Becker, Clark E

Becker, Clark E, doing business as C E Becker And Sons Enterprises, is a self-certified small disadvantaged business sole proprietorship that operates as a prime contractor providing heavy equipment rentals, vehicle rentals with trained drivers, and water handling services to the U.S. Forest Service for wildland fire suppression and emergency response operations across the western United States. The vendor competes exclusively under total small business set-asides on its IDIQ vehicles and across 100% of its prime award footprint.

Becker is based in Biggs and Quincy, California, and serves a single customer agency—the Department of Agriculture Forest Service—across three distinct operational units. The National Interagency Fire Center awarded eleven IDIQs with combined potential value of $3.5 million, all set aside for total small business, providing the primary vehicle for delivery orders. The Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5) issued eleven delivery orders worth $536 thousand against these and related vehicles. The vendor's service scope spans NAICS 23 (Support Activities for Forestry) for all 23 core awards, with three additional awards under NAICS related to ground passenger transportation. All 26 awards fall under PSC Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression.

The IDIQ portfolio includes multiple-award vehicles for heavy equipment (feller bunchers, mulchers, road graders, skidders) with ceilings up to $500 thousand; vehicle rentals with drivers covering regions 5 and 6 West Zone and regions 3, 5, 6, and 10; and water handling services (fire engines, water tenders, Type 1–3 support equipment) with ceilings of $250 thousand to $500 thousand. These IDIQs, awarded through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, run through 2025–2031 and enable rapid procurement during wildfire and all-hazard emergencies. Representative delivery orders include a $175 thousand firm fixed-price order from Region 5 in August 2025 for unspecified fire suppression products and services; a $100.1 thousand order in September 2025 for equipment and personnel support; and a $46.3 thousand order in August 2026 for heavy equipment rental in Solvang, California.

Activity has grown from two awards in 2022 to a peak of eight in both 2024 and 2026, with three awards in 2025. Combined obligated dollars total $582 thousand against $4.1 million in combined potential value, reflecting the delivery-order structure under which IDIQs are exercised. The vendor holds no subcontract positions and operates entirely as a prime contractor with zero sub-award footprint. All performance occurs at California locations (Biggs, Quincy, Grass Valley, Clovis, Solvang) or subordinate Forest Service regions across the western United States.