Britten, John JR

Britten, John JR, doing business as Diamond Ring Ranch, is a small-business sole proprietor supplying heavy equipment rental, equipment operation, and personnel services for wildland fire suppression, all-hazard incident response, road maintenance, and land stewardship to the U.S. Forest Service as a prime contractor on 100% of recent awards, competing predominantly under total small business set-asides. The business is based in Butte Valley, California, with primary NAICS coding in Support Activities for Forestry (38 of 60 awards) and PSC coding dominated by Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression work (35 awards). Over the past several years, Diamond Ring Ranch has delivered dozers, excavators, feller bunchers, mulchers, masticators, road graders, skidders, and operators to support federal land management and emergency response across California and western national forests.

Customer concentration is extreme and singular: the Department of Agriculture Forest Service R5-Pacific Southwest Region accounts for 24 awards worth $51.3 million in combined potential value (92% of award count and 95% of potential dollars) across delivery orders, BPA calls, and IDC task orders. Supporting detail includes a single $139 thousand delivery order from the Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region in July 2026 (ultimate completion August 29, 2026) and six awards worth $2 million from the National Interagency Fire Center. The business has worked with six distinct customer agencies in the aggregate, but the Forest Service footprint overwhelms all other work.

Diamond Ring Ranch holds a $50 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement for California Forest Engineering and Road Maintenance (FERM) issued by the Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region, running through March 31, 2033, set as a 100% small business set-aside. The vendor also sits on multiple Indefinite Delivery Contracts issued through the National Interagency Fire Center, each valued at $250 thousand to $500 thousand, for heavy equipment services across West Zone Regions 5 and 6 and subordinate regions covering wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incidents. Top parent vehicles include an IDIQ (509SCP1163) with 15 task orders, an IDIQ (129J6121T7042) carrying 8 task orders worth $248 thousand, and the FERM BPA (AG9J61B147350) with 7 task orders totaling $208 thousand. Representative recent work includes a $91.2 thousand full-and-open delivery order from the Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region on September 10, 2025, a $184.8 thousand total small business BPA call on July 11, 2024, for fence reconstruction and removal in McCloud, California, and a $66.1 thousand delivery order on August 28, 2023, for dozer and excavator support and wildfire containment in Eureka.

Activity has declined from nine awards in 2022 to two in 2024, with a slight recovery to three awards in both 2025 and three projected for 2026 year-to-date (most recent July 2026). The combined potential value across all 60 awards is $53.8 million, but only $2.5 million has been obligated, representing 5% draw-down. The vendor reports SAM registration since 2004. No subcontractor relationships are present; all work is performed in-house with company-supplied equipment and personnel deployed across multiple California national forests and the Butte Valley National Grassland, with subordinate performance across Oregon (Sandy) and western states within Forest Service regional authority.

EARTHMOVING, FORESTRY WORK, WILDLIFE ENHANCEMENT, EROSION CONTROL, ROAD BUILDING, SUBSOILING, LAND CLEARING, LEVELING, DRAINAGE, BUILDING PADS, AND UNDER GROUND