Michael W Butala

Michael W Butala, a sole proprietorship based in Aguanga, California, provides mechanic services and dedicated service-truck support for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response operations across Forest Service Regions 5 and 6 (California and adjacent states) as a prime contractor under small-business set-aside indefinite delivery contracts. All 43 awards in the source record are prime contracts, concentrated exclusively with the Department of Agriculture Forest Service across multiple regional offices and the National Interagency Fire Center.

Butala holds three active indefinite delivery contracts — two $250 thousand multiple-award IDCs from the National Interagency Fire Center (awarded August 8, 2026 and February 6, 2026, both running through 2028 and 2031) and one $250 thousand IDC from the Forest Service (awarded June 4, 2023, running through June 4, 2028) — all set aside for total small business and priced on a firm fixed-price basis. These IDCs anchor the vendor's operational capacity to field mechanic trucks and staffing on short notice during fire suppression and emergency response surges. Recent delivery orders under these vehicles include a $102 thousand order from Forest Service Region 5 in July 2025, a $93.5 thousand order in September 2024, a $74.9 thousand order in July 2024, and a $68.4 thousand order in August 2023 — representing the upper range of per-order values. Smaller orders ($6 thousand to $57 thousand) fill the pipeline between major activations.

The vendor's customer concentration is entirely within USDA Forest Service structures. The National Interagency Fire Center anchors 7 awards worth $1.1 million in combined potential value; Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) places 18 awards totaling $636 thousand; and Federal Fire and Aviation Management entities account for 12 awards at $481 thousand. The remaining 6 awards distributed among other Forest Service offices total $181 thousand. Activity has remained consistent across the past five years (ranging from three to five awards annually), with $2.4 million in combined potential value across all 43 awards and $1.1 million in obligated dollars to date. The top four parent vehicles — two BPAs and two IDCs — account for the full award portfolio, with 12, 10, 8, and 7 task orders respectively. All work is coded under NAICS General Automotive Repair and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation – Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression, reflecting a vertically specialized posture with no diversification beyond federal wildland-fire mechanics.