Blaze Waltee

Blaze Waltee, a sole proprietor operating in Lolo, Montana, supplies heavy equipment with water services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service for fire suppression and all-hazard incident response, competing as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides.

The vendor's federal footprint is nascent and concentrated in forest-service fire suppression. All three recent awards—100% of activity—flow from the Department of Agriculture Forest Service, split between the National Interagency Fire Center (two awards, $500 thousand combined potential value) and the Forest Service's Region 1–Northern Region office (one award, $18,900). Blaze Waltee holds two identical Incident Blanket Purchase Agreement IDCs with $250,000 ceiling values each, funded by the National Interagency Fire Center and set aside for small business, covering heavy equipment with water services for Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 in the East Zone through May 21, 2030. Performance location is Missoula, Montana. The vendor placed a single task order delivery worth $18,900 against the Regional IDC in August 2025, reflecting the compressed timeline typical of emergency-response contracting (award to completion within five days). Category concentration is absolute: all awards fall under NAICS 541512 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC code for forest-range fire suppression and presuppression.

Activity volume is minimal—two awards in 2025, one in early 2026—with obligated dollars representing only 4 percent of combined potential value at $19 thousand. The vendor has no subcontract footprint and does not hold seats on government-wide vehicles or multi-agency contracts beyond the NIFC IDCs. The $500 thousand in IDC ceilings will mature across the four-year performance period; recompete exposure spans May 21, 2030.