ESB Management LLC

ESB Management LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Meridian, Idaho, provides wildland fire suppression and incident response support services to the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides and full-and-open designations. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) and delivers specialized equipment, personnel, and logistics across Forest Service regions in the Western U.S.

ESB Management's capability footprint centers on water handling equipment deployment, certified fire suppression personnel, chipper equipment, potable and gray water truck and handwashing station support, transportation services, and general management services for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response. Representative work includes a $53,100 delivery order from the Intermountain Region for wildland fire suppression support in Price, Utah (August 2026), a $54,000 delivery order from the Rocky Mountain Region for incident response operations in Delta, Colorado (July 2026), and multiple prior delivery orders ranging from $9,738 to $106,372 under Forest Service water handling and equipment IDCs. The vendor also holds three multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) with $500,000 ceilings awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center in February 2026 for water handling, chipper equipment, and potable/gray water trucks across Forest Service East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9, running through 2029 or 2030 under total small business set-asides.

Customer concentration sits heavily with the Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The top five funding entities account for 97% of combined potential value. The National Interagency Fire Center leads on potential value with 7 awards worth $2.5 million, while the Forest Service's Intermountain Region (Region 4) leads on award count with 23 awards totaling $1 million in combined potential value. The Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region places 7 awards valued at $277 thousand, and the Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5) holds 3 awards worth $157 thousand. The vendor's capability and customer profile are regionally concentrated in the Western U.S. National Forests and adjacent Bureau of Land Management lands.

Activity has grown sharply since 2022. The vendor recorded six awards in 2022, two in 2023, eighteen in 2024 (a threefold jump), eight in 2025, and nine in 2026 year-to-date. The awards cluster around fire season procurement cycles and emergency incident response windows. Combined potential value across all 43 awards totals $4.2 million, with $1.7 million obligated to date (40% of potential). ESB Management places task orders against five named IDC vehicles, with the largest volume against Indefinite Delivery Contract 1202SB22T7309 (15 task orders, $799 thousand) and 1202SB24T7589 (8 task orders, $312 thousand).

ESB Management competes across both total small business set-asides and full-and-open designations. Recent awards include $53,100, $54,000, and $49,536 delivery orders under total small business set-asides placed against Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, alongside purchase orders and delivery orders issued without set-aside designation at the regional level. The vendor's NAICS footprint is concentrated in Support Activities for Forestry (43 awards), with PSC coding split between Natural Resources/Conservation – Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression (36 awards) and Fire Fighting Equipment (7 awards). Place of performance spans Boise, Idaho; Price, Utah; Monroe, Utah; Delta, Colorado; Jackson, Wyoming; and scattered locations across Regions 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 of the National Forest System.