CKW Enterprises LLC

CKW Enterprises LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Las Cruces, New Mexico, supplies temporary facilities, equipment rentals, and operational support services to the Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor across 131 federal awards, competing predominantly under total small business set-asides on indefinite delivery contracts and delivery orders issued through the National Interagency Fire Center.

The vendor's concrete capability footprint centers on portable sanitation facilities (toilets, hand-washing stations), multipurpose utility terrain vehicles, potable and gray water trucks, satellite communications services, waste management, and tactical equipment support for wildland fire suppression and land management operations. Representative work includes a $7.5 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract for multipurpose utility vehicles covering Forest Service Regions 3, 5, and 6 and nationwide incident response (awarded September 4, 2022, through the National Interagency Fire Center); a $7.5 million multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement for portable toilets and hand-washing stations across all 50 states for fire suppression and all-hazard incidents (awarded July 1, 2022); a $117,063 total small business set-aside definitive contract with Region 3 for sanitation supply serving the Gila National Forest from April through September 2024; and a $51,284 purchase order for utility terrain vehicles to Region 3 in August 2025.

Customer concentration is extreme. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R3-Southwestern Region accounts for 108 awards (82% of the recent portfolio) with $2.4 million combined potential value, while the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center holds 12 awards (9% of the portfolio) but anchors $16.8 million in combined potential value—86% of the vendor's total federal footprint. The remaining 11 awards across other Forest Service line offices and the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region represent under 1 percent of dollars. The divergence between the two rankings reflects the National Interagency Fire Center's role as the administrative and procurement hub for large indefinite delivery vehicles that field numerous small task orders across regions.

The vendor holds four named parent IDVs through the National Interagency Fire Center: the $7.5 million single-award multipurpose utility vehicle contract (40 task orders, $706 thousand combined potential value), the $7.5 million multiple-award portable toilets and hand-washing stations BPA (30 task orders, $283 thousand combined potential value), a $500,000 multiple-award potable and gray water truck/hand-washing station contract for Region 3-East Zone (February 6, 2026, through May 9, 2029), and three $250,000 multiple-award IDCs for off-highway vehicles, mechanic support, and miscellaneous heavy equipment (all August 2026, through 2029 and 2031). Activity has accelerated sharply—seven awards in 2022 to 43 in 2025 and 35 through August 2026—reflecting increased demand for portable facilities and equipment rental supporting wildland fire response across the Forest Service.

CKW Enterprises operates entirely as a prime contractor (100% of awards); no subcontract footprint appears in the source. The vendor does not hold seats on government-wide acquisition contracts, GSA Schedules, or centralized vehicle platforms; work flows through Forest Service regional IDIQs and the National Interagency Fire Center. Recent delivery orders reflect short performance windows (completion dates two to four weeks post-award) and modest individual values ($1,519 to $58,009), consistent with tactical procurement supporting land management and emergency incident operations.

Category concentration aligns with capability: truck and utility trailer rental and leasing (46 awards), septic tank and related services (33 awards), support activities for forestry (25 awards), solid waste collection (11 awards), and satellite telecommunications (8 awards). All awards reviewed carry total small business set-aside designations or no set-aside, with firm fixed-price pricing structures. The vendor's federal footprint remains confined to Forest Service and interagency wildland fire support with no Department of Defense, civilian IT, or other federal customer presence; geographic concentration is the Southwestern Region (New Mexico and Arizona) with secondary activity in Regions 5 and 6 and nationwide incident response.

No recompete cliff data is present in the source material. Combined obligation rates across the vendor's NIFC portfolio sit near 11 percent, typical of indefinite delivery structures where ceilings substantially exceed near-term utilization.