Michael P Bowne

Michael P Bowne, operating as Bowne Water Service, is a small business sole proprietorship based in Reno, Nevada that has been registered in the System for Award Management since 2004. The company specializes in providing water handling equipment and services to support federal wildland fire suppression and emergency response operations. Bowne Water Service serves as a critical supplier of water support infrastructure, delivering essential resources that can be rapidly deployed to support incident response activities across the nation.

Bowne Water Service has demonstrated a consistent track record of delivering water handling equipment and services through multiple federal contract awards issued by the U.S. Forest Service and the National Interagency Fire Center. The company's delivery order contracts have included the provision of Type 2 and Type 3 water tenders, potable water trucks, and other water support vehicles designed to assist with wildland fire suppression efforts. Specific recent delivery orders include a $30,000 firm fixed-price delivery order from the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5) awarded on September 10, 2025 with completion on September 24, 2025; a $31,349.60 delivery order from the Intermountain Region (Region 4) awarded on September 1, 2024; a $40,380.14 delivery order for Type 2 water tenders issued by the National Interagency Fire Center on September 7, 2021; and a $24,360.00 delivery order for Type 2 water tenders awarded on August 4, 2021. All delivery orders were firm fixed-price contracts with no set-aside designations applied, and they were issued as calls against the company's existing Indefinite Delivery Contracts.

Bowne Water Service currently holds two active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the U.S. Forest Service through the National Interagency Fire Center, both valued at $250,000. The first IDC, awarded on May 31, 2022, covers water handling equipment and services for Regions 1, 2, 4, 8, and 9 with a performance period through May 30, 2025. The second IDC, awarded on May 30, 2025, covers the East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 with an extended performance period through May 30, 2030. Both IDCs are designated as total small business set-asides under the multiple award program known as VIPR I-BPA for Water Handling and enable the Forest Service to issue delivery orders for water tenders, potable water trucks, water-related vehicles, and personnel as needed to respond to wildland fire suppression, all-hazard incidents, and prescribed project work. Pricing under these contracts is structured based on up to 16-hour daily shifts, and the contracts allow optional use by other federal agencies including the Department of the Interior and the National Park Service.