Gauge Robert Owen

Gauge Robert Owen, doing business as Smokey Mountain Construction, is a self-certified small disadvantaged business sole proprietorship based in Central Point, Oregon, that supplies water handling equipment and miscellaneous heavy equipment for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response to the U.S. Forest Service across the Pacific Northwest Region. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) under total small business set-asides and holds four active indefinite-delivery contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center valued at $1.5 million combined, all set aside for small business.

Smokey Mountain Construction's customer footprint is concentrated in a single federal agency. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service accounts for 100% of recent awards split between the Pacific Northwest Region (8 awards, $299 thousand combined potential value) and the Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center (4 awards, $1.5 million combined potential value). The National Interagency Fire Center IDVs anchor the dollar value — the vendor holds two water-handling equipment contracts (one with a $500,000 ceiling awarded February 2026 and one with a $250,000 ceiling awarded May 2025, both running through 2029–2030) and two miscellaneous heavy equipment contracts (one with a $500,000 ceiling awarded February 2026 and one with a $250,000 ceiling awarded May 2024, both running through 2029–2030), all structured as multiple-award IDCs set aside for small business.

Recent task orders against these vehicles include a $104,674 delivery order from Region 6 for water handling equipment placed in July 2025, a $78,677 delivery order from Region 6 for water and heavy equipment placed in July 2026, and a $30,112 delivery order from Region 6 for fire suppression services placed in August 2026. All work is performed in the Pacific Northwest region, with performance locations including Lakeview, Roseburg, Medford, and Wenatchee. Activity has grown from one award in 2024 to six in 2026 (most recent August 16, 2026). The vendor operates under NAICS 238910 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC code P100 (Natural Resources/Conservation — Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression). Twelve awards have been obligated at $299 thousand against a combined potential value of $1.8 million, representing 17% utilization to date.