Franklin-Owens, Don Jesse

Franklin-Owens, Don Jesse, a sole proprietorship based in Arenas Valley, New Mexico, operates exclusively as a prime contractor delivering wildland fire suppression logistics, incident management support, water handling, recycling, refuse collection, and related emergency-response services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. All 84 awards in the source record (combined potential value $6.2 million) are prime contracts under the total small business set-aside designation, with 49% of potential value obligated to date.

Franklin-Owens' customer base is concentrated almost entirely within the Forest Service. The top five Forest Service buying offices account for 94% of awards: the R3-Southwestern Region (59 awards, $2.9 million combined potential value) dominates both volume and dollars, followed by the Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center (11 awards, $2.4 million). The R4-Intermountain Region, Federal Fire and Aviation Management, and the broader Forest Service organization collectively represent the remaining concentration. The vendor has worked with ten distinct federal customer agencies, but the Forest Service represents at least 97% of combined potential value.

Franklin-Owens holds multiple Indefinite Delivery Contracts under the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) Incident Blanket Purchase Agreement framework, all designated as total small business set-asides with $250,000 to $500,000 ceilings. Recent IDC awards include a $500,000 water-handling IDC for Regions 3 and 8 (February 2026, completion May 2030), a $500,000 potable and gray water truck/handwashing station IDC for Region 3-East Zone (February 2026, completion May 2029), a $250,000 water-handling IDC for Regions 3 and 8 (May 2025, completion May 2030), and a $250,000 potable and gray water IDC for Region 3-East Zone (May 2024, completion May 2029). The top five parent vehicles carry 39 task orders and $1.7 million in combined potential value. These vehicles are primarily VIPR incident blanket purchase agreements and IDCs issued through the National Interagency Fire Center, enabling rapid procurement of emergency-response resources across multiple Forest Service regions.

Activity has remained modest and relatively flat over the past five years—nine awards in 2022, four in 2023, ten in 2024, six in 2025, and six so far in 2026—with combined potential value of $6.2 million. Recent representative work includes a $664,610 purchase order for refuse collection and staffing services supporting the Calf Canyon incident (May–October 2022), a $226,253 BPA call for dumpster services for the incident program (June 2022), a $133,682 delivery order for unspecified goods and services to the R4-Intermountain Region (October 2024), a $68,660 delivery order for wildland fire suppression and logistical support in the Southwestern Region (June 2025), and two recent June 2026 delivery orders valued at $22,000 and $18,400 under total small business set-aside designations.

Franklin-Owens' capability portfolio aligns with NAICS 238990 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC Q250 (Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression), with 68 of 84 awards coding to fire suppression or presuppression. The vendor delivers equipment, personnel, transportation, lodging, and certified personnel for water handling (water tenders, potable and gray water truck/handwashing stations), on-site recycling at incident base camps, refuse collection, staffing, and related logistical support for wildland fire emergency response and all-hazard incident operations across Forest Service Regions 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10. The vendor has been registered with SAM.gov since 2004 and operates with firm fixed-price structures across purchase orders, delivery orders, and BPA calls, with rates typically reviewed and adjusted annually by the Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management Regional Program Office. All work is performed at dispersed incident locations throughout the Southwest and Intermountain regions, with recent performance locations in Silver City, Alamogordo, Santa Fe, Jackson, and Redding.