Clearwater Fire Support LLC

Clearwater Fire Support LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business limited liability partnership headquartered in Caldwell, Idaho, provides wildland fire suppression, emergency response support, and fire equipment deployment exclusively as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides and full-and-open vehicles through the Forest Service's Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system. The vendor competes entirely on set-aside and full-and-open task orders against six indefinite delivery contracts (IDCs) valued at $250,000 to $500,000 each through the National Interagency Fire Center, with performance periods extending through May 2030.

Clearwater's capability footprint centers on pickup, transport, and deployment of fire engines (Types 3–6), water handling equipment, vehicles with trained drivers, and emergency response personnel for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response across Forest Service regions. Recent representative work includes a $62,161.32 total small business set-aside delivery order from Forest Service Region 8 (Southern Region) issued August 24, 2026, for wildland fire support in Hot Springs, Arkansas; a $122,747.18 set-aside delivery order from Forest Service Region 4 (Intermountain Region) issued August 9, 2026, for fire engine deployment and personnel in Price, Utah; and multiple fire engine purchases—including a $171,095.30 Type 5 fire engine and a $110,649.80 Type 4 fire engine ordered by the Idaho Region on June 1, 2025, for delivery by October 31, 2025. The vendor also holds two water handling IDCs awarded February 6, 2026, with ceilings of $500,000 each covering Forest Service Regions 3 and 8 and East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9.

Customer concentration sits heavily with the Forest Service and interagency fire management. The top five funding agencies account for 88% of awards by count and 93% by combined potential value. The Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center leads by dollar magnitude with 9 awards worth $2.1 million combined potential value. Forest Service Region 4 (Intermountain Region) dominates by volume—21 awards carrying $1.5 million combined potential value—followed by the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region with 12 awards worth $698 thousand. Forest Service Regions 5 and 8 and the Rocky Mountain Research Station round out the active customer set.

Activity has grown substantially year over year: eight awards in 2022 to twenty in 2025 and eighteen through September 2026, with combined potential value across all awards of $5.5 million (59% obligated). The top five parent IDCs place 43 task orders with combined potential value of $2.3 million, led by IDC 1202SB22T7233 (17 task orders, $897 thousand) and IDC 1202SB25T7880 (14 task orders, $909 thousand). Work is performed across western states (Idaho, California, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah) and select eastern regions (Arkansas, North Carolina, Florida) with administrative oversight at the National Interagency Fire Center. Primary NAICS is 541711 (Support Activities for Forestry), with procurement spanning natural resources conservation and fire-fighting equipment PSC lines.