James E Britton

James E Britton, doing business as Mountain Right Feed, is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business that provides transportation services to the U.S. federal government, particularly the Department of Agriculture Forest Service. Registered in SAM.gov since April 2005, this sole proprietorship specializes in freight transportation services supporting wildfire management efforts. Mountain Right Feed plays a crucial role in the National Tier 3 Incident Support Freight program, delivering critical firefighting equipment and supplies from interagency caches to wildfire incidents across the United States.

The company has been awarded multiple firm fixed-price contracts by the Forest Service's National Interagency Fire Center to support its fire suppression and response efforts. These contracts primarily involve the transportation of government and contractor trailers containing firefighting resources from incident support caches, such as the Silver City Incident Support Cache in Hurley, New Mexico, to active wildfire locations throughout the Southwest region. Mountain Right Feed provides these services on a per-mile basis, with rates ranging from $4.50 to $5.00 per mile. Recent contract awards include a $100,000 agreement for cache freight services through December 2024, a $3,658.50 contract for similar services in 2023, and a $101,089.25 contract in 2022. Additionally, the company has received purchase orders for tractor/trailer services in support of wildland fire and all-hazard incidents, with values of $9,959.95 and $22,406.10 in 2020.

James E Britton holds a significant federal contract Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV) in the form of a $7.5 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. This BPA, awarded on March 14, 2022, and set to run through December 31, 2026, is part of the National Tier 3 Incident Support Freight program. Under this agreement, Mountain Right Feed provides dedicated freight capabilities to transport critical firefighting equipment and supplies from interagency incident caches to wildland fire locations nationwide. The BPA allows for the issuance of task orders to meet the Forest Service's specific transportation needs during fire seasons, ensuring the timely delivery of essential firefighting assets from agency supply caches to areas of active wildfire management operations.