Butler Enterprises, Inc.

Butler Enterprises, Inc., a veteran-owned small business based in Joliet, Montana, supplies water handling equipment and services for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident management to the U.S. Forest Service and related federal fire agencies as a prime contractor operating entirely under total small business set-asides.

Butler competes exclusively under the total small business set-aside category across its federal footprint. The vendor holds a focused customer base concentrated in fire management programs: the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center accounts for five awards worth $1 million in combined potential value, while the Forest Service Region 1–Northern Region holds eight awards worth $510 thousand. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas rounds out the active customer set with two awards valued at $5 thousand. The portfolio spans twenty prime awards with $1.6 million in combined potential value, of which $157 thousand has been obligated.

Concrete capability work centers on Type 2 water tenders and related mobile water supply equipment for fire suppression. Representative work includes an August 9, 2026 delivery order from the Forest Service Region 1 worth $31,083.89 for water handling equipment and services supporting wildland fire suppression operations in Helena, Montana, with completion on August 22, 2026; a February 6, 2026 indefinite-delivery multiple-award contract from the National Interagency Fire Center with a $500 thousand ceiling covering water handling services and equipment for East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 through May 30, 2030; and a May 30, 2025 indefinite-delivery contract also from the National Interagency Fire Center with a $250 thousand ceiling for the same geographic scope and service scope running through May 30, 2030. Work is performed across U.S. Forest Service East Zone regions with optional availability to Department of Interior National Park Service and Bureau of Indian Affairs interagency cooperators.

Activity shows a modest, sporadic pattern — two awards in 2026, one in 2025, and one in 2022 within the recent window — with 19 of 20 awards classified under NAICS 541900 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation–Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression. Butler holds no subcontract footprint and operates as a 100% prime vendor.

Company provides 3500 gallon water tender and 6000 gallon helicopter dip tank for fire fighting. Owner, Jim Butler has more than 15 years of experience providing fire support to various federal agencies.