Bosworth Tools Inc.

Bosworth Tools Inc., doing business as Swan Lake Construction, supplies specialized heavy equipment for federal forest management and fire suppression operations as a Total Small Business set-aside prime contractor. The vendor is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Bigfork, Montana, competing exclusively under small business set-asides across 100% of its recent prime awards. Bosworth Tools operates under NAICS 238990 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression, providing feller bunchers, mulchers, road graders, skidders, dozers, excavators, and tractor plows alongside operator personnel to the Department of Agriculture Forest Service.

Customer concentration is extreme: the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) under the USDA Forest Service accounts for nine awards with $3 million in combined potential value across 60% of the vendor's recent activity, while the Forest Service's regional offices—East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9—round out the remaining portfolio. The top customer alone covers 88% of combined potential value across the portfolio. The vendor serves six distinct customer sub-entities within the Department of Agriculture, all forestry- or fire-focused, with no diversification to other federal agencies or mission areas.

Bosworth Tools holds ten Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) issued by NIFC through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, all Total Small Business set-asides running through 2028–2030 with individual ceiling values ranging from $250 thousand to $500 thousand. These IDCs span USDA Forest Service East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9, with scope covering fire suppression, all-hazard incident response, and prescribed project work. Recent delivery orders drawn against these IDCs include a $125,843 call from Forest Service Region 9 on July 20, 2026, a $77,400 order from Forest Service's Kalispell unit on July 31, 2026, and a $36,000 call from Region 9 on July 25, 2026. The vendor's activity accelerated sharply in 2026—nine awards year-to-date against one in 2023 and four in 2024—driven by VIPR call-downs under the standing IDC portfolio.

Combined potential value across all fifteen awards totals $3.4 million, with only $427 thousand obligated to date (12% execution). The vendor has no subcontract footprint in the source data and operates exclusively as a prime. All work is geographically tied to USDA Forest Service regions in the West and Upper Midwest, with performance locations including Montana, Wyoming, Minnesota, and subordinate Forest Service administrative offices.