Flash Excavation Inc.

Flash Excavation Inc., doing business as Gordon Eckel, is a HUBZone-certified small business based in Harpster, Idaho, that provides heavy equipment rental, flash excavation services, and land management support to federal land agencies as a prime contractor operating exclusively under total small business set-asides. The company specializes in deploying excavators, bulldozers, water tenders, and miscellaneous earthmoving equipment to support wildland fire suppression, incident response, and forestry stewardship across the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and interagency fire management programs.

Customer concentration is extreme and geographically focused. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region) accounts for 61 of 113 awards (54% of the portfolio) valued at $55 million in combined potential value, representing 94% of total potential dollars. The National Interagency Fire Center places 12 awards worth $2.6 million, and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region and Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) each hold single-digit awards under $20 thousand. The top three customer agencies represent 99% of combined potential value across nine distinct agencies served.

Flash Excavation Inc. holds seven active indefinite delivery vehicles and one single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement anchoring its federal footprint. The Northern Rockies Stewardship BPA, awarded May 15, 2023, carries a $50 million ceiling running through October 2032 and covers stewardship services across Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Four IDCs awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center in February 2026 carry $500 thousand ceilings each for water handling, heavy equipment, and miscellaneous equipment across East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9. Three additional IDCs with $250 thousand ceilings extend through 2028–2029. Task orders under these vehicles totaled approximately $793 thousand across six primary parent vehicles by dollar concentration. Recent delivery orders include a $72,760 order (Northern Region, September 6, 2025), a $61,460 order (Northern Region, August 18, 2025), a $42,054 order (Northern Region, August 23, 2025), and a $16,780 purchase order (Idaho Region, May 1, 2026).

Activity accelerated sharply in 2025: the vendor received eight awards that year, compared to three in 2024, two in 2023, and three in 2022. The 113 total awards in source data span from 1997 to May 2026, with combined potential value of $58.5 million and combined obligated dollars of $5.5 million (9% of potential). Nearly all work clusters under NAICS 541711 (Support Activities for Forestry) at 75 awards and NAICS 238910 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction) at 17 awards. PSC codes concentrate on natural resources and forest-range fire suppression (48 awards) and other forest range improvements (24 awards). All awards and IDVs carry total small business set-aside designations; the vendor has not competed in full-and-open space. Flash Excavation Inc. is a 100% prime contractor footprint with no recorded sub-awards.

Construction/excavation/brushing