Hi Country L.l.c

Hi Country L.L.C., a minority-owned, woman-owned small business based in Omak, Washington, is a wildland fire management equipment and personnel supplier delivering firefighting resources to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor on 252 delivery orders and indefinite delivery contracts. The vendor competes predominantly on full-and-open basis (no set-aside designations on individual delivery orders) but holds multiple indefinite delivery contracts explicitly set aside for total small businesses under the Virtual Incident Procurement system, anchoring its federal posture to small-business-preferred vehicles.

Hi Country specializes in rapid mobilization of critical firefighting assets across multiple western regions. Core offerings include Type 3, 4, 5, and 6 wildland fire engines, water tenders (Types 1, 2, and 3), wood chippers, pickup trucks, and trained personnel for fire suppression, all-hazard incident response, and prescribed project work. Representative delivery orders include a $226.2 thousand order from Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest) in August 2025 for fire engines and equipment, a $225.3 thousand task order for wildland fire management resources in October 2024, and a $160 thousand delivery order in September 2025 for water handling services and personnel. The vendor maintains multiple active indefinite delivery contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center valued at $250 thousand each, covering water handling for Region 6 (Pacific Northwest), East Zone water handling (Regions 1, 2, 4, 9), vehicle-with-driver services for Regions 5 and 6, and chipper services for Regions 5 and 6. All IDC vehicles are firm fixed-price, total small business set-asides with performance periods of three to five years.

Customer concentration sits heavily with the Forest Service. The top two customer organizations account for 93% of recent awards: the Forest Service Region 6 – Pacific Northwest Region (149 awards, $7.6 million combined potential value) and the Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center (51 awards, $4.9 million combined potential value). A distant third tier includes Region 4 (Intermountain), generic Forest Service (non-regional), and Region 5 (Pacific Southwest). The two customer rankings track closely — Region 6 dominates both volume and dollars — and concentration is extreme: the top two customers represent 96% of the combined $15.3 million potential value across all 252 awards.

Activity has remained roughly flat year over year in recent years: 31 awards in 2022, 16 in 2023, 28 in 2024, 28 in 2025, and 5 recorded through April 2026 in the source snapshot. The vendor holds five parent indefinite delivery contract vehicles: IDC 1202SB22T7881 (33 task orders, $2 million combined potential value), IDC 1204H119T7220 (33 task orders, $2 million combined potential value), Blanket Purchase Agreement AG04H1B167404 (28 task orders, $1.1 million combined potential value), IDC 1204H125T7272 (21 task orders, $1.4 million combined potential value), and IDC 1204H118T7204 (16 task orders, $267 thousand combined potential value). All named IDCs and BPAs are total small business set-asides issued through the Virtual Incident Procurement system by the National Interagency Fire Center on behalf of Forest Service regional offices.

Hi Country's capability footprint maps cleanly to two primary NAICS codes: Support Activities for Forestry (194 awards) and All Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation (53 awards). The vendor operates as a 100% prime contractor across all recorded awards; no subcontract work appears in the source. Work is performed across multiple western Forest Service regions, with dispatch centers enabling rapid mobilization of equipment and personnel across geographic zones. The vendor is self-certified as a small disadvantaged business and holds minority-owned and woman-owned designations, anchoring its competitive posture to small-business-preferred vehicles and set-asides reserved for such certifications.