Hart, Chance

Hart, Chance, doing business as Chance Hart Trucking, is a sole proprietorship based in Covelo, California, that specializes in providing heavy equipment rental and transportation services to support federal land management and emergency response operations. The company is registered as a self-certified small disadvantaged business and American Indian-owned enterprise, with its SAM.gov registration set to expire on September 3, 2026. Chance Hart Trucking primarily serves the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service through a portfolio of indefinite delivery contracts and related delivery orders, focusing on logistical support for wildland fire suppression and resource management activities across western Forest Service regions.

Chance Hart Trucking has demonstrated consistent performance through five prime federal contract delivery orders awarded exclusively by the U.S. Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5), with contract values ranging from $13,200 to $96,882. The most recent delivery order, valued at $96,882 and awarded on July 7, 2025, was issued for firm fixed price transportation and heavy equipment services in Redding, California, with completion by July 27, 2025. Prior delivery orders from September 2023 and August 2023 included transportation services valued at $32,900 and $94,000 respectively, also performed in Redding, California. An additional $94,000 delivery order was awarded on August 20, 2023, for similar services in the Redding area. The company also received a $13,200 delivery order on August 4, 2022, for transportation services supporting Forest Service operations in Yreka, California. All delivery orders were structured as firm fixed price contracts with no set-aside designations and no subcontractors identified. The equipment and services provided include dozers, excavators, trucks, and related hauling capabilities deployed to support fire suppression and land management operations.

Chance Hart Trucking currently holds three active indefinite delivery contracts, all structured as multiple-award vehicles with Total Small Business set-asides under firm fixed price arrangements, awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center on behalf of the Forest Service. The most recently awarded IDC, effective June 10, 2023, through June 10, 2028, carries a ceiling value of $250,000 and is designated as a VIPR I-BPA (Vertical Integrated Problem Resolution) for heavy equipment procurement serving Regions 5 and 6 across the western United States. A second IDC, awarded on March 7, 2022, with an ultimate completion date of June 14, 2024, also carries a $250,000 ceiling and covers miscellaneous heavy equipment rental and transportation services across Regions 3, 5, and 6. The third IDC, awarded on June 25, 2021, through June 15, 2023, was a $250,000 VIPR I-BPA specifically for heavy equipment serving Region 5's Pacific Southwest area. These indefinite delivery contracts enable the Forest Service to deploy equipment and personnel on an as-needed basis through delivery orders coordinated via interagency dispatch centers, with individual task orders typically spanning several days to several weeks. The delivery orders issued under these vehicles have supported critical wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response requirements, with the contract vehicles evaluating bidders based on geographic proximity to expected incident locations to maximize response timeliness and minimize travel costs.