Hanson, Wendy C

Hanson, Wendy C, doing business as Wendy's Division, is a woman-owned small disadvantaged business sole proprietorship based in Joshua Tree, California, that provides pickup trucks, utility vehicles, off-highway vehicles, and qualified operators to the U.S. Forest Service for wildfire suppression and all-hazard incident response operations, operating exclusively as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides and competitive full-and-open delivery orders.

Hanson's customer base is wholly concentrated within the Department of Agriculture Forest Service. Of the vendor's 32 prime awards, 97% are concentrated among Forest Service regional and national fire management programs. The National Interagency Fire Center (Fire and Aviation Management) anchors the dollar value with three IDC awards totaling $8 million combined potential value, while Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) and Region 3 (Southwestern Region) collectively account for 16 delivery orders worth $499 thousand in combined potential value. This concentration reflects Hanson's specialization: the vendor holds two active Indefinite Delivery Contracts under the VIPR I-BPA (Vehicle with Driver) program — a $7.5 million nationwide IDC for off-highway vehicles awarded May 22, 2023 (ultimate completion December 31, 2026), and a $250,000 Region 3-specific IDC for pickup and stake side vehicles with drivers awarded April 27, 2023 (ultimate completion April 27, 2028). Against these IDCs, task orders place delivery-order work under BPAs AG9J61B147292 (nine task orders, $82 thousand combined potential value), 1202RZ23T0042 (eight task orders, $130 thousand combined potential value), and smaller regional vehicles. Recent representative prime awards include a $100,244 purchase order from Forest Service Region 3 for pickup trucks and operators in the Calf Canyon incident area (April 26, 2022); a $21,924 delivery order from Region 5 for vehicle and operator services in Solvang, California (August 3, 2025); and two $13,734 delivery orders issued June 27, 2026 under total small business set-asides for Sierra Vista, Arizona incident response. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $8.8 million, with $453 thousand obligated to date (5% utilization), reflecting the on-demand nature of incident-driven contracting.

Activity has remained modest but consistent over the past five years — one award in 2022, three in 2023, one in 2024, four in 2025, and four in 2026 — with all thirty-two awards held as prime contracts (zero subcontract exposure). The vendor operates within NAICS 488410 (All Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation) for most awards and 799900 (Truck, Utility Trailer, and RV Rental and Leasing) for a secondary share, with PSC codes concentrated in natural resources and conservation forestry suppression and equipment rental. Hanson has been registered in SAM.gov since October 2008 and maintains a narrow, specialized federal footprint centered on emergency vehicle logistics for wildland fire management across the Pacific Southwest and Southwestern Forest Service regions.