Hart Ventures Inc.

Hart Ventures Inc., doing business as A-1 Fire Services, is a Women-Owned Small Business based in Lolo, Montana, that delivers wildland fire suppression equipment, water handling resources, fuel tenders, and firefighting personnel to federal land management agencies as a prime contractor operating entirely under total small business set-asides through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system and related Forest Service Indefinite Delivery Contracts.

Hart Ventures operates as a Subchapter S corporation and holds SBA certification as a women-owned small business. The vendor's 374 prime awards span a combined potential value of $23.1 million with $10.8 million obligated, concentrated almost entirely in wildland fire suppression and presuppression work classified under NAICS 238990 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation-Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression. The source documents Hart Ventures as a specialized contractor since at least 2004, with headquarters in Lolo, Montana and operational footprint across multiple western states. Concrete capability delivery includes water tenders, Type 3 through Type 6 fire engines, fuel tenders, potable and gray water trucks with handwashing stations, skidgines and heavy equipment with water capabilities, and trained wildland firefighting crews available for extended shifts to support fire suppression, all-hazard incident response, and prescribed project work.

Customer concentration is pronounced. The top five funding agencies and components account for 91% of combined potential value: the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 1 Northern Region anchors the portfolio with 198 awards valued at $6.8 million combined potential value; the Department of Agriculture Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center (via VIPR) carries 79 awards at $6.4 million; the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas holds 8 awards at $6 million; the Department of the Interior National Park Service Intermountain Region carries 2 awards at $940 thousand; and the Forest Service Intermountain Region (Region 4) holds 8 awards at $864 thousand. Hart Ventures works across 17 distinct customer agencies but the vast majority of revenue flows through Forest Service Northern Region and the VIPR system managed by the National Interagency Fire Center.

Hart Ventures holds nine active Indefinite Delivery Contracts issued through VIPR, all structured as total small business set-asides with $250,000 to $500,000 ceiling values and performance periods of three to five years. The vehicles cluster by asset class and region: fuel tenders for Regions 1, 2, and 4; heavy equipment with water for Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 East Zone; water handling for East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9; and potable and gray water trucks with handwashing stations for Regions 1, 2, and 4. Top parent vehicles by task-order volume include IDC 12034319T7068 (83 task orders, $2.1 million combined value), BPA AG0343B167069 (43 task orders, $1.7 million), IDC 1202SB23T7028 (12 task orders, $1.1 million), IDC 1202SB25T7851 (14 task orders, $369 thousand), and IDC 1202SB22T7293 (17 task orders, $338 thousand). Representative delivery orders span from under $1,000 for incident-related equipment purchases to $350,000 for extended wildfire operations, with recent awards from August and September 2026 valued at $30,875 to $105,229 for water tenders and firefighting crews in Dillon and Hamilton, Montana, and Delta, Colorado.

Activity trajectory shows volatility tied to seasonal fire demand: 31 awards in 2022, a drop to 10 in 2023, recovery to 33 in 2024, 19 in 2025, and 38 awards through September 2026. Hart Ventures operates as a 100% prime contractor with no documented subcontract work. The vendor competes predominantly under total small business set-asides; nearly all task orders issued under its VIPR IDCs carry set-aside designations, though individual delivery orders sometimes lack explicit set-aside notation while remaining drawn from set-aside parent vehicles. The contractor's federal footprint concentrates geographically on Forest Service Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8, with operational presence confirmed in Montana, Idaho, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona.

Wildland Fire Equipment Contractor, Potable Water Contractor, Fuel Tender Contractor