High Desert Hydraulics, Inc.

High Desert Hydraulics, Inc., doing business as High Desert Hydraulic, is a small business prime contractor based in Bend, Oregon that provides hydraulic components, maintenance and repair services, specialized vehicles with drivers, and mechanic support trucks to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the Department of the Interior, competing entirely under Total Small Business set-asides on indefinite-delivery contracts and delivery orders.

The company operates exclusively as a prime contractor — all 49 recent awards are prime contracts or indefinite delivery vehicles with no subcontract footprint. High Desert Hydraulics is a for-profit corporate entity registered in SAM since 2011, with a primary operational focus on wildland firefighting and forestry operations support. Work is concentrated in the Pacific Northwest, primarily Oregon, with secondary activity in California and Idaho. The vendor's capability portfolio centers on three core service areas: potable and gray water trucks with handwashing stations for field incident support; mechanic services with mobile service trucks for rapid maintenance and repair of wildland firefighting equipment; and vehicle-with-driver support for personnel transportation and equipment logistics during active fire suppression and forestry management operations.

Customer concentration is dominated by two divisions within USDA. The Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center anchors the dollar side — 14 awards valued at $2.8 million combined potential value (70% of the vendor's total portfolio) — while the Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6) dominates award volume with 31 awards valued at $1.1 million combined potential value. These two customers account for 100% of awards in the source data. The remaining customers (Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management offices in Idaho Region and Oregon-Washington) collectively represent three awards totaling $62 thousand. The divergence between volume and dollars reflects the vendor's role: Region 6 places frequent small delivery orders ($8,050 to $53,972) against standing IDCs for immediate field needs, while National Interagency Fire Center awards represent the parent IDC vehicles ($250,000 to $500,000 ceilings) against which those delivery orders are issued.

High Desert Hydraulics holds nine active indefinite-delivery contracts, all total-small-business set-asides awarded between June 2023 and August 2026. The five largest by ceiling are: a $500,000 IDC from National Interagency Fire Center for potable and gray water trucks and handwashing stations in Region 6 only (awarded February 2026, completion May 2029); four $250,000 IDCs from National Interagency Fire Center for vehicle-with-driver support (Regions 5 and 6, awarded August 2026, completion August 2031), mechanic-with-service-truck support (Regions 5 and 6, awarded August 2026, completion August 2031; and a prior award June 2023, completion June 2028), and vehicles with drivers (awarded February 2026, completion June 2028); and a $250,000 IDC from National Interagency Fire Center for mechanic services with service trucks (awarded February 2026, completion June 2028). A sixth $250,000 IDC from USDA Forest Service (awarded May 2024, completion May 2029) provides potable and gray water trucks and handwashing stations. The top five parent vehicles by task-order count are five distinct Indefinite Delivery Contracts (12569R23T7120 with seven task orders; 12569R23T7305 with six; 1204H124T7136 with six; 1204H120T7121 with three; 1204H120T7135 with three), collectively spanning 25 delivery orders valued at $643 thousand.

Activity has grown from two awards in 2022 to eleven in 2024, though recent years show volatility (three awards in 2025, nine in 2026 year-to-date). Combined potential value across all awards stands at $4 million, with $804 thousand obligated (20% conversion rate), reflecting the delivery-order-against-IDC structure typical of small-business forestry contracts where significant capacity is reserved but drawn against incrementally during incident response seasons. No recompete cliff is signaled in the source; IDCs run through 2028–2031, creating multi-year revenue visibility under the Total Small Business set-aside umbrella. The vendor's category concentration by NAICS and PSC is wholly aligned with its mission: 21 awards coded to General Automotive Repair, 17 to Ground Passenger Transportation, 10 to Support Activities for Forestry, and 45 awards to the PSC for Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression.