DS JR Trucking Inc.

DS JR Trucking Inc., a small business based in Big Timber, Montana, delivers heavy equipment rental, transportation, and logistics services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business set-asides and full-and-open delivery orders. The company operates 100% as a prime contractor across 130 federal awards since 2005, with no subcontract footprint, concentrating its entire portfolio on Forest Service wildland fire suppression, all-hazard incident response, and stewardship operations across western regions.

Customer concentration is extremely narrow. The top five Forest Service offices account for 85% of recent awards and 99% of combined potential value, with the Northern Region (R1) dominating the footprint at 80 awards valued at $55 million combined potential value. The Rocky Mountain Region (R2) anchors the second-largest revenue position not through award count but through potential value — four awards carrying $50.1 million combined potential value, driven primarily by a single-award $50 million Blanket Purchase Agreement for the Rocky Mountain Restoration Project (RMRP) Stewardship services running through July 2032. The National Interagency Fire Center, which manages the Forest Service's Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) program, has awarded 19 delivery orders and six Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) for equipment rental across multiple regions, with $4.5 million combined potential value across those awards. The Southwestern Region (R3) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) New Orleans Transition Recovery Office represent minor positions at $671 thousand and $1.5 million respectively.

DS JR Trucking holds a deep vehicle position within the Forest Service's Virtual Incident Procurement program, the agency's contracting mechanism for rapid-response equipment and logistics. The company sits on multiple total small business set-aside IDCs and Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements (I-BPAs) across Forest Service regions, with the top five vehicles generating 47 task orders and approximately $2.2 million in combined potential value. These vehicles include contracts for heavy equipment task force (HETF) services for Regions 1 and 4 ($500,000 ceiling, awarded February 2026, running through May 2030), heavy equipment with water capabilities for Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 ($500,000 ceiling, February 2026, through May 2030), and miscellaneous heavy equipment for East Zone regions ($500,000 ceiling, February 2026, through May 2029). DS JR Trucking also holds a non-set-aside Northern Rockies Stewardship BPA ($50 million ceiling, awarded May 2023, running through October 2032) covering Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota, and the aforementioned $50 million single-award RMRP Stewardship BPA for Region 2 (awarded March 2025, through July 2032).

Recent activity has accelerated markedly. The company received eight awards per year through 2024, then jumped to 21 awards in 2026 alone (through early September), driven by a surge in small-value delivery orders to the Northern Region in late August and early September 2026. All recent work centers on transportable equipment — dozers, feller bunchers, water tankers, fuel tenders — and logistics support for fire suppression and land management tasks. Representative 2026 awards include a $72,287 delivery order (September 1), a $87,847 delivery order (August 29), and an $85,000 delivery order (August 12), all to the Northern Region under total small business set-asides. Earlier work includes a $200,691 delivery order to Region 1 (September 2023) and a $259,900 delivery order to Region 1 (July 2023) for trucking services during wildland fire response. The vendor's NAICS footprint is concentrated in Support Activities for Forestry (125 of 130 awards), with three repair-related awards rounding out the portfolio.

Combined potential value across the 130-award footprint is $112.6 million, though only $6 million (5%) has been obligated to date, reflecting the heavy weight of large multi-year IDC and BPA ceilings that serve as standing offers rather than committed spend. Recompete exposure from the IDCs awarded in 2023–2024 under the VIPR program begins in mid-2028 as those contracts approach their five-year terms, and the two major stewardship BPAs (Northern Rockies and RMRP, totaling $100 million in ceiling) carry recompete dates of October 2032 and July 2032 respectively. The vendor has established a twenty-year relationship with the Forest Service and holds preferred-vendor status within the VIPR system for rapid dispatch of equipment to support regional and national incidents across the western footprint.

Log Hauling, Fire Fighting, Ore Hauling, Excavation, Loading