Black Ridge LLC

Black Ridge LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Montrose, Colorado, provides wildland fire suppression equipment and personnel support services to the U.S. Forest Service and the National Interagency Fire Center as a prime contractor operating exclusively under Total Small Business set-asides. The company operates as a for-profit limited liability partnership, delivering fuel tenders, refrigerated trailers, prescribed fire modules, and associated personnel across multiple Forest Service regions in the western United States.

Black Ridge's customer base concentrates entirely within the Department of Agriculture's forest and fire management mission. The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) anchors 24 awards valued at $3.2 million combined potential value, while the Forest Service's Rocky Mountain Research Station holds the single highest-dollar vehicle—a $7.5 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract for prescribed fire and support services across Region 4 (Intermountain), awarded in September 2025. Regional Forest Service offices in Regions 2 (Rocky Mountain), 3 (Southwestern), 4 (Intermountain), and 6 (Pacific Northwest) account for 18 additional awards totaling approximately $2 million in combined potential value. The concentration is stark: forest fire suppression work represents 100% of recent awards (46 NAICS-coded under Petroleum Refineries and Support Activities for Forestry, with all 46 tracked under the Natural Resources/Conservation PSC).

Black Ridge holds eight Indefinite Delivery Contracts issued by NIFC and the Forest Service Research Station, all Total Small Business set-asides with $250,000 ceilings, except for the $7.5 million R4 prescribed fire vehicle. The IDCs cover regional fuel tender procurement for Regions 1, 2, 4 (awarded February 2026, ceiling $250,000); Region 3 only (February 2026, $250,000); West Zone Regions 5 and 6 (February 2026, $250,000); and virtual incident procurement (VIPR) I-BPA refrigerated trailer resources across Regions 1 through 9 (February 2026, $250,000; renewed June 2025, $250,000). Black Ridge generated 17 task orders under a single IDC (1282X920T7015) valued at $1.1 million combined, six orders under a Region 4 vehicle (1202SB23T7027) at $566,000, and five under a Pacific Northwest vehicle (12569R23T7007) at $524,000. Individual delivery orders range from $2,500 to $183,400, with most completing within three to four months of award.

Activity has grown modestly—one award in 2022, six in 2023, nine in 2024, six in 2025, and six so far in 2026—totaling 46 awards with $12.5 million in combined potential value. Of that, $2.5 million has been obligated (20% draw-down), reflecting the rapid-cycle nature of wildland fire support procurement. No awards have been subcontracted; Black Ridge operates as a 100% prime contractor. Representative work includes a $111,804 delivery order from Forest Service Region 2 (Rocky Mountain) in August 2025 for wildland fire management equipment and support; a $183,400 order from NIFC in August 2024 for wildland fire equipment and personnel; a $7.5 million single-award IDC from the Rocky Mountain Research Station (September 2025) for prescribed fire modules, fuel tenders, dozers, and support services across 12 Intermountain Region forests through September 2028; and recent delivery orders from Regions 3 and 4 (June 2026, $22,900 and $18,800 respectively) for wildland fire equipment and fuel tenders.