Gulf Coast Heavy Equipment / Forestry Services Llc.

Gulf Coast Heavy Equipment / Forestry Services LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) and veteran-owned small business (VOSB) based in Carrabelle, Florida, delivers heavy equipment deployment, qualified operator services, and specialized forestry support to the USDA Forest Service as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The company operates exclusively as a prime across 85 recent awards (100% prime), with no subcontract footprint, performing all work in-house using its own equipment and personnel.

Gulf Coast's customer base is entirely concentrated within the USDA Forest Service ecosystem. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 8 (Southern Region) dominates the award footprint at 75 awards worth $6.5 million combined potential value, accounting for approximately 72% of all awards and 88% of combined potential value. The Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center, which structures the vendor's core indefinite delivery contracts, accounts for 6 awards worth $2.3 million. Smaller allocations flow to Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest, 2 awards, $208 thousand), Region 2 (Rocky Mountain, 1 award, $92 thousand), and the parent Forest Service organization (1 award, $12 thousand). The top two customer sources cover 100% of recent awards and dollars.

Gulf Coast holds six active indefinite delivery contracts awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center under the Vertical Integration Partnership Requirement (VIPR I-BPA) framework, all set aside for total small business participation. Three IDCs each carry $500,000 ceilings (awarded February 6, 2026; completion dates ranging from May 1, 2028 to May 6, 2030); the other three each carry $250,000 ceilings (awarded May 1, 2023, April 22, 2024, and May 6, 2025; completion dates from April 22, 2029 through May 6, 2030). These vehicles cover water handling equipment and personnel, miscellaneous heavy equipment for Region 3 and 8 East Zone, and general heavy equipment for Regions 3 and 8. The top four parent IDCs account for 78 task orders (92% of all awards) worth $6.1 million combined potential value. Delivery orders under these vehicles range historically from approximately $11,300 to $348,100; recent high-value orders include a $651 thousand purchase order for Type 3 excavator and farm tractor equipment (May 16, 2026), a $553 thousand delivery order (February 27, 2026), and a $467 thousand delivery order (October 1, 2025).

Activity has grown sharply year over year — 7 awards in 2023 to 50 in 2026 year-to-date. The vendor supplies dozers, excavators, tractor plows, transport vehicles, water handling systems, and skilled operators capable of extended operational shifts (up to 16-hour daily operations) to support vegetation management, fuels reduction, wildfire suppression, and all-hazard incident response across southeastern public lands spanning approximately 12 million acres across Regions 3 and 8 (eight southeastern states including Florida, Louisiana, Virginia, and Alabama). Place of performance is distributed across multiple Forest Service administrative offices, with primary work sites in Tallahassee, Florida and Montgomery, Alabama. The vendor competes exclusively under total small business set-asides on its IDC awards; recent delivery order task awards from Region 8 have mixed designations, with many carrying no set-aside notation and issued on a firm fixed-price basis to compete unrestricted.

Gulf Coast is self-certified as a small disadvantaged business and holds SBA certifications for both VOSB and SDVOSB through June 22, 2028. The company structure is a limited liability partnership organized as a for-profit entity. NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry) covers 84 of 85 awards; one award uses NAICS for equipment rental. The primary PSC is Natural Resources / Conservation — Forest-Range Fire Suppression / Presuppression.