C & K Wildland Fire, LLC

C & K Wildland Fire, LLC, a HUBZone-certified small business based in Roseburg, Oregon, provides wildland firefighting crews, specialized equipment, and personnel for federal fire suppression and incident response operations as a prime contractor exclusively under small business set-asides and total small business set-aside IDIQs. The firm is structured as a for-profit limited liability company competing entirely in the set-aside space, with all 164 awards in the source data issued as prime contracts under small business designations.

C & K Wildland Fire delivers concrete wildland fire management services: firefighting crews, heavy equipment with water capability, water handling equipment, vehicle and driver services, faller services, and support personnel for fire suppression, all-hazard incident response, and prescribed fire operations across western national forests. Representative work includes a $144,760 total small business set-aside delivery order from USDA Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) on September 1, 2026, for wildland fire services in Roseburg, Oregon, completing September 20, 2026; a $106,400 delivery order from Region 6 on September 13, 2024, for wildland fire prevention and suppression effort; and a $79,050 delivery order from USDA Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) on August 30, 2025, for fire services across California, Oregon, Washington, and adjacent areas.

Customer concentration is nearly monolithic. The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) accounts for 37 awards ($7.2 million combined potential value), while USDA Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest) dominates by count with 106 awards ($3.8 million). The two rankings diverge notably: NIFC holds most of the dollars through larger IDIQs, while Region 6 places the highest volume of individual delivery orders. Together, these two customers represent 143 of 164 awards (87% by count and 67% by value). USDA Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest) follows with 14 awards ($528 thousand), and Region 4 (Intermountain) with 1 award ($22 thousand). The vendor serves five distinct customer agencies, all within the Department of Agriculture Forest Service ecosystem.

C & K Wildland Fire holds a substantial vehicle portfolio, all issued by the National Interagency Fire Center or USDA Forest Service regions under small business set-asides. The top five parent IDIQs represent 130 task orders and $4.2 million combined potential value. The largest vehicle — Indefinite Delivery Contract 12569R23T7049 — carries 59 task orders worth $2.1 million for water handling and fire suppression equipment in Region 6. Indefinite Delivery Contract 1204H120T7056 (33 task orders, $917 thousand) covers vehicle with driver services for Regions 5 and 6 West Zone. Contract 12569R23T7240 (20 task orders, $417 thousand) supports miscellaneous heavy equipment in Region 6. Additional vehicles cover fallers, heavy equipment with water capability, potable and gray water trailer services, and vehicle and driver support, all with ceilings between $250,000 and $1.25 million and performance periods extending through 2028–2031. All IDIQs are designated total small business set-asides and were awarded by NIFC or Forest Service regions through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system.

Activity has grown substantially, from 19 awards in 2022 to a peak of 43 in 2024, with 21 awards (combined potential value $476 thousand) issued so far in 2026 and 14 in 2025. The vendor does not face immediate recompete cliff pressure; vehicle completion dates extend through 2031, and the most recent awards are from September 2026. The source data spans from July 2019 forward, indicating an established contractor with sustained Forest Service presence.

The vendor delivers work exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontractor footprint in the source data. All 164 awards are prime work. C & K Wildland Fire's capability concentration — 133 awards under NAICS "Support Activities for Forestry," 31 under "All Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation," all 164 under PSC Natural Resources/Conservation Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression — reflects pure specialization in federal wildland fire operations. The firm competes entirely within set-aside vehicles, never under full-and-open competition, positioning it as a niche player dependent on HUBZone status and small business set-aside procurement pathways for all federal work.

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