Robert S Murray

Robert S Murray, doing business as Bob Murray Logging, LLC, a sole proprietorship based in Roseburg, Oregon, supplies heavy equipment rental, forestry services, and trained personnel to federal land management agencies as a prime contractor operating exclusively under Total Small Business set-aside vehicles. The vendor competes predominantly in full-and-open task-order procurements within the Total Small Business set-aside framework, with 100% of recent awards under prime contracts and zero subcontract engagement.

Bob Murray Logging's customer footprint is heavily concentrated in the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service. The top two funding agencies account for 100% of recent awards: the Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region (R6) holds 169 awards valued at $7.7 million combined potential value, and the Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center accounts for 39 awards valued at $6.8 million. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington Region placed 3 awards for $770 thousand, and the Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region (R5) placed 2 awards for $87 thousand. Activity has declined sharply in recent years—33 awards in 2024 contracted to 10 in 2025 and 19 in 2026—with a combined potential value across all 223 awards of $15.9 million and obligated dollars reaching $9.4 million (59% of potential value).

The vendor's capability portfolio concentrates entirely on forestry, wildland fire suppression, and heavy equipment rental. Representative prime awards include a $269,282 firm fixed-price delivery order from the Forest Service R6 for forestry services and equipment support (September 30, 2024), a $184,250 delivery order for wildfire prevention and land management operations in Springfield, Oregon (October 2, 2023), and a $240,000 purchase order from the Bureau of Land Management Roseburg District for 4,000 tons of chip aggregate conforming to AASHTO standards (June 1–July 31, 2026). Equipment deployed includes excavators, dozers, skidders, log loaders, and water-equipped apparatus for fire suppression, consistently paired with trained personnel. NAICS 203 (Support Activities for Forestry) dominates the award portfolio at 215 of 223 awards, with PSC 3820 (Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression) characterizing 220 awards.

The vendor holds a substantial seat on multiple National Interagency Fire Center Indefinite Delivery Contracts under the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system. Key vehicles include the Miscellaneous Heavy Equipment for Region 6 IDV (ceiling $1.25 million, May 28, 2029), the Heavy Equipment for West Zone Regions 5 and 6 IDV (ceiling $500 thousand, July 8, 2029), the West Zone Heavy Equipment with Water for Regions 3, 5, and 6 IDV (ceiling $500 thousand, May 30, 2030), and multiple $250 thousand IDVs for heavy equipment, vehicles with drivers, and equipment with water support extending through 2028–2031. Task orders issued against these vehicles and related BPAs have ranged from $4,000 to $269,282. The top five parent vehicles (BPA AG04H1B177039 and IDCs 1204H120T7356, 1204H124T7240, 1202SB21T7891, and 12569R23T7852) collectively account for 152 task orders valued at $6.7 million in combined potential value.

The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no identified subcontract footprint, positioning Bob Murray Logging as a captive resource provider rather than a systems integrator or teaming partner. All work is performed in-house or with direct personnel deployments across Oregon, Washington, California, and New Mexico. Recent activity shows a trajectory of declining award volume and decreasing dollars obligated, suggesting either recompete pressure on key vehicles or reduced federal demand for contractor-supplied wildland fire suppression resources in the Pacific Northwest.