Cattlemen's Meat Company

Cattlemen's Meat Company, a woman-owned small business headquartered in Cut Bank, Montana, delivers mobile food service and catering support to federal wildland firefighting and all-hazard incident response operations as a prime contractor across multiple USDA Forest Service regions and the National Interagency Fire Center. The vendor competes predominantly under set-aside vehicles (Total Small Business IDIQ and related delivery orders) and full-and-open task orders, with 100 percent of its federal award footprint as prime work—no subcontractor activity.

The company's capability portfolio centers on rapid-deployment mobile food service units supporting fire suppression and emergency response. Deliverables include hot and cold meal production, food supplies, refrigerated trucks, mobile kitchens, equipment, labor, and logistics coordination across the western United States. Representative work includes a $2.092 million fixed-price delivery order from Forest Service Region 2 (Rocky Mountain) issued July 1, 2026 for mobile food service and logistical support through July 28, 2026; a $1.312 million designated dispatch point assignment from the National Interagency Fire Center issued May 14, 2026 running through December 31, 2030; and a $1.604 million delivery order from Forest Service Region 4 (Intermountain) issued August 14, 2025 with performance in Boise, Idaho through December 31, 2025.

Customer concentration is heavily tilted toward fire and emergency response agencies. The top five funding customers account for 82 percent of combined potential value, led overwhelmingly by the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center (29 awards, $79.7 million combined potential value), followed at significant distance by the Department of the Army Texas Army National Guard (25 awards, $7.2 million). The National Interagency Fire Center anchors both award volume and dollar magnitude; the Army National Guard cluster suggests substantial state-based emergency response and training exercise work. The Forest Service's six regional offices (R2, R4, R5, R6, and others) collectively drive ongoing task order placement.

Cattlemen's Meat Company holds primary position on two major parent vehicles. The Forest Service National Mobile Food Service Unit 2025–2029, a Total Small Business IDIQ running through December 31, 2029 with renewal options for four additional one-year periods, carries a $15 million ceiling and has generated six task orders totaling $6.1 million in combined potential value as of the source date. The company was awarded this contract on July 1, 2025 under a two-phase evaluation (technically acceptable Phase 1, then lowest-price-technically-acceptable Phase 2 separate fair opportunity notices). A prior related vehicle, the Forest Service National Mobile Food Service Unit 2020–2024 (which appears to have been succeeded by the 2025–2029 IDIQ), held a $25 million ceiling. Cattlemen's Meat Company also sits on Indefinite Delivery Contract 12024B20T2507, which has generated 46 task orders valued at $17.4 million in combined potential value and carries Army National Guard funding.

Activity has declined modestly in recent years. Awards per year dropped from a peak of 16 in 2023 to nine in 2022, eight in 2024, six in 2025, and five in 2026 (source data through August 2026). The vendor holds 131 total awards with $119.1 million in combined potential value and $84.9 million in combined dollars obligated (71 percent of potential value). Most awards carry ultimate completion dates in 2024–2025; the largest single recompete exposure sits with the National Interagency Fire Center portfolio and Forest Service regional delivery orders that completed or are completing through 2024 and into 2025, placing significant recompete risk as those vehicles mature.

The vendor's work geographically spans the western United States, with named places of performance including Cut Bank and McCall (Montana), Boise (Idaho), Denver and Delta (Colorado), Redding and Sacramento (California), Portland and John Day (Oregon), Grantsville (Utah), Halleck (Nevada), and Vancouver (Washington). Primary NAICS classification is 722310 (Food Service Contractors), with secondary activity coded under 722210 (Caterers) and support activities for forestry. PSC coding is dominated by Natural Resources/Conservation–Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression (65 awards) and Housekeeping–Food (34 awards).

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