Forest Management Specialists, LLC

Forest Management Specialists, LLC, a small business sole proprietorship based in Kalispell, Montana, provides wildland fire suppression equipment, heavy machinery, and specialized faller crews to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the National Interagency Fire Center as a prime contractor. The vendor operates entirely under total small business set-asides across its federal footprint and competes exclusively within that category.

Forest Management Specialists' customer base is concentrated with a single agency. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service accounts for 100% of recent awards across three reporting lines: the Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center (13 awards, $4 million combined potential value), the Forest Service's Northern Region (R1) (8 awards, $413 thousand combined potential value), and the broader Forest Service (6 awards, $33 thousand combined potential value). A single Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission award rounds out the portfolio but carries no dollar value in the source.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on fire and incident response resources. Named work includes multiple indefinite-delivery contracts for heavy equipment with water capabilities (dozers, excavators, water trucks, handwashing stations) supporting Forest Service Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 across the East Zone, with contract ceilings ranging from $250 thousand to $500 thousand and performance extending through 2030. Faller crew services appear in separate IDCs for Regions 1, 2, and 4, also valued at $250 thousand to $500 thousand. Recent task orders include a $6,600 purchase order issued August 20, 2026, for a skillet module and faller support; a $13,750 delivery order from September 2022 for forest management specialist services; and a $5,100 delivery order from August 2023 for forest management work in Kalispell. All work is solicited through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system as Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements (I-BPAs) to enable rapid resource mobilization during wildfire and all-hazard incidents.

Activity has grown sharply in the current year — one award in 2024, two in 2025, and seven in 2026 — though the combined obligated dollars across all awards remain modest at $167 thousand (4% of combined potential value of $4.4 million). The vendor holds no position on government-wide vehicles or agency-wide IDIQs; all work flows through Forest Service and NIFC-specific indefinite-delivery contracts. The vendor operates as a 100% prime contractor with no subcontract footprint in the source data.

Fire suppression; forestry support