, holds three prime indefinite delivery contracts under total small business set-asides with the National Interagency Fire Center, supplying heavy equipment and water handling systems for wildland fire suppression and emergency response across the U.S. Forest Service West Zone. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) and serves a single federal customer — the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management program — across all three contracts.

The vendor's three awarded vehicles are firm fixed price multiple-award IDCs with combined potential value of $750 thousand. The first, awarded June 9, 2023, covers heavy equipment (dozers and excavators) for Regions 5 and 6 with a $250 thousand ceiling and performance through June 9, 2028. The second, awarded June 4, 2025, procures water handling equipment including Type 3 and 6 Engines and Support Water Tenders for the Pacific Southwest Region under the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) I-BPA system, with a $250 thousand ceiling and performance through June 23, 2025. The third, awarded February 6, 2026, again covers heavy equipment services for West Zone Regions 5 and 6 with a $250 thousand ceiling and performance through June 9, 2028. All three contracts are issued through the National Interagency Fire Center and permit optional usage by other federal agencies including the Department of the Interior and National Park Service.

Activity is sparse — one award in 2023, one in 2025, and one in 2026. The vendor has no sub-award activity in the source data. Archibald Excavating & Grading Inc. operates in NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC code H — Natural Resources/Conservation — Fire Suppression/Presuppression, with all work performed under total small business set-asides.