Houde's Excavation LLC

Houde's Excavation LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in Oakland, Oregon, operates as a prime contractor providing heavy equipment services — primarily backhoe operation, excavation support, and water-handling capabilities — to federal land and fire management agencies under Total Small Business set-asides. All eight recent awards (100% of prime work) are set-aside delivery orders and indefinite-delivery contracts; the vendor competes exclusively in the small business set-aside category and does not appear in full-and-open federal procurements.

The vendor's customer base is dominated by natural resources and fire management agencies. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington accounts for two awards worth $40 million in combined potential value, anchored by a $40 million ceiling indefinite-delivery contract for forestry stewardship services awarded August 28, 2026, under NAICS 113310 (Logging) with performance running through August 30, 2036. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center holds three awards ($750 thousand combined potential value) for heavy equipment and water-handling IDIQs serving West Zone regions. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region accounts for three awards ($358 thousand combined potential value) for backhoe services at specific facilities. The BLM award dominates both volume and dollars; the two rankings diverge sharply on potential value, with BLM's single large IDIQ ceiling dwarfing the recurring smaller task orders from USFS fire-management contracts.

Houde's Excavation holds four indefinite-delivery vehicles: the $40 million Forestry Stewardship IDIQ with BLM Oregon-Washington running through August 2036; a $250 thousand West Zone Heavy Equipment with Water contract with the National Interagency Fire Center serving Regions 3, 5, and 6 through August 2030; a $250 thousand Water Handling for Region 6 IDIQ through August 2030; and a $250 thousand Heavy Equipment for West Zone Regions 5 and 6 contract through August 2028. One delivery order has been issued under the BLM IDIQ ($2,500, August 2026); the NIFC water and equipment IDIQs have not yet generated task orders as of the award date. Recent delivery orders include a $31 thousand General Services Administration order (August 2026) and a $50.7 thousand backhoe services order for the Moon Complex in Medford, Oregon (October 2025).

Activity has accelerated sharply — one award in 2024, one in 2025, and six in 2026 — reflecting recent awards of the major forestry and fire-management IDIQs. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $41.1 million, but obligated dollars total only $360 thousand (1% of potential value), indicating that most ceiling value remains unexercised. The vendor operates solely as a prime contractor with no subcontractor relationships in the source data. Work is performed entirely in the Pacific Northwest — Oregon and Washington — with primary operations focused on BLM and USFS facilities and fire-suppression zones.