Artillery Concepts LLC

Artillery Concepts LLC, a sole-proprietorship limited liability company based in Leavenworth, Washington, supplies water handling equipment and trained personnel for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response to the U.S. Forest Service as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The company operates exclusively as a prime (100% of awards) and competes entirely within the small business set-aside category, with all thirty awards in its footprint drawn from USDA Forest Service fire management and emergency response programs across four customer sub-offices.

Artillery Concepts holds three indefinite delivery contracts issued by the National Interagency Fire Center under the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, a preseason competitive vehicle for federal firefighting resources. The largest IDC carries a $500,000 ceiling awarded February 6, 2026, running through May 29, 2030, covering water handling equipment and services (Engines Types 3–6, Support Water Tenders Types 1–3, Tactical Water Tenders Types 1–2) for Region 6, the Pacific Northwest Region. A second IDC with a $250,000 ceiling, awarded May 29, 2025, also covers Region 6 water handling through May 2030 under competitive I-BPA terms. A third IDC, awarded June 1, 2022, with a $250,000 ceiling covering water handling services for Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10, reached ultimate completion on June 6, 2025. Recent delivery orders under these vehicles include an $85,100 total small business set-aside order issued August 1, 2026, with completion targeted for September 15, 2026 (place of performance Wenatchee, WA); a $37,893.50 no-set-aside order issued October 13, 2025, for Region 6 water handling with October 16, 2025 completion; a $23,500 order issued July 4, 2025, for Region 6 water handling services; and a $90,100.16 order issued June 11, 2024, for unspecified artillery-related work performed in Ellensburg, Washington.

Customer concentration runs entirely to the Forest Service. Region 6 Pacific Northwest accounts for sixteen awards valued at $548,000 (73% of award count, 28% of combined potential value), while the National Interagency Fire Center anchors three awards valued at $1 million (potential value leadership), with Region 1 Northern Region and a Forest Service general line rounding out a four-agency customer set. Activity has been episodic — one award in 2022, one in 2024, three in 2025, and two in 2026 — with combined potential value of $2 million and combined obligated dollars of $557,000 across all awards. All thirty awards fall under NAICS 541330 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression. The company performs work primarily in western U.S. locations (Wenatchee, Ellensburg, Region 6) and holds presence across multiple USFS regions through its multiregion water handling services IDC.