Bessette, Ambrose

Bessette, Ambrose, operating as S.f. Ready, a tribally owned, Native American-owned, and minority-owned sole proprietorship based in Omak, Washington, provides water handling equipment, materials, supplies, transportation, and personnel support 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 vendor holds 100% of its recent federal footprint as a prime, with no subcontract activity, and operates exclusively within the Forest Service's Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system and associated Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements.

S.f. Ready's customer concentration is singular: the Department of Agriculture Forest Service accounts for 100% of awards across two organizational lines. The Forest Service Region 6 Pacific Northwest Region has placed 16 awards with a combined potential value of $1.2 million, while the Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center has placed 5 awards with a combined potential value of $1.1 million. The top three active parent vehicles are firm fixed-price IDCs and BPAs: a $500 thousand multiple-award IDC awarded February 6, 2026 (ultimate completion June 4, 2030) with 2 task orders placed as of the source date; a $250 thousand expired IDC valid through June 2025; and a $250 thousand active multiple-award IDC for water handling services across Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10. Five additional older IDCs and BPAs carry the remainder of the recent task order volume.

Representative work includes a $78,640 firm fixed-price delivery order from Region 6 awarded August 24, 2026, for water handling equipment and fire suppression support with place of performance in Baker City, Oregon; a $43,006 delivery order from Region 6 awarded July 22, 2026, under VIPR with place of performance in Wenatchee, Washington; a $102,300 delivery order from Region 6 awarded August 8, 2024, for undisclosed water handling products; and a $29,400 delivery order from Region 6 awarded October 3, 2025. Activity is modest and episodic: two awards in 2021, one in 2022, one in 2024, three in 2025, and three in 2026. Combined potential value across all 21 awards is $2.3 million, with $573 thousand obligated as of the source date (25% realization). The vendor works exclusively under NAICS 561730 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation codes. S.f. Ready's capability portfolio is narrowly specialized in fire equipment procurement and firefighting support logistics with geographic focus on western U.S. Forest Service regions.