Cascade Water Supply

Cascade Water Supply, a veteran-owned small business based in Bend, Oregon, supplies water handling equipment, water tenders, and helicopter services to the U.S. Forest Service and other federal land-management agencies as a prime contractor across multiple indefinite delivery contracts and delivery orders supporting wildland fire suppression and incident response operations in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West regions. The vendor operates as a limited liability company and sole proprietorship structure under NAICS 332999 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation — Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression; recent awards split between total small business set-asides and full-and-open competition, with Cascade executing 100% of its footprint as prime contractor and zero subcontract activity.

Cascade's customer concentration is heavily weighted to USDA Forest Service operations. Four agencies account for 85% of awards by count and 89% of combined potential value, led by the Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center (5 awards, $1 million combined potential value) and the Forest Service R6 — Pacific Northwest Region (13 awards, $547 thousand combined potential value), with the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region and the broader Forest Service entity each holding smaller portions. Recent representative work includes a $38,400 total-small-business delivery order from the Forest Service on July 30, 2026, for water supply and helicopter services supporting wildfire suppression near Fossil, Oregon; a $41,895 purchase order from the Forest Service Idaho Region on June 1, 2025, for a Support Water Tender Type 2; and a $25,935 delivery order from Forest Service Region 6 on August 30, 2023, for water supply services in Springfield, Oregon. Cascade holds parent vehicles including a $500,000 multiple-award IDC with the National Interagency Fire Center awarded February 6, 2026 (total small business set-aside, running through May 29, 2030, with 5 task orders valued at $96 thousand to date); a $250,000 West Zone IDC covering USFS Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10 awarded May 29, 2025; and a $250,000 West Zone IDC awarded June 2, 2022, and now expired (which generated 5 historical task orders valued at $96 thousand). Activity has grown modestly — one award in 2022 to four in 2025 — with combined potential value of $1.9 million across 26 prime awards. Obligated dollars total $273 thousand (14% of potential), reflecting a procurement footprint of small, tactical orders issued against standing vehicle ceilings. Work is performed primarily at Fossil and Springfield, Oregon, and Boise, Idaho, in direct support of fire suppression and prescribed forestry operations across the Pacific Northwest region and subordinate USFS regions.