High Country Earth Works LLC

High Country Earth Works LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Lolo, Montana, provides heavy equipment and personnel services for federal wildfire suppression, all-hazard incident response, and prescribed burn project work exclusively as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides. The vendor competes entirely within small-business reserved vehicle space and holds no subcontractor relationships.

High Country Earth Works operates in a narrow, specialized federal market. All seven recent awards concentrate with the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service, specifically the National Interagency Fire Center (six awards, $2.3 million combined potential value) and the Forest Service R1-Northern Region (one award, $62,910). The vendor's capability footprint is NAICS 332311 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression, rooted in equipment logistics and incident-response personnel. Representative work includes a $750,000 multiple-award IDIQ awarded February 6, 2026, for heavy equipment with water services covering USDA Forest Service Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 in the East Zone, running through May 21, 2030; a $500,000 IDIQ awarded the same date for miscellaneous heavy equipment (feller bunchers, mulcher/masticators, road graders, skidders) across Regions 1, 2, and 4 through May 14, 2029; and a $62,910 delivery order from the Department of Interior's Northern Region (Region 1) issued August 8, 2026, for performance in Dillon, Montana, completing August 22, 2026. The vendor also holds a $250,000 BPA for Heavy Equipment Task Force services under the Virtual Incident Procurement system, awarded August 11, 2026, through June 1, 2030.

Activity has accelerated recently—one award in 2024, one in 2025, and five in 2026—but total obligated dollars remain minimal at $63,000 (3% of $2.3 million combined potential value), indicating these IDIQs function as standing capacity agreements with low current burn. The vendor holds no position on government-wide vehicles, GSA Schedules, or multi-agency IDIQs; all work flows through Forest Service and Interior fire-management IDIQs reserved for small business. This specialization creates deep dependency on the National Interagency Fire Center customer and tight geographic focus on northern and northwestern regions, with no apparent diversification into other federal customers or mission areas.