Deborah Richard Dierman

Deborah Richard Dierman, a sole proprietor operating as a for-profit business based in Eureka, Montana, supplies water handling equipment, materials, personnel, and chippers to the Forest Service and National Interagency Fire Center for wildfire suppression and all-hazard incident response under Total Small Business set-asides. All four recent prime awards — 100% of her award footprint — are held under this set-aside category, placing her entirely within the small-business reserve.

Dierman's customer base is concentrated within a single agency ecosystem. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center accounts for all $1 million in combined potential value across three awards, while a separate Forest Service delivery order for $65 thousand rounds out her portfolio. Three of her four awards are indefinite-delivery IDIQs with ceilings of $250,000 to $500,000 each, running through May 2030, and represent standing resource agreements rather than active task-order volume. The single delivery order placed against one of these IDIQs — a Forest Service order dated August 2, 2026, with a $64,587.50 ceiling — reflects the pace of current utilization.

Dierman's capability portfolio centers on fire suppression logistics. She holds a multiple-award IDIQ from the National Interagency Fire Center (awarded February 6, 2026, ceiling $500,000) for water handling services including equipment, supplies, transportation, and trained personnel supporting fire suppression, all-hazard incidents, and prescribed burn work across the Forest Service East Zone (Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9) through the Virtual Incident Procurement system. A second IDIQ (awarded May 30, 2025, ceiling $250,000) covers the same scope for the same regions. A third IDIQ (awarded July 22, 2026, ceiling $250,000) is dedicated to chipper supply for the East Zone. These are firm fixed-price, multiple-award vehicles open to interagency cooperators including the Department of Interior, National Park Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs, though no task-order activity is present in the source beyond the single Forest Service delivery order.

Activity is nascent. Dierman earned her first award in May 2025 and has received three more through August 2026. Combined dollars obligated stand at $65 thousand against $1.1 million in potential value, indicating the IDIQs remain largely unutilized.