C&M Contracting, LLC

C&M Contracting, LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Prairie City, Oregon, supplies heavy equipment rental and fuels reduction services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor under small-business set-asides and full-and-open competition, operating exclusively in the Pacific Northwest region.

C&M holds three prime indefinite delivery contracts, all with the USDA Forest Service and all supporting wildland fire and forest management operations. Two are Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements (I-BPAs) for miscellaneous heavy equipment — one awarded May 28, 2024, by the National Interagency Fire Center with a $250 thousand ceiling running through May 28, 2029, and a second awarded February 6, 2026, under identical terms — both reserved for total small business and structured as firm fixed price with 16-hour daily shift rates. The third contract is a ten-year fuels reduction BPA awarded August 16, 2023, by Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) for the Malheur National Forest with a $2 million ceiling through August 3, 2033, permitting task orders up to $400 thousand each for mechanical treatments, hand crews, and pile burning. This third vehicle was initially solicited as a total small business set-aside but expanded to full-and-open award; it establishes a pool of up to fifteen contractors.

Customer concentration is narrow and geographically focused. The USDA Forest Service accounts for 100% of awards across two organizational units: the National Interagency Fire Center (two awards, $500 thousand combined potential value) and Region 6–Pacific Northwest Region (one award, $2 million combined potential value). All work is performed in the Pacific Northwest, with dispatch and equipment positioning tied to designated fire-response centers in that region. The combined potential value across all three contracts is $2.5 million. C&M entered the federal market in August 2023 and has issued one contract every calendar year since, with the most recent award dated February 2026.