Bigcat Fire Suppression LLC

Bigcat Fire Suppression LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Tucson, Arizona, supplies off-highway vehicle rentals and fire suppression support services to the U.S. Forest Service as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The company operates as a for-profit limited liability corporation and competes exclusively within set-aside categories, with all five recent prime awards carrying either total small business or no set-aside designations.

The vendor's customer base is concentrated entirely within the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service. Two distinct Forest Service entities account for 100% of awards: the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), which anchors the prime footprint with a $7.5 million Indefinite Delivery Contract for off-highway vehicle rentals, and Forest Service Region 3 (Southwestern Region), which has issued four smaller delivery orders valued at $56 thousand combined. This concentration reflects a narrow market position — the vendor currently serves only two customer sub-offices within a single federal agency.

Bigcat holds a single-award Incident-Blanket Purchase Agreement (I-BPA) with NIFC, effective through December 31, 2026, with a $7.5 million ceiling. The I-BPA, awarded May 16, 2025, establishes a mechanism to procure multipurpose utility vehicles, all-terrain vehicles, and recreational off-road vehicles on an as-needed basis to support fire suppression and all-hazard incident response operations. The agreement restricts vendor selection to contractors within 450 miles of the registered business location. Four delivery orders have been issued against this I-BPA by Forest Service Region 3, totaling $20,060 obligated through delivery orders completed in August 2025 and July 2025 for fire suppression services performed in Silver City and Alamogordo, New Mexico. Two additional $17,800 delivery orders issued May 18, 2026, also under the I-BPA and also Region 3, are scheduled for completion June 6, 2026.

Activity is nascent — three awards in 2025 and two in 2026 — with only $56 thousand obligated against a $7.6 million combined potential value across all five awards, indicating early-stage execution. All four Region 3 delivery orders have already completed or are in final stages, placing recompete pressure on the I-BPA sole-award vehicle as the primary engine of future revenue.