Cross Robert B

Cross Robert B, doing business as Robert B Cross Trucking, is a small-business sole proprietorship based in Tulelake, California, that provides transportation and water-handling equipment services for wildland fire suppression and forest management operations to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor exclusively. The vendor operates entirely under small-business set-asides and competes on Total Small Business delivery orders and indefinite-delivery contracts through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system.

Cross Robert B's customer base is concentrated within the Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The top three customer offices account for 96% of recent awards: the Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5, 27 awards, $713 thousand combined potential value), the Fire and Aviation Management Federal Fire and Aviation Management office (9 awards, $522 thousand), and the Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center (7 awards, $1.2 million). The dollar concentration ranks identically to award volume, with the National Interagency Fire Center anchoring $1.2 million of the vendor's $2.4 million combined potential value across 45 awards since 2006. Capability work centers on Type II and Type III water tender equipment and personnel, materials transportation, and logistics support for regional fire suppression operations in the Pacific Southwest and western U.S. regions. Recent representative awards include a $82,500 Total Small Business delivery order from the Pacific Southwest Region (July 6, 2026, completion September 4, 2026), a $148,500 full-and-open delivery order for fire suppression logistics support (June 28, 2025, completion October 11, 2025), and a $25,500 Total Small Business delivery order (June 15, 2026, completion July 2, 2026).

Cross Robert B holds three indefinite-delivery contracts across the fire-suppression ecosystem: a $500,000 multiple-award IDC from the National Interagency Fire Center (awarded February 6, 2026, expiring June 4, 2030) for water handling equipment and certified personnel in Region 5; a $250,000 multiple-award IDC from the Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region (awarded June 4, 2025, expiring June 4, 2030) for water-handling services through VIPR; and a $250,000 multiple-award IDC from the National Interagency Fire Center (awarded June 2, 2022, expiring June 6, 2025) for water-handling services across western regions 3, 5, 6, and 10. The vendor places task orders primarily under five parent vehicles: IDC 1202SB22T7662 (11 task orders, $293 thousand), BPA AG9J61B167342 (11 task orders, $182 thousand), BPA AG9J61B137292 (5 task orders, $54 thousand), IDC 129J6120T7075 (4 task orders, $151 thousand), and IDC 129J6125T7116 (3 task orders, $257 thousand). Activity has declined from five awards in 2022 to two in 2025 and three in 2026, with all 45 awards issued under support activities for forestry (NAICS) and natural resources conservation forest-range fire suppression (PSC) classifications. Cross Robert B operates as a prime contractor exclusively; no subcontract footprint appears in the source record. The vendor has no reported federal contract vehicles or grant prime positions.