Brown Septic, Inc.

Brown Septic, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Florence, Montana, provides portable toilet rentals, septic system maintenance, wastewater pumping, and potable and gray water truck delivery to the USDA Forest Service and related federal agencies as a prime contractor exclusively (100% of recent awards), competing predominantly under total small business set-asides on delivery orders and indefinite delivery contracts.

Brown Septic operates across two primary customer concentrations within the Department of Agriculture. The USDA Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region) is the dominant customer by award count, accounting for 157 of 193 total awards valued at $3.2 million in combined potential value, covering septic and sanitation services at national forest facilities, recreational sites, and administrative locations across Montana and Idaho. The National Interagency Fire Center (Fire and Aviation Management), while generating fewer award instances (9 awards), carries the largest combined potential value at $8.6 million, anchored by two large indefinite delivery contracts for portable toilets and gray water truck services supporting wildland fire and emergency response across Forest Service Regions 1, 2, and 4. The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas adds 3 awards valued at $3 million. These three customers represent 100% of the combined potential value in the portfolio.

Brown Septic holds four named parent indefinite delivery vehicles totaling the majority of its task order footprint. The largest vehicle, Indefinite Delivery Contract 1202RZ22T0029 (the Incident Blanket Purchase Agreement for portable toilets and handwashing stations), issued July 1, 2022, carries a $7.5 million ceiling set aside for total small business through June 30, 2027, and has generated 91 task orders valued at $1.3 million. A second vehicle, a $500,000 potable and gray water truck/handwashing station contract for Forest Service East Zone Regions 1, 2, and 4 awarded February 6, 2026, through the National Interagency Fire Center (NAICS 238990, PSC S206), carries a firm fixed price structure for on-call resource availability supporting fire suppression and emergency response. A third contract, a $250,000 potable and gray water truck/handwashing station IDV awarded May 22, 2024, also under total small business set-aside, extends through May 22, 2029. A fourth vehicle, the Bitterroot National Forest Toilet Pumping Contract (FY2026–FY2031), awarded September 28, 2026, carries a $21,830 ceiling for vault toilet pumping services at 114 identified sites across five ranger districts in Stevensville, Montana, with multiple one-year option periods extending through July 31, 2031. Individual delivery orders under these vehicles have ranged from under $200 to $240,875 on a purchase order for toilet pumping on the Lolo National Forest's East Zone.

Activity has remained volatile but strong in recent years: 20 awards in 2022, declining to 5 in 2023, then recovering to 36 in 2024 and 34 in 2025, with 28 awards recorded in 2026 year-to-date. The company's award count reflects consistent small-to-mid-sized task orders against standing IDVs rather than new prime contract wins. Only one award is slated for ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $58 thousand), indicating minimal near-term recompete pressure, though the large $7.5 million incident blanket purchase agreement expires June 30, 2027, and represents a material recompete risk in mid-2027.

Brown Septic competes exclusively under total small business set-asides on delivery orders and holds its prime position across all federal work; no subcontractor footprint is documented in the source. The company's business is concentrated in NAICS 562991 (Septic Tank and Related Services, 115 awards) and Support Activities for Forestry (73 awards), with PSC coding dominated by equipment leasing and rental (94 awards under "Lease Or Rental Of Equipment—Toiletries") and forestry fire suppression support (78 awards). The vendor's capability and customer profile are inseparable: Brown Septic is the standing septic and portable sanitation provider for federal land management in the Northern Rockies, with specialized expertise in rapid-response deployment of portable sanitation infrastructure during wildland fire incidents and routine facility maintenance across multiple Forest Service regions and the Bureau of Land Management.