Big Sky Busing Inc.

Big Sky Busing Inc., a Boise, Idaho–based Subchapter S Corporation, operates as a prime contractor providing crew carrier bus and shuttle transportation services for federal wildland fire management and forest conservation operations, competing predominantly under small-business set-asides and full-and-open delivery orders. The company is classified under NAICS 541512 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC code natural resources and conservation—forest-range fire suppression—and has delivered 138 prime awards totaling $5.8 million in combined potential value since 2001, with 101% of that potential value already obligated.

Big Sky Busing maintains a heavily concentrated customer base anchored to the Department of Agriculture's wildland fire enterprise. The top five customers by award count represent 78% of all awards, led overwhelmingly by the National Interagency Fire Center (50 awards, $3.6 million combined potential value), which is the single largest customer and accounts for 62% of the vendor's portfolio dollars. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Regional Offices 4 (Intermountain, 26 awards, $472 thousand), 3 (Southwestern, 16 awards, $260 thousand), 5 (Pacific Southwest, 6 awards, $89 thousand), and 6 (Pacific Northwest, 5 awards, $118 thousand) round out the active set. The Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington field office places occasional work (9 awards, $45 thousand). The portfolio's top two dollar rankings track closely—the National Interagency Fire Center dominates both volume and value—indicating minimal tension between order frequency and award magnitude; Big Sky Busing operates across a repeatable, predictable customer-demand model.

The company holds two principal vehicle positions. An Indefinite Delivery Contract with the National Interagency Fire Center valued at $500,000 (ceiling), awarded February 6, 2026, runs through May 31, 2028, structured as a total small-business set-aside with a multiple-award framework; this vehicle has generated one visible task order. A second Indefinite Delivery Contract with the National Interagency Fire Center valued at $250,000 (ceiling), awarded May 31, 2023, also runs through May 31, 2028, and carries total small-business set-aside language; this vehicle anchors the company's most extensive ordering history and has issued dozens of delivery orders across National Forest regions. At the regional level, Big Sky Busing executes task orders under parent Blanket Purchase Agreements (AG024BB147009, 29 task orders, $1.1 million combined value; AG0343C073079, 6 task orders) and Indefinite Delivery Contracts (12024B18T7002, 33 task orders, $737 thousand; 12024B23T7010, 32 task orders, $526 thousand) positioned directly with individual Forest Service field offices and fire operations centers.

Activity has declined year over year: 18 awards in 2022, 13 in 2023, 10 in 2024, 11 in 2025, and 4 awards by mid-2026. Representative delivery orders range from $950 to $38,264.50, with recent work including a $38,000 Pacific Southwest Region order (September 2025, firm fixed-price), a $25,657 Pacific Northwest Region order (October 2025), and five recent orders from Intermountain, Southwestern, and Rocky Mountain Regions each in the $3,000–$29,000 range (May–July 2025). The two IDCs running through May 2028 anchor recompete exposure: combined, they represent Big Sky Busing's largest vehicle-level commitments and constitute the primary vehicle through which wildfire-season task orders flow. The company holds no subcontract relationships and operates entirely as a prime contractor on small-business set-aside vehicles serving a single customer mission—wildfire suppression and National Forest personnel transport across western regions including California, Oregon, Idaho, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Washington.