Bobs Welding & Auto Repair Inc.

Bobs Welding & Auto Repair Inc., Bob's Welding & Auto Repair, I Division, a self-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in Carson, Washington, provides vehicle repair, welding, transportation support, and mechanics services exclusively to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service as a prime contractor, operating 100% under total small business set-asides through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system.

The vendor's footprint is narrow and specialized. All 31 prime awards over the past three years stem from two organizational units within USDA Forest Service: the Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center (10 IDIQs, $3 million combined potential value) and Region 6 Pacific Northwest Region (19 delivery orders, $591 thousand combined potential value), with two additional awards from the Forest Service broadly. Place of performance is concentrated in the Pacific Northwest, primarily Sandy, Oregon and Wenatchee, Washington, supporting wildland fire suppression and all-hazard emergency response operations across Regions 5 and 6. Work spans three dominant NAICS categories: All Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation (13 awards), Support Activities for Forestry (9 awards), and General Automotive Repair (9 awards), with all 31 awards classified under PSC Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression.

Bobs Welding holds seven active IDIQs through the National Interagency Fire Center, each set aside for total small business and carrying ceilings of $250,000 to $500,000. These vehicles procure vehicle-with-driver services (Regions 5 & 6 West Zone), mechanics with service trucks (Regions 5 & 6), water handling equipment (Region 6), and potable and gray water trucks with handwashing stations (Region 6), all with performance periods extending through 2028–2031. Task orders under these vehicles range from $4,625 to $81,386. Representative recent delivery orders include a $2,389 firm fixed-price order for vehicle repair and transportation (August 2026, Region 6); a $31,647 order for vehicle repair and mechanical services (July 2026, Region 6); a $78,925 order for vehicle repair and transportation (July 2026, Wenatchee, WA); and a $81,386 order for vehicle repair, welding, and transportation (June 2024, Region 6). The vendor issued 10 delivery orders under its single largest parent vehicle (IDC 12569R23T7235, $294 thousand combined potential value) and 6 under its second-largest (IDC 12569R23T7104, $257 thousand combined potential value).

Activity has grown steadily from 5 awards in 2023 to 10 in 2026 year-to-date. Combined potential value across all awards is $3.7 million, with $677 thousand obligated (18% realization), reflecting the vendor's reliance on delivery-order drawdowns against multiple indefinite-delivery vehicles. Eleven awards carrying $1.2 million in combined potential value complete by August 2026, and three additional IDIQs with $1 million in combined potential reach their ultimate completion dates in 2028–2031, creating modest recompete exposure over the medium term. Bobs Welding operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint, delivering all work in-house through its own mechanics, service trucks, and vehicle-transportation assets.