Criddle Contracting, LLC

Criddle Contracting, LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Winnemucca, Nevada, operates as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) providing wildland firefighting support services, water-handling equipment, Type 6 fire engines, water tenders, trained personnel, and transportation to the Department of Agriculture Forest Service and Department of the Interior. The company is a sole proprietorship competing predominantly under total small business set-asides on its indefinite delivery contracts, though individual task orders frequently carry no set-aside designation.

Criddle's customer concentration is narrow and stable. The top five funding organizations account for 67% of awards by count and 82% of combined potential value, anchored by the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center (9 awards, $1.2 million combined potential value). The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station follows with 6 awards totaling $445 thousand, while the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region, the Department of Agriculture Forest Service R5-Pacific Southwest Region, and the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions round out the active set. The rankings track closely, indicating that award volume and dollar value correlate tightly to a single dominant customer.

Criddle holds three indefinite delivery contracts, all set aside for total small businesses and running through May 2030. The National Interagency Fire Center awarded a $500 thousand multiple-award IDC on February 6, 2026, for water handling equipment, materials, supplies, transportation, and trained personnel supporting Forest Service East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9. An earlier $250 thousand IDC, also through the National Interagency Fire Center and issued through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, carries an extended completion date to May 30, 2030. Against these vehicles, Criddle places delivery orders ranging from $15,000 to $64,400—representative work includes a $19,800 delivery order from the Forest Service Intermountain Region on August 28, 2026, for wildland firefighting support with performance in Sparks, Nevada, and a $41,480.60 purchase order from the Department of the Interior Idaho Region on June 1, 2025, for Type 2 water tender support in Boise, Idaho.

Activity has been episodic, rising from one award in 2023 to seven in 2025 and two in 2026 year-to-date. The $2.5 million combined potential value across 43 awards reflects the small-dollar, high-frequency nature of Criddle's delivery orders; obligated dollars sit at $1.1 million (43% of potential value). Award work clusters overwhelmingly in NAICS 541712 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression, with 38 and 31 awards respectively. Criddle subcontracts to no primes and carries no sub-award volume—all federal work is prime performance.