Black Operations LLC

Black Operations LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business and service-disabled veteran-owned limited liability company based in Bruneau, Idaho, operates exclusively as a prime contractor providing heavy equipment rental, water handling services, and logistics support for wildland fire suppression and emergency response operations to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service across multiple western regions.

Black Operations competes entirely within total small business set-asides and holds a concentrated footprint anchored to the National Interagency Fire Center and Forest Service regional offices. The vendor's award portfolio comprises 43 prime contracts and indefinite delivery vehicles with no subcontract exposure; combined potential value across all awards stands at $5.9 million, with $2.1 million obligated to date. Activity has averaged five to seven awards annually over the past four years, with the most recent delivery order closing in August 2026.

Customer concentration is extreme and narrow. The National Interagency Fire Center accounts for 19 awards worth $3.7 million combined potential value (63% of the portfolio by dollars), followed by Forest Service Region 4 (Intermountain Region) with 11 awards worth $863 thousand, and Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station with 6 awards worth $494 thousand. The top five funding entities cover 94% of combined potential value. The vendor operates exclusively within NAICS 541330 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC L-Natural Resources/Conservation, with 42 of 43 awards tagged to fire suppression and presuppression equipment and services.

Black Operations holds nine firm fixed-price indefinite delivery contracts spanning East Zone Forest Service Regions 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 9 through the National Interagency Fire Center's Virtual Incident Procurement system. The five highest-traffic vehicles are Indefinite Delivery Contracts 1284M820T7122 (10 task orders, $685 thousand potential value), 1202SB23T7322 (6 task orders, $590 thousand), 1202SB22T7200 (3 task orders, $165 thousand), 1284M819T7051 (3 task orders, $110 thousand), and Blanket Purchase Agreement AG84M8B177123 (3 task orders, $51 thousand). Most IDCs carry $250 thousand to $500 thousand ceilings and run through 2028–2030. Work is performed across performance locations in Price, Sparks, and Venice, Utah; Delta and Silver City, Colorado; and Boise, Idaho, with optional use available to the National Park Service and Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Representative delivery orders include a $119,592.50 award from Forest Service Region 4 on August 4, 2026, for heavy equipment rental and water handling in support of wildland fire suppression; a $180,865.50 award from Region 4 on August 14, 2025, for equipment and personnel support in Venice, Utah; and a $175,229.41 purchase order from the Idaho Region on June 1, 2025, for Dozer Type 2 rental with performance in Boise. Recent task orders show the vendor draws consistently across its IDC portfolio at values ranging from $11,888 to $194,000 per delivery order, all firm fixed price with completion windows of two to four weeks typical of incident-response mobilization.