High Country Excavating, Inc.

High Country Excavating, Inc. is a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation registered in SAM.gov, located in Stevensville, Montana, that specializes in providing heavy equipment and services primarily to the U.S. Forest Service. The company focuses on supporting fire suppression, prescribed project work, and emergency response operations across multiple Forest Service regions, delivering specialized forestry equipment and related services to federal agencies. As a small business vendor, High Country Excavating has positioned itself as a critical supplier of essential machinery and equipment for wildland fire management and land management operations.

The company has been awarded several federal contracts, predominantly from the U.S. Forest Service, involving the delivery of specialized equipment such as log processors/delimbers, potable water trucks, and other heavy machinery. These contracts, ranging in value from $28,740 to $115,595, have been primarily concentrated in Forest Service Regions 1 (Northern), 2, and 4 (Intermountain). The contracts are typically firm fixed-price delivery orders or purchase orders, and while most are not set aside, the company has been successful in competing for awards. The equipment supplied includes log processors, water trucks, and various heavy machinery critical for fire management, emergency response, and forest maintenance operations.

High Country Excavating holds three significant Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) with the U.S. Forest Service's National Interagency Fire Center, each with a $250,000 ceiling value and extending through 2028-2030. These multiple-award IDCs are set aside for total small businesses and utilize the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system. The contracts cover the procurement of diverse heavy equipment such as feller bunchers, mulchers, road graders, skidders, dozers, excavators, tractor plows, and potable/gray water truck handwashing stations. These IDCs support fire suppression and all-hazard incident response efforts across Forest Service Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9, with potential optional usage by other federal and state agencies, demonstrating the company's broad operational capacity in supporting federal emergency response needs.