Clearwater Fire Support Inc.

Clearwater Fire Support Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Sisters, Oregon, supplies Type 2 water tenders, heavy equipment operators, dozers, excavators, and fire suppression personnel to the U.S. Forest Service and National Interagency Fire Center as a prime contractor exclusively—all 29 recent federal awards are prime contracts and Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs), with no subcontracting footprint. The company operates under total small business set-asides on its IDC vehicles and competes mixed set-aside and unrestricted on delivery orders, holding PSC support codes aligned with forest and range fire suppression and presuppression.

Clearwater's customer concentration is narrow and singular: 100% of awards fund Department of Agriculture Forest Service programs across three distinct funders. The National Interagency Fire Center anchors the dollars (10 awards, $1.9 million combined potential value), while the Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6) leads by award count (16 awards, $755 thousand combined potential value). The third customer, the Forest Service's national office, carries three awards worth $131 thousand. The dollar-by-count divergence reflects IDC ceiling values ($250,000 to $500,000 per vehicle) anchoring the Fire and Aviation Management awards versus smaller delivery orders flowing through Region 6.

Clearwater holds four active IDCs with combined ceilings of $1.5 million. The largest and most recent are two National Interagency Fire Center IDCs awarded February 6, 2026—a $500,000 multiple-award IDC for West Zone heavy equipment with water covering Regions 3, 5, and 6 (running through May 30, 2030) and a $500,000 IDC for heavy equipment in Regions 5 and 6 (running through June 9, 2028). A third NIFC IDC from May 30, 2025, carries a $250,000 ceiling for West Zone heavy equipment with water across Regions 3, 5, and 6 (through May 30, 2030). An earlier Forest Service / NIFC IDC from June 9, 2023, holds $250,000 for heavy equipment across West Zone Regions 5 and 6 (through June 9, 2028). Against these vehicles, Clearwater has issued 22 task orders (IDC 12569R25T7322: 7 task orders, $267 thousand; IDC 1202SB22T7647: 5 task orders, $174 thousand; IDC 1204H119T7165: 5 task orders, $140 thousand; IDC 12569R23T7542: 5 task orders, $194 thousand). Representative delivery orders include an $84,000 award on August 4, 2026, for wildland firefighting equipment and personnel in Redmond, Oregon; a $151,200 order on July 18, 2024, for Type 2 water tender and operator support in Bend, Oregon; and a $75,700 award on July 6, 2026, from Region 6 for water tenders and heavy equipment operators.

Activity has grown modestly—four awards in 2022 to a peak of six in 2025—with five awards in 2026 year-to-date. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $2.8 million, though only $775 thousand (28%) has been obligated to date, reflecting the company's position on multi-year IDCs with task orders drawn as needed during fire season. Place of performance is concentrated in Bend and Redmond, Oregon, with operations across western U.S. Forest Service regions and dispatch through National Interagency Fire Center coordination centers. Clearwater operates without subcontracting arrangements and competes as the sole prime on every award in its portfolio.