Clear Water River LLC

Clear Water River LLC, a woman-owned and Hispanic American-owned small business based in Walla Walla, Washington, operates as a prime contractor in wildland fire suppression and emergency equipment support, competing exclusively under total small business set-asides on indefinite delivery contracts and task orders issued by the U.S. Forest Service and National Interagency Fire Center. The vendor is structured as a for-profit limited liability company and holds SBA certifications as a woman-owned small business (WOSB) and minority-owned business under Hispanic American ownership.

Clear Water River LLC delivers heavy equipment, water handling services, and trained personnel for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response across western Forest Service regions (East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, 8, and 9, spanning Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and portions of California, Oregon, and Wyoming). Equipment assets include dump trucks, dozers, excavators, tractor plows, water trucks, and pumps. Recent task-order work includes a $84,600 delivery order from Forest Service Region 4 (Intermountain) in August 2024 for dump truck support, a $47,000 delivery order from Region 4 in August 2022 for unspecified services in Salmon, Idaho, and a $24,750 order from Forest Service Region 2 (Rocky Mountain) in July 2026 for heavy equipment and water handling services in Delta, Colorado. Work is performed on both firm fixed-price delivery orders and purchase orders with ultimate completion dates typically within thirty to ninety days of issue.

The vendor's customer base concentrates entirely within the Department of Agriculture. The National Interagency Fire Center dominates potential value with five awards totaling $1.8 million (86% of combined potential value), driven by four indefinite delivery contracts with $250,000 to $500,000 ceilings awarded between May 2022 and February 2026. Forest Service Region 4 (Intermountain) places the highest task-order volume, with seven awards totaling $224 thousand in combined potential value; Regions 2 and 6 and the Idaho Region each hold smaller task-order positions. One Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region award carries $25 thousand.

Clear Water River LLC holds four primary IDC vehicles issued under the National Interagency Fire Center's Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system: two $500,000 contracts awarded February 6, 2026, for water handling services and heavy equipment in East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 (ceilings through May 2030 and June 2028 respectively); one $250,000 water handling contract awarded May 30, 2025 (through May 2030); and one $250,000 heavy equipment contract awarded June 1, 2023 (through June 2028). These VIPR IDCs permit optional use by the Department of Interior, National Park Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime on all seventeen awards; no subcontract activity appears in the source.

Activity has grown from three awards in 2022 to six in 2026 year-to-date. The vendor's award portfolio carries a combined potential value of $2.1 million with $350 thousand obligated to date (17% draw-down). Category concentration is near-complete: all seventeen awards fall under NAICS 332 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation — Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression. The vendor competes exclusively under total small business set-asides; no full-and-open or other competition is present in the source.