Don Swanner Tree Service LLC

Don Swanner Tree Service LLC, a woman-owned small business based in Nogal, New Mexico, provides forestry services, hazard tree removal, and heavy equipment support to the U.S. Forest Service and related federal land-management agencies as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The vendor holds a Subchapter S corporation structure and operates almost exclusively under set-aside vehicles — seven of eight recent awards carry total small business designations.

The vendor's capability footprint is narrow and specialized. Don Swanner Tree Service LLC delivers heavy equipment (dozers, excavators, tractor plows) for fire suppression and all-hazard incident response, hazard tree mitigation on National Forest System lands, post-fire erosion control, and forestry management labor. Recent prime work includes delivery orders from the U.S. Forest Service Region 2 (Rocky Mountain) for $115,144 (August 2025, no set-aside) and $48,838 (July 2026, total small business set-aside) for forestry services in Durango, Colorado; a $98,378 delivery order from Forest Service Region 8 (Southern) in Tallahassee, Florida (April 2026, total small business set-aside); and a $250,000 multiple-award IDIQ from the National Interagency Fire Center for heavy equipment covering Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 (May 2025 award, running through May 2030). The vendor also holds a second National Interagency Fire Center IDIQ valued at $500,000 for heavy equipment in the East Zone (awarded February 2026, completing May 2030), and a third NIFC vehicle with a $250,000 ceiling for miscellaneous heavy equipment in Regions 3 and 8 East Zone (awarded August 2026). As a sub-recipient, Don Swanner Tree Service LLC performed post-fire erosion control and hazard tree mitigation work on private land in the Spring Canyon area near Ruidoso, New Mexico under a federal grant managed by the State of New Mexico's Energy, Minerals & Natural Resources Department (awarded August 2026).

Customer concentration is extreme and singular. All eight awards derive from the Department of Agriculture Forest Service, split across four organizational units: the National Interagency Fire Center accounts for three awards and $1 million in combined potential value; Region 2 (Rocky Mountain) holds two awards totaling $164 thousand; Region 3 (Southwestern) holds two awards totaling $150 thousand; and Region 8 (Southern) holds one award of $98 thousand. The top_customers_by_award_count and top_customers_by_potential_value blocks track identically, confirming no dollar-volume divergence. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $1.4 million, with $399 thousand obligated to date (28% of potential). Award activity has been sparse and episodic — one award in 2018, then a gap until 2025, followed by two awards in 2025 and five in 2026. The vendor operates under a single parent vehicle, an indefinite-delivery contract (1202SB25T7199) that has generated three task orders totaling $262 thousand. The vendor's NAICS and PSC profile is entirely Support Activities for Forestry (NAICS 561730) and Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression (PSC code), with no diversification into related categories.