Druthers Construction, LLC

Druthers Construction, LLC, a small disadvantaged business located in Grants Pass, Oregon, supplies heavy equipment, chippers, crews, and support services for wildland fire suppression, all-hazard emergency response, and prescribed burning operations to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business set-asides. The company operates entirely within the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system — a preseason blanket purchase agreement framework for rapid equipment and personnel mobilization during fire suppression and incident response.

Druthers Construction holds six multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts issued by the National Interagency Fire Center between May 2024 and February 2026, collectively worth $2.3 million in combined potential value across NAICS 332 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC F (Natural Resources/Conservation–Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression). The firm's IDC portfolio includes two contracts for miscellaneous heavy equipment (Regions 5 and 6, West Zone, and Region 6 Pacific Northwest) each ceiling'd at $500 thousand, two contracts for chippers and associated crews (Regions 5 and 6) also at $500 thousand ceiling, and two additional VIPR I-BPA agreements (one for chippers, one for miscellaneous heavy equipment, both Region 6 focused) each at $250 thousand ceiling, running through May 2029 and May 2030. The company has drawn one delivery order to date: a $71.2 thousand firm fixed-price order from the Forest Service Region 6–Pacific Northwest Region on August 13, 2026, for heavy equipment and support services, ultimately completing August 28, 2026. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $71 thousand—only 3 percent of potential value—reflecting the unbilled nature of IDC ceilings and the early stage of order placement against these agreements.

Customer concentration is absolute: 100 percent of awards by both count and potential value flow through the Department of Agriculture Forest Service, specifically the National Interagency Fire Center (six awards, $2.3 million) and the Region 6–Pacific Northwest Region (one delivery order, $71 thousand). Activity has accelerated year over year (two awards in 2024, one in 2025, four in 2026), with all work performed in the Pacific Northwest region, particularly Oregon and Washington. The company operates as a sole VIPR participant with no subcontract footprint and no parent vehicles outside the forest fire suppression domain. Equipment rates are proposed on up to 16-hour daily shifts with flexibility for annual on-ramping and incident-driven deployment.