Blackburn LLC

Blackburn LLC, a small-business-set-aside contractor based in Roseburg, Oregon, delivers fire suppression equipment, chippers, crew services, and clerical support to the U.S. Forest Service and the National Interagency Fire Center as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards), competing exclusively under total small business set-aside designations across multiple-award indefinite delivery contracts and regional delivery orders. The vendor operates as a for-profit Subchapter S corporation and functionally operates under two legal entities — Blackburn LLC and Blackburn ES LLC — both issuing delivery orders and IDCs through the same federal customer base and often cited interchangeably in award documentation.

Blackburn's footprint is hyperconcentrated in wildland fire suppression and emergency response logistics. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service accounts for 99% of combined potential value across recent awards, with the National Interagency Fire Center anchoring the portfolio at $1.8 million (4 awards) across two large multiple-award IDCs: a $750,000 clerical support unit contract running through April 2028 and a $500,000 chipper and crew services contract running through May 2029, both set-aside for total small business and awarded February 6, 2026. Regional Forest Service offices in Regions 1 (Northern), 5 (Pacific Southwest), and 6 (Pacific Northwest) account for the remaining awards through delivery orders under these parent IDCs and smaller single-award blanket purchase agreements. Representative work includes a $110,699 delivery order from Region 5 for specialized equipment and services supporting fire suppression and prescribed project work, a $39,459 delivery order from Region 1 for chipper services, and a $22,209 purchase order for clerical support unit services to an Idaho regional office. Recent delivery orders and purchase orders carry firm fixed-price structures with completion dates ranging from August to September 2026.

Blackburn holds four named parent IDVs, all total small business set-aside vehicles awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center between May 2024 and February 2026. The two largest — the $500,000 chipper contract and the $750,000 clerical support contract — anchor the portfolio and run through 2028–2029, generating four and three task orders respectively in the source window. A smaller $250,000 clerical support IDC and a $250,000 chipper IDC for Regions 5 and 6 (both dated May 2024 and April 2025 respectively) carry narrower geographic or functional scope. Activity has been modest but stable — three awards in 2024, five in 2025, five through August 2026 — with combined dollars obligated at $418 thousand against $2.2 million in combined potential value, reflecting a portfolio of largely uncalled or partially called blanket agreements. The vendor does not operate in a subcontractor capacity and has no recorded sub-award activity in the source data.

Blackburn's NAICS profile splits evenly between Support Activities for Forestry (6 awards) and Other Business Service Centers including Copy Shops (6 awards), with the PSC coding heavily weighting Natural Resources/Conservation — Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression (12 of 13 awards). Capability scope includes provision of equipment, materials, personnel, transportation, lodging, and certifications to meet Forest Service and interagency cooperator requirements for local and nationwide fire suppression, all-hazard incidents, and prescribed project work, with performance spanning Regions 1, 5, and 6 of the continental Forest Service footprint and a national clerical support scope under the National Interagency Fire Center contract.