Baker Fire, LLC

Baker Fire, LLC, a small business based in Clayton, Washington, supplies wildland fire suppression equipment and personnel to federal land management agencies as a prime contractor (100% of awards) under total small business set-asides routed through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system operated by the USDA Forest Service and National Interagency Fire Center. The company is structured as a for-profit limited liability company and sole proprietorship competing exclusively under small business set-asides; all 41 recent awards carry small business designations.

Baker Fire's customer base centers on the Department of Agriculture. The Forest Service accounts for 98% of awards across two distinct operating entities: the Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center (11 awards, $3.3 million combined potential value) and Forest Service Region 6—Pacific Northwest Region (26 awards, $1.3 million combined potential value). The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management represents a minor footprint (2 awards, $90 thousand). The company holds seven active Indefinite Delivery Contracts through VIPR, each with ceilings ranging from $250,000 to $500,000, running through 2028–2030. The primary IDCs cover water handling equipment for Region 6 (awarded May 29, 2025, ceiling $250,000); heavy equipment with water for Regions 3, 5, and 6 (awarded May 30, 2025, ceiling $500,000); heavy equipment for West Zone Regions 5 and 6 (awarded February 6, 2026, ceiling $500,000); and legacy contracts from 2022–2023 that have wound down or completed.

Concrete recent work includes a $113,400 delivery order from Forest Service Region 6 (July 24, 2026) for water handling equipment and personnel covering Engines Type 3–6, water tenders, heavy equipment such as dozers and excavators, support personnel, transportation, lodging, and equipment management for fire suppression in Pendleton, Oregon; an $83,200 delivery order from the same region (August 17, 2026) for wildland fire suppression equipment and services in Sandy, Oregon; a $39,902.78 delivery order from Region 6 (October 6, 2025) for wildfire suppression support in Wenatchee, Washington; and an $83,200 purchase order from Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region (June 1, 2025) for a Type 2 water tender. Work performance spans the western United States, predominantly Regions 3, 5, and 6, with administrative oversight through the National Interagency Fire Center and USDA Forest Service.

Activity has grown modestly — two awards in 2022 to six in 2026 — with combined potential value of $4.8 million across the prime portfolio. Award delivery concentration remains high: the top two parent BPAs and IDCs account for nine task orders totaling roughly $233 thousand. Obligated dollars across all awards total $828 thousand (17% of combined potential value), reflecting the incident-driven ordering pattern characteristic of emergency-response vehicles. Baker Fire operates exclusively in support activities for forestry (NAICS 541710) and fire suppression and presuppression (PSC 25450), with no subcontracting footprint and no diversification into other capability categories.

Mechanized Forestry Services