Hofstetter, Derek

Derek Hofstetter, a sole proprietor based in Camp Verde, Arizona, provides mechanical labor, service truck repairs, and preventative maintenance for wildland fire management and incident response operations to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a small-business prime contractor. Hofstetter operates exclusively under full-and-open or total small business set-aside delivery orders; all 27 recent awards are set either to total small business or carry no set-aside designation.

Hofstetter's customer base is entirely concentrated within USDA Forest Service branches. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center dominates potential value with 7 awards worth $1.1 million combined, while the Region 3 Southwestern Region anchors award volume with 18 awards worth $745 thousand. The Region 4 Intermountain Region and the parent Forest Service account for the remaining two awards. This concentration reflects Hofstetter's deep operational specialization: all 27 awards fall under General Automotive Repair (NAICS) and Natural Resources/Conservation Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression (PSC), with no diversification across agency or capability portfolio.

Hofstetter holds three active indefinite-delivery vehicles, all small-business set-aside VIPR I-BPA (Vehicle Incident Prevention and Response Blanket Purchase Agreement) contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center and Forest Service regional offices. The three IDVs each carry a $250,000 ceiling and run through April 2028 or August 2031. The largest by task-order volume is IDC 12837120T7023, which supports 8 task orders totaling $378 thousand; the VIPR I-BPA under IDC 1202SB23T7048 carries 5 task orders worth $141 thousand. Delivery orders under these vehicles typically range from $15,400 to $42,350 and cover mechanical labor, preventative maintenance, vehicle repairs, and service truck operations for firefighting equipment and incident-response vehicles across Arizona and New Mexico.

Recent activity shows modest volatility: two awards in 2021 and 2024, four in 2022, three in 2023 and 2026. Combined potential value across all awards totals $1.9 million, with $646 thousand (33%) obligated. The most recent award—a $42,350 total small business delivery order issued by Forest Service Region 3 on June 21, 2026, under the VIPR I-BPA—completed July 13, 2026. Hofstetter operates no subcontractor relationships and receives no sub-awards; his footprint is entirely prime work on regional Forest Service mechanical-support contracts with no federal vehicle holdings or cross-agency teaming.