Cowboy Fire LLC

Cowboy Fire LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Jacksonville, Oregon, provides water handling equipment, personnel, and logistical support for wildland fire suppression and emergency response to the USDA Forest Service as a prime contractor exclusively, holding five multiple-award indefinite-delivery contracts under the National Interagency Fire Center and competing on task orders across total small business set-asides.

Cowboy Fire operates as a sole-proprietor limited liability company and competes entirely under small business set-asides, with 100% of recent awards reserved for total small business. The vendor's capability portfolio centers on wildland fire management services — water tenders, logging trucks, support engines, tactical equipment, personnel mobilization, and on-site fire suppression management — delivered from bases in Jacksonville, Medford, and Roseburg, Oregon to support the Forest Service's fire suppression activities and emergency incident response across western regions. Representative work includes a $158,209.68 firm fixed-price delivery order from the Pacific Northwest Region (August 2024) for water handling resources and on-site management, a $130,892 purchase order from the Pacific Southwest Region (October 2024) for logging trucks and wildfire support services, and a $41,613.80 delivery order from the Pacific Northwest Region (August 2026) for water handling equipment and personnel mobilization under a total small business set-aside.

Customer concentration is entirely contained within the USDA Forest Service structure. The National Interagency Fire Center accounts for 5 awards valued at $1.5 million in combined potential value; the Pacific Northwest Region (R6) drives 11 awards valued at $806 thousand; and the Pacific Southwest Region (R5) accounts for 1 award valued at $131 thousand — collectively 100% of recent awards. Cowboy Fire holds five active indefinite-delivery contracts, each valued at $250,000 or $500,000, all issued by the National Interagency Fire Center or regional Forest Service offices. The two highest-activity IDVs are a $250,000 multiple-award vehicle for water handling across Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10 (awarded June 2022, running through June 2025, with 8 task orders valued at $478 thousand), and a $250,000 heavy equipment contract for West Zone Regions 5 and 6 (awarded August 2026, running through August 2028). Two additional $250,000 IDVs were awarded in 2025 and 2026 for water handling and heavy equipment in Regions 5 and 6 respectively, with ceilings of up to $500,000 in one case, all firm fixed-price and all carrying total small business set-asides through 2029 and 2030.

Award activity grew from a single task order in 2022 to six in 2024, declining to one in 2025 before rebounding to four in 2026 — recent trajectory reflects the annual cyclicality of wildfire season procurement rather than sustained growth. Six awards worth approximately $290 thousand reach completion within the next twenty-four months, primarily against the June 2025 vehicle expiration and summer 2024 task order closure dates. Cowboy Fire maintains no subcontract presence and no active sub-award history; the vendor competes exclusively as a prime contractor. The vendor's footprint is regionally concentrated — 15 of 17 recent awards fall under NAICS 561730 (Support Activities for Forestry) with the remainder under equipment rental, all tied to natural resources conservation and forest-range fire suppression PSC codes, limiting pipeline diversity to Forest Service wildfire operations across western dispatch centers.

providing wildland fire fighting services