Hightower Construction Inc.

Hightower Construction Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in Corvallis, Oregon, operates exclusively as a prime contractor supplying heavy equipment, equipment operators, and construction services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service for wildfire suppression, emergency response, and infrastructure maintenance across western national forests. The company competes entirely under total small business set-asides on Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) Blanket Purchase Agreements and regional indefinite-delivery contracts issued by the National Interagency Fire Center and Forest Service regions.

Hightower's federal footprint is concentrated geographically and organizationally. All 27 recent awards derive from four subdivisions of USDA Forest Service: the National Interagency Fire Center (8 awards, $2.8 million combined potential value), Region 6 Pacific Northwest (16 awards, $1.4 million), Region 3 Southwestern (2 awards, $175 thousand), and Region 5 Pacific Southwest (1 award, $44 thousand). The top two customers account for 100% of awards and combined potential value. Hightower's work is uniform across the portfolio — firm fixed-price delivery orders for dozers, excavators, tractor plows, and transport vehicles with operators supporting seasonal wildland fire suppression and disaster response. Representative recent work includes a $112,820 delivery order from Forest Service Region 6 (August 29, 2026) for heavy equipment support in Sandy, Oregon under a total small business set-aside VIPR BPA; a $203,000 order from the same region (August 5, 2024) for similar services; and a $168,898 order from Region 6 (September 9, 2025) for equipment and operators in Springfield, Oregon. All work is classified under NAICS 238910 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC 5461 (Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression).

Hightower holds six active indefinite-delivery contracts awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center, each valued at $250,000 to $500,000 and designated as total small business set-asides running through 2028 or 2029. Three contracts (awarded February 6, 2026) cover heavy equipment for Region 6 only ($500,000 ceiling), West Zone Regions 5 and 6 ($500,000 ceiling), and Regions 3 and 8 ($500,000 ceiling). Three earlier contracts (awarded May through June 2023) carry the same regional scopes with $250,000 ceilings. The top parent vehicle (IDC 1202SB21T7916) has generated 10 task orders totaling $716 thousand in combined potential value; the next two vehicles (1204H124T7117 and 1204H126T7682) have generated 7 task orders totaling $703 thousand combined. Activity has averaged 4 to 7 awards per year across 2022–2023, declined to 3 awards each in 2024–2025, and recovered to 6 awards in 2026. Hightower has no subcontract footprint—all 27 awards are direct prime contracts with no sub-award activity recorded. The company operates as 100% prime with zero sub engagement.