Cowboy Contracting LLC

Cowboy Contracting LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Terreton, Idaho, operates as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) delivering emergency support and general contracting services for federal land management agencies, with particular expertise in wildland fire suppression, all-hazard incident response, water handling, heavy equipment operations, mobile communications deployment, and helicopter operations support across the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management.

Cowboy Contracting holds a portfolio of seven Indefinite Delivery Contracts issued through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system by the National Interagency Fire Center, each with a $250,000 ceiling and five-year performance periods extending to 2030. These IDVs cover helicopter operations support for Region 13 (National), mobile communications units for Region 13 (National), water handling for East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9, and miscellaneous heavy equipment for Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region), all designated as total small business set-asides. Task orders drawn against these IDVs constitute the bulk of recent activity — three parent IDVs account for 42 of the 57 total awards in the source, with combined potential value of $1.2 million across 17, 13, and 12 task orders respectively. Cowboy Contracting competes exclusively under total small business set-asides on the VIPR system; individual delivery orders typically carry no separate set-aside designation because the underlying IDVs themselves are set-aside vehicles.

Customer concentration mirrors the VIPR vehicle footprint. The National Interagency Fire Center accounts for eight awards with $2 million combined potential value (57% of the portfolio), followed by Forest Service Region 4 (Intermountain Region) with 11 awards and $454 thousand, Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region with seven awards and $280 thousand, and Forest Service Regions 3 and 5 with nine awards each. Forty-four of 57 awards (77% by count, covering 90% of potential value) flow through five customer offices. The vendor's geographic reach spans Regions 1 through 6 of the Forest Service, with place-of-performance locations in Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, California, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Florida.

Recent activity shows 45 awards in 2025 and 12 awards through June 27, 2026, with task orders valued between $2,300 and $117,450 and firm fixed-price structures throughout. Work includes delivery of helicopter operations shifts up to 16 hours daily, water handling equipment and personnel, mobile communications units with certified operators, and miscellaneous heavy equipment such as feller bunchers, mulchers, and road graders. Awards under NAICS 541612 (Support Activities for Forestry) account for 24 awards; NAICS 488190 (Other Support Activities for Air Transportation) accounts for 19 awards; NAICS 517919 (All Other Telecommunications) accounts for 14 awards. PSC coding reflects the mission: 55 awards carry natural resources/forest-range fire suppression/presuppression designation.

Cowboy Contracting has no subcontract activity in the source data and does not hold positions on government-wide acquisition contracts or other multi-vendor vehicles beyond VIPR. The vendor's federal footprint is concentrated in emergency response and prescribed burn support for the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service and Interior's Bureau of Land Management, with authorization for optional use by the National Park Service and Bureau of Indian Affairs under the VIPR vehicle terms.