Grizzly Firefighters, Inc.

Grizzly Firefighters, Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned small business based in Salem, Oregon, delivers wildland firefighting services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service across multiple regions as a prime contractor, operating primarily under total small business set-asides on indefinite-delivery vehicles and delivering task orders on a firm fixed-price basis. The company competes across predominantly set-aside IDIQs and blanket purchase agreements rather than full-and-open contracts, though many individual task orders issued against those vehicles carry no set-aside designation at order level.

Grizzly Firefighters' capability portfolio centers on Type 2 and Type 4 wildland firefighter crew deployment, water handling services (including engines and water tenders across multiple types), fire suppression and management support, and all-hazard incident response. Representative work includes a $306,796.84 delivery order from USDA Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) awarded August 17, 2026, for wildland fire and all-hazard incident response with performance in Willows, California; a $278,624.40 delivery order from Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) awarded August 16, 2026, for fire suppression services with performance in Medford, Oregon; and a $272,844.22 delivery order from Region 1 (Northern Region) awarded August 1, 2026, for wildland fire response with performance in Missoula, Montana. The company also holds multiple indefinite-delivery contracts serving as parent vehicles for these task orders, including a $500,000 water handling IDC awarded February 6, 2026 (total small business set-aside, through May 2030) and a $250,000 water handling VIPR I-BPA awarded May 29, 2025 (total small business set-aside, through May 2030).

Customer concentration sits heavily with the Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The top customer by both count and dollars is USDA Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region), representing 109 of 166 awards and $11.9 million in combined potential value (65% of total portfolio). The Forest Service broadly — including regional offices and the National Interagency Fire Center — accounts for 89% of award count and 92% of combined potential value. Secondary customers include USDA Forest Service Region 4 (Intermountain Region) with 13 awards and $2.4 million, USDA Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) with 5 awards and $880 thousand, and Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington with 8 awards and $238 thousand.

Grizzly Firefighters holds five primary vehicle positions. The largest by task-order volume is Indefinite Delivery Contract 1202SC21T2416 (46 task orders, $8 million combined potential value), followed by AG04H1B179530 (15 task orders, $1.6 million), AG04H1B179529 (14 task orders, $1.5 million), AG04H1B179531 (14 task orders, $1.8 million), and AG04H1B179532 (14 task orders, $1.2 million). These vehicles support the Forest Service's standing procurement for wildland firefighting crews and water handling services across regions.

Activity has grown substantially. The company received 6 awards in 2022, 6 in 2023, 24 in 2024, 15 in 2025, and 17 through August 2026. Recent awards show performance largely concentrated in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington) and Intermountain West (Idaho, Montana, California). Recompete exposure within the next twenty-four months is modest — 13 awards with combined potential value of $2.6 million — reflecting the rolling task-order nature of the work and a portfolio dominated by awards extending through May 2026 or 2030. Category concentration is sharp: 162 of 166 awards fall under NAICS 541711 (Support Activities for Forestry), and 160 fall under PSC Natural Resources/Conservation — Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression, indicating a highly specialized single-mission focus. The company carries no subcontractor footprint in the award record and operates entirely as a prime contractor.