Cutting Edge Contractors Inc.

Cutting Edge Contractors Inc., doing business as CE Equipment, is a Las Vegas-based economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) and SBA-certified women-owned small business (WOSB) that operates as a prime contractor supplying heavy equipment, road and bridge construction services, infrastructure support, and emergency response logistics exclusively to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and related interagency fire management operations. The company competes entirely under the Total Small Business set-aside category across its prime footprint, with 100 percent of its recent 103 awards held as a prime contractor and zero subcontractor activity.

Cutting Edge's concrete federal capability centers on heavy equipment rental and deployment (excavators, bulldozers, water tenders, portable comfort stations, and specialized machinery), wildland fire suppression logistics, forest engineering and road maintenance, road and bridge construction and repair, and trail and campground infrastructure rehabilitation. Recent representative work includes a $1.4 million definitive contract with the Bureau of Reclamation for installation and commissioning of K12 drop-arm road barriers at Davis Dam (awarded September 2025); a $636 thousand definitive contract with Forest Service Region 4 for the Lamoille Pavement Preservation Phase 2 project in Nevada (awarded September 2022); a $1.1 million definitive contract with Forest Service Region 4 for Yankee Meadow Campground Phase 2 Reconstruction in Cedar City, Utah (awarded February 2022); a $499 thousand delivery order for Forest Service Road 44162 erosion rehabilitation in Beatty, Nevada (awarded July 2026); and a $50 million blanket purchase agreement with Forest Service Region 1 for forest engineering and road maintenance across Regions 1 through 4 (awarded April 2024).

Customer concentration aligns tightly with the Forest Service's regional structure. The top five funding organizations account for 85 percent of award count and 96 percent of combined potential value. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R3-Southwestern Region anchors the portfolio with 18 awards and $51.4 million in potential value, followed by Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station (6 awards, $50.6 million) and Forest Service R1-Northern Region (1 award, $50 million). The Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center accounts for 27 awards and $7 million across multiple small vehicle ceilings. Forest Service R4-Intermountain Region (28 awards, $4.3 million) and R5-Pacific Southwest Region (9 awards, $718 thousand) round out the active set. The skew toward a small number of high-dollar vehicles is pronounced — the three largest awards ($50.6 million, $50 million, and $50 million) anchor 58 percent of total potential value, while 85 percent of the award count sits in the $12,000 to $500,000 delivery order and smaller contract range.

Cutting Edge holds a dense portfolio of parent indefinite-delivery vehicles and blanket purchase agreements across Forest Service regions. The top five parent vehicles reflect the VIPR (Virtual Incident Procurement) system architecture: IDC 1284M820T7131 (14 task orders, $935 thousand), IDC 1202SB23T7355 (10 task orders, $565 thousand), IDC 1202SB22T7240 (5 task orders, $203 thousand), IDC 1202SB25T7762 (5 task orders, $148 thousand), and IDC 1202SB23T7182 (4 task orders, $86 thousand). Major single-award BPAs include the $50 million Region 1 Forest Engineering and Road Maintenance agreement (through September 2033), the $50 million Arizona Forest Engineering and Road Maintenance BPA (through February 2033), and the $7 million Storm/Natural Disaster Recovery BPA with the Missoula Technology and Development Center (expired November 2023). Recent National Interagency Fire Center awards include multiple-award IDCs for water handling (East Zone, $500 thousand ceiling, through May 2030), potable and gray water stations (East Zone, $500 thousand ceiling, through May 2029), and heavy equipment for Regions 3, 5, and 6 (multiple $500 thousand vehicles, through 2028–2030). A $50 million Region 4 Road and Bridge Construction MATOC awarded May 2025 spans Regions 1–4, 8, and 9 through April 2030.

Award activity has grown significantly in volume. The vendor received 7 awards in 2023, 18 in 2024, and 22 in 2025, but slowed to 17 in 2026 and just 1 in 2027 (as of the June 1 cutoff in this source snapshot). Three awards with ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $2.2 million and represent immediate recompete exposure. The portfolio is weighted toward NAICS 238910 (Support Activities for Forestry, 87 awards) and 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction, 11 awards), with PSC concentration in Natural Resources/Conservation (82 awards) and road construction and repair (11 awards combined).

Service Contract Inventory data captures a narrow slice of the vendor's federal service activity. SCI-reported invoiced revenue totaled $1.2 million across FY2022–FY2025 (FY2022: $737 thousand; FY2023: $424 thousand; FY2024 and FY2025: $0 reported). Reported FTE trajectory shows 0.6 FTEs in FY2022 and 0.4 FTEs in FY2023, declining to zero across FY2024 and FY2025 on the reportable contracts captured in SCI. Government-paid hourly rates on the limited SCI prime records ranged from a 10th percentile of $408/hr to a median of $467/hr to a 90th percentile of $2,730/hr, reflecting the mix of equipment operators, supervisory labor, and specialized roles. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors accounted for an average of 5 percent of contractor hours, with two named subcontractors appearing in the data — a minimal reliance pattern consistent with the vendor's direct equipment and labor delivery model. SCI covers only federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold and excludes equipment goods and micro-purchases, so these figures substantially understate the vendor's total federal revenue, particularly given the heavy concentration of small task orders under indefinite-delivery vehicles.

General Engineering Contractor

Grading, Paving, Concrete, Trenching, Excavating, Earth Moving, Site Preparations. Installation of: Water Lines, Sewer Lines, Storm Drain lines, Gas lines, Electrical lines, Fiber Optic lines, Transmission lines, and Petroleum lines. Demolishion of Concrete, Asphalt, Masonry, and other misc. structures. Installing and grading earth, aggregates and other materials.