Deshazer Excavation & Forestry LLP

Deshazer Excavation & Forestry LLP, doing business as Heavy Equipment Operator, is a small-business partnership based in Libby, Montana, that provides heavy equipment operation, excavation, and forestry services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor. The company operates 100% as a prime, holding multiple indefinite delivery contracts with the Forest Service and the National Interagency Fire Center, and competes under total small business set-asides on its IDV vehicles while pursuing full-and-open delivery orders against those IDVs.

Customer concentration is absolute. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 1–Northern Region accounts for 26 awards worth $13.4 million in combined potential value (87% of the portfolio by dollar), with the Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center placing 8 awards worth $2 million combined potential value. A single Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region award for $12,000 rounds out the active set; the top two agencies represent 100% of recent activity.

Deshazer's core capability is mechanical thinning, fuels reduction, roadside mastication, heavy equipment operation, and water handling for wildfire suppression and land management across Forest Service Regions 1, 2, 4, 8, and 9. The company anchors its portfolio on a $12.5 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with Forest Service Region 1–Northern Region for mechanical thinning and fuels reduction in Regions 1 and 4, extending through September 2026. Representative task orders under that IDC include a $259,954 firm fixed-price delivery order (awarded June 1, 2024) for 42.1 miles of roadside mastication in four sub-items, completion by September 30, 2025; a $107,019 delivery order (August 18, 2025) for heavy equipment operation in Libby, Montana, completion September 11, 2025; and a $56,628.50 delivery order (August 21, 2025) for similar equipment operation services, also in Libby, Montana. Recent full-and-open delivery orders include a $35,855 task order (September 12, 2025) for mechanical thinning and fuels reduction in Dalton Gardens, Idaho, and a $9,900 delivery order (June 22, 2026) for heavy equipment operation and excavation in Libby, Montana, under a total small business set-aside.

Deshazer holds multiple vehicle positions established through the National Interagency Fire Center and the Virtual Incident Procurement system. These include four $250,000 multiple-award indefinite delivery contracts for water handling (East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, 9, extended to May 30, 2030), miscellaneous heavy equipment (East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, extended to June 1, 2028), heavy equipment for East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, 9 (extended to May 14, 2029), and an earlier $250,000 water handling IDC (expired May 30, 2025). All carry total small business set-aside designations and firm fixed-price structures. The top parent vehicle by task-order count is IDC 1202SB23T7364 with 14 task orders and $330,000 combined potential value, followed by IDC 1202SB24T7257 with 5 task orders worth $254,000.

Activity trajectory shows growth from 2022 to 2023 (three awards to fourteen awards), followed by moderation in 2024–2026 (seven, six, and four awards annually). The portfolio spans $15.4 million combined potential value across 35 awards, with $935,000 obligated to date (6% of potential value), indicating significant unexercised ceiling. Completion exposure in the next twenty-four months is material: the $12.5 million single-award IDC expires September 30, 2026, and multiple $250,000 multiple-award IDVs reach expiration between May 2028 and June 2028, representing the majority of the vendor's current vehicle portfolio at recompete risk.

Primary NAICS concentration is Support Activities for Forestry (35 awards), with PSC categorization dominated by Natural Resources and Conservation–Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression (32 awards). Work is performed primarily in Libby, Montana and Dalton Gardens, Idaho, with regional scope across northern and western United States Forest Service territories.