Cascade Water Tankers, Inc.

Cascade Water Tankers, Inc., a small business S-corporation based in East Wenatchee, Washington, operates as a prime contractor delivering firefighting and emergency response equipment and services to the USDA Forest Service and Department of the Interior, with all 62 recent awards held in its own right (100% prime posture) and predominantly under small business set-asides. The company specializes in potable and gray water trucks, trailer-mounted handwashing stations, refrigerated trailers, and aerial firefighting capabilities for wildland fire management and all-hazard incident response operations across the Pacific Northwest and nationally. Cascade Water Tankers has maintained active federal contracting since 2003.

Customer concentration is acute and regional. The top three agencies account for 84% of recent awards by count and 87% by potential value, with the USDA Forest Service R6 (Pacific Northwest Region) anchoring 36 awards valued at $1.4 million combined, the National Interagency Fire Center (Fire and Aviation Management) carrying 6 awards at $1.3 million combined, and the broader Forest Service accounting for 7 additional awards at $69 thousand combined. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management contributes three awards totaling $20 thousand across two regional offices. Award volume has been minimal until 2025, when activity upticked to four awards, followed by three awards in 2026 to date. The combined potential value across the portfolio stands at $3.2 million, with $1.4 million (43%) obligated.

Cascade Water Tankers holds three active indefinite delivery contracts managed through the National Interagency Fire Center and USDA Forest Service. A $500 thousand Total Small Business IDC awarded February 6, 2026, through May 28, 2029, covers potable and gray water trucks and trailer-mounted handwashing stations for Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) only. A second $250 thousand Total Small Business IDC, awarded May 28, 2024, through May 28, 2029, serves the same geographic scope and equipment class and has issued three representative delivery orders between July and September 2025 (WAOWF000242 E318 at $42.5 thousand, WAOWF000797 E288 at $59.5 thousand, and WAOWF000797 E364 at $45.9 thousand). A third $250 thousand Total Small Business IDC, awarded June 1, 2022, through June 4, 2025, provided refrigerated trailers for Region 13 (national scope). The portfolio also includes five BPAs with individual task-order counts ranging from four to ten against blanket purchase agreements, carrying combined values from $51 thousand to $300 thousand. Primary NAICS coding runs to Support Activities for Forestry (48 awards) and Specialized Freight Trucking—Local (12 awards); primary PSC is Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression (57 awards).

The company operates from East Wenatchee with a secondary division location in Roseburg, Oregon, and performs work across the Pacific Northwest (Wenatchee, Pendleton, Roseburg, Boise) and nationally under national IDC agreements. Recent awards from July 2025 through July 2026 include two Total Small Business delivery orders from USDA Forest Service R6 (July and September 2025, each around $40–60 thousand), one non-set-aside delivery order from Forest Service R6 (June 2025, $11.9 thousand for a Type 2 water truck), and two Total Small Business delivery orders from Forest Service R6 in July 2026 (each around $21–37 thousand). No federal contract vehicle holdings, grant awards, or subcontract involvement appear in the source data.

FIRE SUPPRESSION EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL POTABLE WATER TRUCKS AND REFRIGERATED TRAILERS, grey water truck