Anna L Frost

Anna L Frost, doing business as Backcountry Support Systems, is a woman-owned small business sole proprietor based in Carter, Montana, that provides mobile shower facilities, potable water services, equipment rentals, and logistical support infrastructure to the U.S. Forest Service as a prime contractor on a $23.5 million multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract set aside for total small business concerns. All 52 of the vendor's recent federal awards are prime contracts issued by the Department of Agriculture Forest Service, primarily through the National Interagency Fire Center.

Backcountry Support Systems operates almost entirely within the wildland fire and all-hazard emergency response ecosystem. The vendor holds a dominant position on the National Mobile Shower Facilities IDC awarded April 15, 2024, running through December 31, 2028, which anchors 28 delivery orders worth approximately $1.2 million combined potential value — this vehicle is the core of the business. The remaining 24 awards split across two additional Forest Service IDCs (16 task orders worth $877 thousand and 2 task orders worth $439 thousand combined). Recent representative delivery orders include a $100,916 order from Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) awarded August 19, 2026, for mobile shower facilities and logistical support; a $117,384 order from the same region dated September 2, 2025; and a $26,214 order from Region 1 (Northern Region) dated August 16, 2026. Delivery order values have ranged from $4,100 to $117,384, with firm fixed-price pricing and performance periods typically aligned to fire seasons and emergency response timelines.

Customer concentration is absolute: the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center accounts for 30 awards and $30.1 million of the combined potential value (96% of the portfolio). Regional Forest Service offices (Pacific Northwest, Northern, and Intermountain regions) hold the remaining 22 awards, collectively worth $1.1 million. This single-customer, single-use-case dependency is balanced by geographic diversity — Backcountry Support Systems performs work across Montana, Oregon, Idaho, Washington, and California to support field personnel in multiple regions.

Activity has been uneven in the recent window: four awards in 2022, ramping to nine in 2024, then declining to four in 2025 and four in 2026 year-to-date. Combined potential value across all 52 awards stands at $31.3 million, but only $4.2 million (13%) has been obligated to date, reflecting the delivery-order structure where orders are drawn against the IDC as demand arises during fire seasons. The vendor has no subcontract footprint and competes exclusively as a prime under full-and-open vehicle placements with small-business set-asides. Place of performance spans western field locations including Sandy, Oregon; Helena, Montana; Baker City, Oregon; Wenatchee, Washington; Worland, Wyoming; and Springfield, Oregon, with administrative operations in Carter, Montana. The vendor has served the Forest Service continuously since at least 2022, with all awards denominated in NAICS 561710 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC code for Natural Resources/Conservation — Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression.