Ford, Don J

Ford, Don J is a sole proprietorship owned by Don J. Ford that is registered as a minority owned, for-profit small business in SAM.gov. Through prime federal contract awards and task orders under indefinite delivery contracts, Ford provides a variety of equipment, vehicles, and services to support wildland firefighting and incident response for the Department of Agriculture Forest Service.

As a prime contractor, Ford has been awarded numerous firm fixed price delivery orders to provide engines, vehicles, and water handling services. These have supported Forest Service regions including the Pacific Southwest, Southwestern, and National Interagency Fire Center, with performance occurring in locations such as Eureka, CA; Redding, CA; Santa Fe, NM; Capitan, NM; and Albuquerque, NM. The equipment and services are used for wildland fire suppression efforts, with short performance periods aligned with fire season. Set aside designations have included total small business set asides. No subcontractors have been specified on the individual awards.

Ford also holds two indefinite delivery contracts for water handling services, one a total small business set aside contract that covers Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10 through June 2025. Initial task orders under this vehicle were for water handling in Eureka and Redding, CA in August 2022. The second IDV covers water handling for Region 3 through June 2022. Both contracts have a potential value of $250,000 and fall under the Vehicle Incident Prevention and Response Interagency Blanket Purchase Agreement, through which Ford provides the equipment, materials, transportation, personnel, and management needed to meet the Forest Service's mobile water needs for fire suppression.