Big State Wildfire LLC

Big State Wildfire LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Fairbanks, Alaska, delivers wildland fire management services—firefighter crews, fire engines, water handling equipment, and prescribed fire support—to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor across multiple regions and parent vehicles, competing predominantly under total small business set-asides on indefinite-delivery contracts and delivery orders.

Big State Wildfire operates as a registered small business with 341 prime awards and zero subcontract work in the source data. The company is not designated as 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or WOSB. Nearly all contracts are set-aside for total small business; only a minority of recent delivery orders reflect full-and-open competition. The vendor's capability footprint centers on wildfire suppression and preparedness resources under NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry), with concrete service lines including Type 2 and Type 2IA firefighter crews (20-person teams), Type 4 and Type 6 fire engines with drivers, water handling equipment (potable water trucks, gray water systems, handwashing stations), and prescribed fire unit preparation and burning across Forest Service Regions 1 through 10 in the western United States.

Recent prime awards exemplify the scope: a $262,274 total small business delivery order from Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) on August 30, 2026, for wildland fire and all-hazard incidents (Sandy, Oregon); a $3.4 million National Type 2IA Firefighter Crews indefinite-delivery contract from the National Interagency Fire Center on February 8, 2022, set aside for total small business through February 7, 2027; and a $7.5 million Prescribed Fire and Support IDIQ from Forest Service Region 4 (Intermountain Region) on September 8, 2025, also set aside for total small business through September 7, 2028.

Customer concentration is acute. The top five agencies—by combined award count and potential value—account for 87–93% of all awards. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R6 (Pacific Northwest Region) leads by volume with 144 awards totaling $8.6 million in potential value, followed by the National Interagency Fire Center (63 awards, $9 million) and the broader Forest Service organization (46 awards, $4.2 million). The Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station ranks highest by dollar value ($11.3 million across 12 awards, largely the $7.5 million R4 prescribed-fire IDIQ). This concentration reflects Big State Wildfire's specialization in Forest Service fire response resources across a narrow customer base.

Big State Wildfire holds a deep footprint on parent vehicles. The top five indefinite-delivery contracts and blanket purchase agreements account for 204 task orders and $12.5 million in combined potential value. Key vehicles include a $7.4 million IDIQ (56 task orders), a $1.9 million IDIQ (47 task orders), a $1.4 million IDIQ (39 task orders), a $937 thousand IDIQ (28 task orders), and an $884 thousand BPA (34 task orders). These vehicles are issued by the National Interagency Fire Center and Forest Service regional offices and enable rapid task-order issuance for firefighter crews, water handling, vehicle-with-driver resources, and prescribed fire support services. All named parent vehicles are set-aside for small business, consistent with the vendor's primary posture.

Activity has remained stable to slightly declining over the past five fiscal years: 36 awards in 2022, 44 in 2023, 49 in 2024, 40 in 2025, and 33 in 2026 (year-to-date through mid-September). The combined potential value across all 341 awards is $36.6 million, with $16.2 million obligated (44% funding rate). Only one award in the source data carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months—a $3,000 delivery order due September 7, 2028—indicating minimal recompete pressure in the near term, though the company's large IDIQs extend through 2027–2030, positioning it for long-term Forest Service engagement.

The vendor competes exclusively as a prime contractor; no subcontract relationships appear in the award record. Big State Wildfire's federal footprint is monolithic: all work flows from the Department of Agriculture Forest Service or the National Interagency Fire Center. The company's asset base and geographic distribution across Regions 1–10 support rapid deployment of wildfire resources to National Forest System lands nationwide, and its registration in SAM since May 19, 2006, reflects sustained federal compliance and contracting maturity.