Hamilton George

Hamilton George, operating as Sierra Retree, a veteran-owned small business sole proprietorship based in Tollhouse, California, provides pickup trucks, vans, and sport utility vehicles with professional drivers to support wildland firefighting and emergency response operations across the western United States as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The vendor competes exclusively within set-aside vehicles and has received all ten recent awards under small business designations.

Sierra Retree's customer footprint is entirely concentrated within the Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The National Interagency Fire Center accounts for six awards with $1 million combined potential value, the Forest Service's R5-Pacific Southwest Region has placed three awards totaling $33 thousand, and the Federal Fire and Aviation Management program has issued one award for $150 thousand — representing 100% of the vendor's recent federal activity. The vendor holds three multiple-award indefinite delivery contracts through the National Interagency Fire Center: two $250,000 vehicles-with-drivers IDVs for Forest Service Regions 5 and 6 (West Zone) awarded February 6, 2026 (expiring June 7, 2028) and August 18, 2026 (expiring August 18, 2031), and a prior $250,000 IDV awarded June 7, 2023 (expiring June 7, 2028). Across these combined IDVs, only approximately 3% of the $750,000 in total ceiling value has been obligated to date, reflecting the indefinite delivery structure with sparse task-order draw. Recent delivery orders include a $17,176 firm fixed-price call issued September 1, 2025, by Forest Service Region 5 for vehicle and driver support in Clovis, California, and a $14,295 delivery order awarded September 3, 2026, for vehicle and driver support in wildland firefighting operations in Solvang, California.

Activity is sporadic — one award in 2018, three in 2020, a gap through 2022, one in 2023, one in 2025, and three in 2026. Combined potential value across all ten awards stands at $1.2 million, with only $42 thousand obligated. Work is performed entirely under NAICS All Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation (485999) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation-Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression.