Gila Ventures LLC

Gila Ventures LLC, a Colorado Springs-based sole proprietorship and service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) and veteran-owned small business (VOSB), delivers wildland fire suppression and emergency response logistics exclusively to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor, competing under total small business set-asides across all federal awards. The company is also self-certified as a small disadvantaged business; its SBA certifications expire October 12, 2028.

Gila Ventures operates in a narrow, specialized capability niche: trailer-mounted potable and gray water trucks with integrated handwashing stations, pickup and stake-side vehicles with certified drivers, water handling equipment and personnel, and vehicle transportation services for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response. All 31 awards in the source are priced firm fixed price and classified under NAICS Support Activities for Forestry (25 awards) or All Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation (6 awards), with PSC coding uniformly mapped to Natural Resources/Conservation–Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression. Representative work includes a $55,000 delivery order from Forest Service Region 3 in May 2026 for wildland fire suppression support in Alamogordo, New Mexico; a $36,000 order from Region 3 in May 2026 for trailer-mounted water truck and personnel deployment; and a $32,218.67 order from Region 3 in August 2026 for specialized wildland fire logistics under a National Interagency Fire Center contract vehicle.

Customer concentration is absolute: the Department of Agriculture Forest Service accounts for 100% of awards, with the Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center anchoring the dollar value at $2.8 million combined potential value across 9 awards (primarily multiple-award indefinite delivery contracts), while regional Forest Service offices—Southwestern Region (Region 3), Rocky Mountain Region (Region 2), and Southern Region (Region 8)—drive task order volume at $272 thousand, $106 thousand, and $31 thousand combined potential value respectively. The top five customer components cover 100% of awards.

Gila Ventures holds six parent indefinite delivery contracts awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center between February 2026 and August 2026, each with a $250,000 or $500,000 ceiling under total small business set-aside. These vehicles carry titles scoped to equipment and regional combinations: Vehicle with Driver for Region 3 (pickup and stake-side, $250,000 ceiling expiring April 27, 2028); Water Handling for Regions 3 and 8 ($250,000 and $500,000 variants, expiring May 2030); Potable and Gray Water Truck/Handwashing Station for Regions 1, 2, and 4 ($250,000 and $500,000 variants, expiring May 2029); and Vehicle with Driver for East Zone Regions 3 and 8 ($250,000 ceiling expiring August 1, 2031). The source also references an older Water Handling contract for East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, 8, and 9 ($250,000 ceiling, expired June 1, 2025). Work flows through Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements with optional use extended to the Department of Interior, National Park Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Activity accelerated sharply in 2026—19 awards year-to-date through September, up from 1 in 2024 and 2 in 2025—driven by newly awarded multiple-award IDIQ vehicles and seasonal incident response demand across Forest Service regions in New Mexico, Colorado, and Virginia. The combined potential value across all awards is $3.2 million, with $456 thousand obligated to date (14% of potential), indicating early-stage drawdown against the indefinite delivery vehicles. No subcontract activity appears in the source; Gila Ventures operates as a 100% prime contractor footprint. The vendor holds no GWACs, no agency-wide vehicles, and no positions on multi-agency schedules—all work is called against Forest Service–specific or National Interagency Fire Center indefinite delivery contracts scoped to wildland fire support.