Blackfoot Slate & Stone, Inc.

Blackfoot Slate & Stone, Inc., doing business as Blackfoot Reforestation, supplies heavy equipment rentals and wildland fire suppression support services to the U.S. Forest Service as a small business prime contractor under total small business set-asides, operating from Missoula, Montana. The company's capability portfolio centers on incident-based equipment procurement — dozers, excavators, feller bunchers, mulchers, road graders, skidders, tractor plows, and dump trucks — delivered rapidly for fire suppression and all-hazard emergency response operations across the northern and eastern Forest Service regions.

Blackfoot Reforestation's customer base is entirely within the Department of Agriculture. Of 42 prime awards tracked in recent years, 32 awards valued at $1.3 million combined potential value are placed with Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region), and 9 awards valued at $1.9 million are placed with the National Interagency Fire Center's Fire and Aviation Management division. The two customer streams track the company's service footprint: Region 1 drives near-continuous delivery orders for incident support, while the Interagency Fire Center anchors longer-term blanket purchase agreements and indefinite delivery contracts across Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 in the East Zone.

Blackfoot Reforestation holds multiple IDCs and BPAs under the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system. Four active IDCs carry combined ceiling values of $1.5 million: a $500,000 Total Small Business multiple-award IDC for heavy equipment in East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 (awarded February 2026, performing through June 2028); a second $500,000 Total Small Business multiple-award IDC for miscellaneous heavy equipment in East Zone Regions 1, 2, and 4 (awarded February 2026, performing through April 2030); a $250,000 Total Small Business IDC for miscellaneous equipment in Regions 1, 2, and 4 (awarded April 2025, performing through April 2030); and a $250,000 Total Small Business IDC for equipment in Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 (awarded June 2023, performing through June 2028). Delivery orders against these vehicles have ranged from $13,600 to $88,200 for specific equipment deployments. Representative recent task orders include a $53,913.75 firm fixed-price delivery order from Region 1 (September 2024), a $28,800 delivery order (September 2025), and a $32,895 Total Small Business set-aside delivery order (September 2026, completing September 22, 2026).

Activity has been sparse and clustered: three awards in 2021, none in 2022, one in 2023, one in 2024, three in 2025, and three in 2026 year-to-date. Combined potential value across all 42 awards stands at $3.2 million with $1 million obligated (32% realization). The company operates as a 100% prime business with no subcontract footprint. All work is classified under NAICS 812910 (Support Activities for Forestry), with 36 of 42 awards carrying PSC code for Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression.