DZS Contracting LLC

DZS Contracting LLC, an Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) based in Clearwater, Idaho, supplies water handling equipment, water tenders, transportation, and trained personnel for wildland fire suppression and emergency response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the National Interagency Fire Center as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business set-asides. The company operates as a sole proprietorship and competes entirely within the small business carve-out.

DZS Contracting's capability footprint is narrowly specialized: water transportation logistics, water handling equipment, materials, and personnel deployment for fire suppression across Forest Service regions in the western and northwestern United States, with primary performance locations in Idaho, Montana, Colorado, and Oregon. Representative work includes a $62,650 delivery order from Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region) awarded August 24, 2026, for water handling and transportation supporting wildfire suppression in Dillon, Montana; a $52,020 delivery order from the same region awarded August 5, 2025, for water tender and equipment support in Kamiah, Idaho; and a $27,214 delivery order from Forest Service Region 2 (Rocky Mountain Region) awarded July 13, 2026, for emergency fire suppression operations in Delta, Colorado. All work documented in the source carries firm fixed-price terms with short performance windows (typically two to four weeks).

Customer concentration is extreme. DZS Contracting serves only the Department of Agriculture Forest Service across five regional subdivisions. The National Interagency Fire Center (Fire and Aviation Management) anchors the portfolio with six awards worth $1.1 million in combined potential value, while Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region) represents fourteen awards worth $770 thousand. The remaining three Forest Service regions collectively account for four awards worth $79 thousand. The vendor holds position on multiple Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) under the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system: a $500,000 multiple-award IDC for water handling across East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 awarded February 6, 2026 and running through May 30, 2030; a $250,000 multiple-award IDC awarded May 30, 2025, also for East Zone water handling through May 30, 2030; and an earlier $250,000 multiple-award IDC awarded May 31, 2022, expiring June 1, 2025. The five most-ordered parent vehicles (all Blanket Purchase Agreements or Indefinite Delivery Contracts under the VIPR structure) account for 19 task orders totaling $525 thousand in combined potential value, representing the core of the vendor's activity.

Activity has accelerated in recent years: one award in 2022, two in 2023, two in 2024, three in 2025, and five awards through August 2026. The combined potential value across all 24 prime awards totals $1.9 million, with $478 thousand obligated as of the source date (25% of potential value), reflecting the high velocity of short-duration emergency delivery orders. The vendor does not engage in subcontracting and has received no federal grants or seats on government-wide vehicles outside the VIPR I-BPA system.