Dennis Cripps

Dennis Cripps, doing business as DC Excavation And Construction, is a sole proprietor based in Lewistown, Montana, that supplies heavy equipment and personnel for federal fire suppression and prescribed burn work as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. All four of the vendor's federal awards are indefinite-delivery contracts issued by the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, carrying a combined potential value of $1.5 million and running through mid-2029.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on equipment provisioning and operator staffing for fire management operations. DC Excavation And Construction supplies feller bunchers, mulcher/masticators, road graders, skidders, dozers, excavators, and tractor plows, along with managed, supervised, trained, and certified personnel to operate them, supporting the USDA Forest Service East Zone (Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9) for local, regional, and nationwide fire suppression, prescribed project work, and all-hazard incidents. Equipment and personnel are available for use up to 16 hours per day. Four IDCs awarded June 1, 2023 through February 6, 2026 carry ceilings of $250,000 to $500,000 per vehicle, structured as firm fixed-price, multiple-award blanket purchase agreements placed through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system.

Customer concentration is complete and narrow — the National Interagency Fire Center accounts for 100% of awards and combined potential value. Activity has been sporadic: one award in 2023, one in 2024, and two in early 2026. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no sub-award footprint and competes under total small business set-asides across its entire federal portfolio. No parent GWAC, BPA, or agency-wide IDIQ vehicle holds the vendor's positions; all work flows through direct NIFC IDCs negotiated individually.

Heavy construction, Excavation, Water and Sewer, commercial and industrial construction