Deschutes U-Boat, Inc.

Deschutes U-Boat, Inc., based in Maupin, Oregon, is a self-certified small disadvantaged business delivering water handling equipment, firefighting engines, and personnel support for wildland fire suppression and emergency response to the U.S. Forest Service as a prime contractor operating exclusively under small-business set-asides and full-and-open delivery orders across Forest Service Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10. The company is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation with 100% of its recent federal footprint as prime awards (66 total), no subcontract work, and a customer base entirely within the Department of Agriculture Forest Service.

Deschutes U-Boat holds three active indefinite delivery contracts (IDCs) with the National Interagency Fire Center: a $500,000 multiple-award water handling IDC awarded February 6, 2026, running through May 29, 2030; a $250,000 VIPR I-BPA for water handling awarded May 29, 2025, for the West Zone (Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10) running through May 29, 2030; and a $250,000 IDC awarded June 2, 2022, running through June 6, 2025. Recent representative task orders include an $83,680 delivery order issued August 4, 2026, by the Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region for water handling equipment and personnel support completing August 19, 2026; a $73,120 delivery order issued August 7, 2026, completing August 22, 2026; and a $57,530 delivery order issued August 22, 2026, completing September 1, 2026. All three are set under total small business set-asides with firm fixed-price terms and perform in Vancouver, Washington.

Customer concentration is absolute: 95% of Deschutes U-Boat's 66 awards (combined potential value $3.8 million) fund Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) programs ($2.4 million across 52 awards), with the National Interagency Fire Center accounting for $1.2 million across 10 awards. The two rankings align perfectly — no divergence between award count and dollar concentration. Task orders under the five top parent vehicles (two BPAs and three IDCs) total 51 awards, generating $1.96 million in combined potential value. Activity has grown modestly year over year: seven awards in 2022, five in 2023, five in 2024, two in 2025, and eight awards through August 2026. Two awards (combined potential value $42,000) completed in the past twelve months; recompete exposure is concentrated in the June 2025 IDC, which expires June 6, 2025, and requires renewal or replacement to sustain the current task-order pipeline.

The company specializes in field services, water-handling equipment delivery (Engines Types 3–6, Support Water Tenders Types 1–3, Tactical Water Tenders Types 1–2), trained personnel deployment, and supervisory support for incident response. Work locations center on the Pacific Northwest (Springfield and Vancouver, Oregon and Washington; Pendleton, Oregon; Hines, Oregon; John Day, Oregon) and perform under firm fixed-price delivery orders ranging from approximately $7,000 to $83,680 per task. Deschutes U-Boat has been SAM-registered since 2003 and competes both under total small business set-asides and in full-and-open competitive deliveries against the same Forest Service vehicles.