Omar Gonzalez

Omar Gonzalez, operating as Wildland Firefighter, is a small business sole proprietorship based in Ruidoso, New Mexico, that delivers wildland firefighting services and specialized equipment exclusively as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The vendor supplies Type 3 and Type 6 fire engines, water tenders, trained firefighting crews, and incident response personnel for fire suppression and all-hazard emergency response across Forest Service regions, with 100% of its 88 recent awards held as a prime (zero subcontract activity).

Customer concentration is extreme: the top five Forest Service entities account for 84% of awards by count and 91% of combined potential value ($5.7 million). The National Interagency Fire Center (12 awards, $2.5 million combined potential value) anchors the dollars, while the Southwestern Region (Region 3) drives volume with 36 awards valued at $1.6 million combined. The Rocky Mountain Region (Region 2), broader Forest Service entities, and the Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5) round out the active set. All customer agencies are within the Department of Agriculture Forest Service.

Wildland Firefighter holds positions on seven Vehicle Incident Prevention and Response (VIPR) Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements and Indefinite Delivery Contracts across Forest Service East Zone (Regions 1, 2, 4, 8, and 9) and West Zone (Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10) geographic footprints. Recent IDV awards include two $500,000 contracts (February 2026 and February 6, 2026) for water handling in East Zone and West Zone operations running through May 2030, and one $250,000 contract (May 2025) for East Zone water handling also through May 2030 — all designated as multiple-award total small business set-asides. Task orders under these vehicles range from roughly $9,600 to $83,091 with firm fixed-price structures and one- to three-week completion cycles. The top five parent vehicles account for 58 task orders and $1.87 million in combined potential value, with Blanket Purchase Agreement AG8371B167019 alone supporting 19 task orders valued at $428 thousand.

Representative delivery orders include a $173,100 July 2026 order from the Pacific Northwest Region (ultimate completion September 3, 2026) for Type 3 and Type 6 fire engines and water tenders; a $71,899 July 2026 order from the Rocky Mountain Region (completion July 17, 2026); and a $73,500 May 2026 order from the Southwestern Region (completion June 7, 2026). Three June 2025 purchase orders valued at $45,650, $37,350, and $44,100 supplied Type 6 engines to the Idaho Region and Southwestern Region. Activity has remained relatively flat across the past five years (2022: 9 awards; 2023: 8 awards; 2024: 7 awards; 2025: 6 awards; 2026: 8 awards to date), with an obligated amount of $2.5 million against $5.7 million in combined potential value. The vendor operates exclusively under total small business set-asides across its entire footprint, with NAICS 541512 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC natural resources and conservation for forest-range fire suppression and presuppression as the dominant classifications. Place of performance spans western national forests with flexibility to meet regional dispatch-center requirements and optional utilization by the Department of Interior, National Park Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs.