Grizzly Fire Support LLC

Grizzly Fire Support LLC, a woman-owned small business based in Missoula, Montana, delivers wildland fire support services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates as a sole proprietorship LLC and competes 100% within set-aside vehicles, with all nineteen recent awards flowing from USDA Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management programs.

Grizzly Fire Support's capability portfolio centers on mobile communications units, helicopter operations support units, and associated personnel and logistics for wildland fire suppression, all-hazard incident response, and prescribed project work across USDA Forest Service Regions 1 through 6. Recent representative work includes a $27,300 firm fixed-price delivery order under the VIPR I-BPA program issued August 26, 2026, for wildland fire support services with place of performance in Hamilton, Montana (completion September 8, 2026); a $122,570.48 delivery order from July 2024 for wildland fire support services including hay provision and fire support operations in Montana; and a $27,300 VIPR I-BPA task order placed in August 2026.

Customer concentration is extreme. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center accounts for 17 of 19 awards (89% of the portfolio) with $2.4 million combined potential value, and the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 1–Northern Region accounts for the remaining 2 awards ($150 thousand potential value). Both award-count and potential-value rankings are identical — the vendor has zero geographic or agency diversification. Four parent indefinite-delivery and blanket-purchase vehicles anchor the work: a $500,000 multiple-award IDC for mobile communications units (Region 13–National) running through May 2029, a $500,000 multiple-award IDC for helicopter operations support units (Region 13–National) running through May 2029, a $250,000 VIPR I-BPA for mobile communications units (Region 13–National) running through May 2029, and a $250,000 VIPR I-BPA for helicopter operations support units (Region 13–National) running through May 2029. Task orders flow through these vehicles at a modest volume — six task orders under the BPA, four under one IDC, and one each under the other two IDCs.

Activity is sparse and episodic. The vendor recorded nineteen awards since 2014, clustered in 2019 (three awards), 2021 (three awards), 2024 (three awards), and 2026 (three awards to date). Combined potential value across all awards is $2.6 million, with only $400 thousand obligated (16% of ceiling value). The vendor holds no subcontractor positions and operates entirely as a prime. With three awards and $27.3 thousand in potential value placed in August 2026, Grizzly Fire Support remains a niche single-customer vendor dependent on task order volume from USDA Forest Service fire-management programs under small-business-set-aside vehicles serving regional dispatch and fire-suppression operations.