Curtis T. Pumphrey

Curtis T. Pumphrey, doing business as Black Forest, is a small business sole proprietorship based in Walla Walla, Washington, that furnishes wildland fire suppression equipment rentals and emergency response support services to the U.S. Forest Service and Department of Interior as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. Black Forest competes exclusively under small business set-asides and operates entirely in the federal wildfire management supply chain, delivering weed washing units, water trucks, chippers, mobile laundry units, handwashing stations, and vehicle transportation services through Indefinite Delivery Contracts and delivery orders.

Black Forest's customer base is concentrated in two federal agencies. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service accounts for 72 awards across $3.4 million in combined potential value, split between Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) with 70 awards and the National Interagency Fire Center with 28 awards and $8.4 million in potential value. The Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management rounds out the active set with 14 awards totaling $283 thousand. Across 121 total prime awards since 2013, Black Forest holds 26 active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center, awarded in tranches in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, each with ceilings of $250,000 to $500,000 and set aside for total small businesses. These IDCs cover weed washing units, heavy equipment with water, water handling (engines and water tenders), chippers, potable and gray water trucks with trailer-mounted handwashing stations, and mobile laundry units for designated Forest Service regions and zones. Delivery orders against these vehicles range from $5,500 to $148,000 and support fire suppression and all-hazard incident response across Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, and the National Interagency Fire Center. Representative recent delivery orders include a $148,000 order from Forest Service Region 6 for equipment rental and support services at Sandy, Oregon (awarded August 8, 2026), a $113,053 order for equipment rental at Pendleton, Oregon (awarded July 22, 2026), and a $110,000 order from Region 6 for wildfire suppression equipment (awarded July 23, 2024).

Activity has grown substantially year over year, from 12 awards in 2022 to 24 in 2026. The portfolio carries concentrated recompete exposure: awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twelve months total $1.8 million in potential value, concentrated in active IDCs running through 2028 and 2030. Black Forest operates across support activities for forestry (101 awards) and fire fighting equipment categories, with PSC concentration in natural resources conservation and forest-range fire suppression. The vendor holds no sub-awards and maintains no parent prime contractors, operating exclusively as a solo proprietor in the small-business wildfire equipment rental and emergency response support market.