Blue Mountain Defensible Space LLC

Blue Mountain Defensible Space LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Anatone, Washington, supplies heavy equipment rental and leasing services for wildland fire suppression and prescribed burn operations to the U.S. Forest Service under total small business set-asides. All four of the vendor's recent federal awards are prime indefinite delivery contracts (IDCs) issued by the National Interagency Fire Center on behalf of the USDA Forest Service.

The vendor operates exclusively within a single customer agency — the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center — holding four multiple-award IDCs across Pacific Northwest and West Zone regions. Each contract carries a $250 thousand ceiling and firm fixed-price structure, with performance periods extending through 2030. Three of the four awards support heavy equipment procurement for wildland fire suppression, prescribed burn management, and all-hazard incident response in Forest Service Regions 5 and 6 (West Zone) and Region 6 (Pacific Northwest). The contract scope encompasses equipment provision, personnel deployment, training, and certification. Rates are structured around 16-hour daily shifts and incorporate all associated costs. The awards, granted on May 12 and May 16, 2025, and February 6, 2026, were procured through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, with awards made to vendors positioned near regional dispatch centers to meet emergency response time requirements.

Combined potential value across all four awards totals $1 million. Activity consists of two awards in 2025 and two in 2026. The vendor holds no subcontract work and operates entirely as a prime under the total small business set-aside category, competing in a multiple-award vehicle structure where the Forest Service issues task orders against established pricing and terms for on-call heavy equipment access.