Cowboy Contracting LLC

Cowboy Contracting LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Terreton, Idaho, delivers wildland fire suppression, all-hazard incident response, water handling, heavy equipment operations, and helicopter operations support to the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management as a prime contractor operating exclusively under total small business set-asides through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system administered by the National Interagency Fire Center.

Cowboy Contracting operates as a limited liability partnership structured for-profit with no subcontract footprint; all 94 recent awards are prime contracts or delivery orders. The vendor's capability portfolio centers on emergency support and general contracting services for federal land management agencies, spanning wildland fire suppression, mobile communications units with certified operators, water handling equipment and personnel, miscellaneous heavy equipment such as feller bunchers and mulchers, and helicopter operations support capable of 16-hour daily shifts. Recent representative task orders include a $117,450 delivery order from Forest Service Region 4 (Intermountain Region) on July 16, 2025 for helicopter operations support in Venice, Utah; a $71,914.50 delivery order from Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) on July 1, 2025 for emergency incident response in Wenatchee, Washington; and a $77,353.25 delivery order from Forest Service Region 8 (Southern Region) on May 7, 2026 for general contracting services in Tallahassee, Florida.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. The top five customer offices account for 72 percent of recent awards by count but only a portion of combined potential value; the critical concentration driver is the National Interagency Fire Center, which anchors 10 awards carrying $3.5 million in combined potential value (56 percent of the vendor's total portfolio). Forest Service Region 4 (Intermountain Region) ranks second in volume with 21 awards, $789 thousand combined potential value; Forest Service Region 2 (Rocky Mountain Region) follows with 13 awards, $445 thousand; and Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region appears on both rankings with 11 awards, $349 thousand. The vendor also services Forest Service Regions 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 9.

Cowboy Contracting holds ten indefinite delivery contracts through VIPR with combined ceiling values of $3.75 million, all structured as total small business set-asides with five-year performance periods extending through 2030. The top parent vehicles by task-order count are IDC 12024B25T7005 (25 task orders, $792 thousand combined potential value), IDC 1202SB25T7733 (20 task orders, $736 thousand), and IDC 12024B25T7020 (15 task orders, $341 thousand). Individual IDVCs carry ceilings between $250,000 and $500,000 and support distinct service lines: helicopter operations support for national deployment, mobile communications units across Regions 1–6, water handling for East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9, miscellaneous heavy equipment for Region 5 (Pacific Southwest), and off-highway vehicle support. Recent task-order activity has accelerated, with 45 awards in 2025 and 49 in 2026, reflecting seasonal fire-suppression demand.

Work is classified under NAICS 541612 (Support Activities for Forestry), NAICS 488190 (Other Support Activities for Air Transportation), and NAICS 517919 (All Other Telecommunications), reflecting the multi-service nature of emergency response contracts. All awards carry firm fixed-price structures with places of performance spanning Forest Service Regions 1–6 and Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region across western states including Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, California, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Florida. Combined potential value is $6.2 million; obligated dollars total $2.7 million (43 percent of ceiling). Individual delivery order ceilings range from $2,300 to $117,450, with most orders completing within one to three months to accommodate incident-driven and seasonal operational schedules.