Arnold Barbara

Arnold Barbara, a woman-owned sole proprietorship based in Eureka, California, supplies vehicle-with-driver transportation services to federal land management agencies, competing exclusively under total small business set-asides. The company operates as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) providing pickup trucks, stake-side vehicles, passenger vans, sport utility vehicles, and fuel tenders with operator support to wildfire suppression and all-hazard incident response operations across the western United States.

Arnold Barbara's customer concentration is extreme and forest-fire focused. Five customer entities account for 97% of recent awards and 99% of combined potential value, dominated by the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center (5 awards, $1 million combined potential value) and the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region (17 awards, $561 thousand combined potential value). The Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington region contributes four awards valued at $12 thousand combined. All 27 awards across the portfolio fall under NAICS 488410 (All Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation) or PSC N044 (Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression), with four additional awards under vehicle rental and leasing categories.

Arnold Barbara holds three indefinite-delivery contracts for vehicle-with-driver services awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center: a $250 thousand ceiling IDC awarded August 17, 2026, running through August 17, 2031; a $250 thousand ceiling IDC awarded February 6, 2026, running through June 6, 2028; and a $250 thousand ceiling IDC awarded June 6, 2023, running through June 6, 2028. These three IDCs are structured as multiple-award small business set-asides and collectively serve Regions 5 and 6 (Pacific Southwest and Pacific Northwest) with performance locations spanning Ellensburg, Washington; Eureka, California; and Baker City, Oregon. Representative recent task orders against these IDCs include a $15,618 firm-fixed-price delivery order for vehicle support in the Intermountain Region (Region 4) completed October 20, 2024; a $13,078 delivery order for transportation services in Ellensburg, Washington, completed August 12, 2024; and a $19,946 delivery order in Eureka, California, completed September 19, 2023. Additionally, Arnold Barbara holds multiple blanket purchase agreements with Forest Service regions, generating nine task orders under BPA AG04H1B177248 ($43 thousand combined potential value) and two under BPA AG04H1B157132 ($36 thousand combined potential value).

Recent activity shows sporadic awards: three in 2020, one in 2022, two in 2023, two in 2024, and five in 2026. The combined potential value across all 31 awards in the portfolio is $1.6 million, with only $191 thousand obligated (12% of potential), reflecting the firm-fixed-price, as-needed nature of the delivery orders and IDC task orders. Arnold Barbara has supplied vehicle-with-driver services to the Forest Service since at least 2011 and maintains consistent operational presence across multiple western regions for emergency response logistics.