Brush, David W

David W Brush, doing business as David W Brush Excavating, a sole proprietorship based in Long Creek, Oregon, supplies heavy equipment rental and operator services to federal land management agencies as a prime contractor, specializing in wildfire suppression, all-hazard incident response, and forestry support across the western United States. The vendor competes entirely on small business set-asides and holds multiple total small business Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) with the National Interagency Fire Center and U.S. Forest Service.

Brush's customer base is concentrated in two federal entities. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service accounts for 14 of the vendor's 24 total awards (combined potential value $1.3 million), split between the Pacific Northwest Region (13 awards, $1.2 million) and the Southwestern Region (1 award, $86 thousand), while the National Interagency Fire Center holds 8 awards ($1.3 million combined potential value). The Department of the Interior contributes 2 remaining awards totaling $39 thousand. All five customer agencies represent land-management mission alignment, not customer diversification.

Brush's capability portfolio centers on heavy equipment provision and operator services. Representative work includes a $47,880 delivery order from Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region (September 2022) for brush clearing and excavation services, an $85,743 delivery order from Forest Service Southwestern Region (May 2022) for excavation support, and a $26,250 purchase order from Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region (June 2025) for Type 3 dozer rental. Equipment types named across contracts include dozers, excavators, skidders, payloaders, and support for water delivery in fire suppression operations.

The vendor holds five parent vehicles, all Indefinite Delivery Contracts or Blanket Purchase Agreements issued under total small business set-asides. The highest-activity vehicles are an unnamed Blanket Purchase Agreement (AG04H1B177060) carrying 6 task orders worth $279 thousand, and two IDCs (1204H120T7276 and 1204H119T7052) supporting 3 and 2 task orders respectively. All vehicles are structured as Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements (I-BPAs) administered through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, enabling rapid dispatch of equipment and personnel to active fire suppression and emergency-response operations. Three recent IDV awards (February and May 2026) each carry $250 thousand ceilings extending through 2028–2030, with total small business set-aside designations.

Activity has been episodic. The vendor received five awards in 2022, then one per year in 2023 and 2024, followed by two awards in 2025 and two in 2026 (as of February 6). Combined potential value across all 24 awards is $2.6 million; actual obligated dollars stand at $562 thousand (22% utilization). The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of awards) and carries no sub-contractor relationships. Award work concentrates in NAICS Support Activities for Forestry (all 24 awards) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation (22 of 24 awards), with one fire-fighting equipment award and one tree-planting contract, signaling narrow capability focus and deep specialization in incident-response equipment provisioning rather than diversification into other federal service lines.