Cooper Contracting, Inc.

Cooper Contracting, Inc., a woman-owned small business based in Prineville, Oregon, supplies wildland firefighting equipment, personnel, and emergency response resources to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor under total small business set-aside indefinite-delivery vehicles, with 100% of recent federal awards held as a prime (184 awards, $12.4 million combined potential value).

Cooper operates primarily through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, holding multiple-award indefinite-delivery contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center and regional Forest Service offices. The company's core capability is the provision of Type 2–6 wildland fire engines, water handling equipment (including Support Water Tenders and Tactical Water Tenders), faller modules and faller personnel, and Type 2 firefighter crews for fire suppression and all-hazard incident response across the western United States. Recent representative delivery orders include a $243,868 firm fixed-price order from Forest Service Region 6 awarded August 5, 2024, with ultimate completion May 10, 2026; a $211,506 delivery order from the Intermountain Region awarded September 22, 2023; and multiple smaller delivery orders (ranging from $5,600 to $84,000) issued throughout 2024 and 2025 for engines, crew deployment, and water handling services across regions 3, 4, 5, and 6.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to Forest Service regions. The top five funding agencies account for 78% of recent awards by count and combined potential value, led by the Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6) with 84 awards valued at $4.4 million combined potential value and the National Interagency Fire Center with 16 awards valued at $3.7 million. Regional Forest Service offices across the Southwestern Region (Region 3), Intermountain Region (Region 4), and Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5) round out the active customer set, alongside smaller volumes with the Bureau of Land Management Idaho and Oregon-Washington regions.

Cooper holds five primary parent IDIQ vehicles under the VIPR system, all total small business set-asides with ceilings ranging from $250,000 to $500,000 and performance periods extending through 2028–2030. The top vehicle by task-order volume is Indefinite Delivery Contract 1202SB22T7654 (20 task orders, $667 thousand combined potential value), followed by Indefinite Delivery Contract 1202SC21T2408 (15 task orders, $1.8 million combined potential value) and Blanket Purchase Agreement AG04H1B179664 (13 task orders, $1 million combined potential value). Work across these vehicles centers on water handling equipment and faller personnel for Regions 5 and 6 (West Zone) and multi-region support across Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10.

Activity shows growth trajectory from 2022 to 2025, rising from 15 awards in 2022 to 21 in 2025, with 10 awards issued year-to-date in 2026 (as of August). The company's portfolio is classified almost entirely under NAICS 332520 (Support Activities for Forestry), with 150 of 184 awards falling into that category. The natural resources and forest-range fire suppression/presuppression PSC code dominates, accounting for 134 awards.

Cooper has maintained a federal contracting relationship with the Forest Service since 2002, executing service delivery through fire season delivery orders and multi-region deployment of equipment and personnel under firm fixed-price terms.