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, mechanical thinning, fuels reduction, roadside mastication, and water-handling services to the Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime (100% of awards) and competes entirely under set-aside vehicles — all forty tracked awards carry total small business designations across Indefinite Delivery Contracts issued by Forest Service Region 1–Northern Region and the National Interagency Fire Center.

Deshazer's customer footprint is heavily concentrated on a single agency. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service accounts for all awards across two operating units: Forest Service Region 1–Northern Region holds 31 awards valued at $13.5 million combined potential value, and the Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center holds 8 awards valued at $2.8 million. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region holds one award valued at $12 thousand. The two rankings converge — the same customer leads in both award count and dollar value.

The vendor holds a portfolio of seven indefinite-delivery contracts, anchored by a $12.5 million single-award IDC with Forest Service Region 1–Northern Region for mechanical thinning and fuels reduction across Regions 1 and 4, running through September 2027. Against this vehicle alone, the vendor has drawn 16 task orders valued at $405 thousand. Supporting vehicles include four multiple-award IDCs with the National Interagency Fire Center for water handling and heavy equipment services across East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9, each carrying $250,000 to $500,000 ceilings under total small business set-asides, with completion dates ranging through May 2030. Recent representative work includes a $259,954 delivery order for 42.1 miles of roadside mastication across four sub-items (awarded June 2024, completion September 2025), a $107,019 order for heavy equipment operation in Libby, Montana (August 2025), and multiple firm fixed-price delivery orders in the $5,400 to $67,500 range issued August 2026 for excavation and forestry services.

Activity has grown sharply from three awards in 2022 to fourteen in 2023, then moderated to seven in 2024, six in 2025, and nine in 2026 to date. Combined potential value across all forty awards sits at $16.3 million, but only $1.1 million (6%) has been obligated, indicating the portfolio is weighted toward ceiling values rather than realized invoicing. The vendor's work is classified entirely within NAICS 541711 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation–Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression, with secondary work in tree thinning and fire-fighting equipment categories. No subcontractors appear in the award record; Deshazer performs all work as the sole prime.