Buffalo Bird, L.L.C.

Buffalo Bird, L.L.C., a Native American-owned, minority-owned small disadvantaged business based in Ronan, Montana, operates as a prime contractor delivering wildland fire suppression equipment, water handling services, and certified personnel to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service across multiple regions. Buffalo Bird competes exclusively under total small business set-asides on its indefinite delivery contracts and predominantly through small business set-aside delivery orders, with all 32 awards in the past two decades as prime work and no subcontract footprint.

The vendor's customer base concentrates entirely within USDA Forest Service operations. The top four customer cost centers account for 100% of recent awards, split between the Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center (5 awards, $1.1 million combined potential value) and the Forest Service Region 1–Northern Region (16 awards, $835 thousand combined potential value), with minor activity from the Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions and the agency's general acquisition channel. The dollar concentration skews toward the National Interagency Fire Center, which anchors the vendor's highest-value vehicle positions.

Buffalo Bird holds three active multiple-award indefinite delivery contracts: a $500,000 firm fixed price water handling IDC covering East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9, awarded February 6, 2026, under total small business set-aside with ultimate completion May 30, 2030; a $250,000 small business set-aside IDC also for water handling in East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9, awarded May 30, 2025; and a prior $250,000 small business set-aside IDC that completed May 30, 2025. Task orders under these vehicles are competed among contract holders on an incident-specific basis through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system. Buffalo Bird also places delivery orders under five named Blanket Purchase Agreements, including AG0343B167033 (6 task orders, $224 thousand combined potential value). Recent representative work includes an $8,700 total small business set-aside delivery order for wildland fire suppression services in Hamilton, Montana, awarded August 16, 2026, with overnight completion; a $75,853.50 firm fixed price delivery order for water handling equipment and personnel, awarded July 15, 2024; and a $35,003.50 delivery order for Type 6 wildland fire engines, awarded September 1, 2024.

Activity remains low-volume and episodic — three awards in 2024, one in 2025, and two in 2026 — across 32 awards spanning two decades. The vendor's portfolio sits predominantly in NAICS 541710 (Support Activities for Forestry), with 30 of 32 awards in that category and the remainder in forestry machinery leasing and fire protection. Combined potential value stands at $2 million with $752 thousand obligated as of the reporting date, yielding a 39% obligation rate reflecting the staged, incident-driven deployment model under VIPR and BPA mechanisms.

The firm holds two 420 gallon fire engines capabable of fire suppression at 60 gallons per minute at 100psi.