Huffman, David A

Huffman, David A, doing business as Minam River Contractors, is a self-certified small disadvantaged business sole proprietorship based in Cove, Oregon, that provides water handling equipment, water tender vehicles, and emergency response support services to the Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides and full-and-open delivery orders. All fifty awards in the source are prime contracts (100% of the footprint), with no subcontract activity. The vendor operates exclusively across NAICS 333618 (Support Activities for Forestry) and primarily PSC ZZ61 (Natural Resources/Conservation – Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression), delivering Type 3–6 engines, Support Water Tenders Type 1–3, Tactical Water Tenders Type 1–2, and associated equipment and personnel for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response across the Western United States, particularly in the Pacific Northwest.

Customer concentration is extreme. The Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) accounts for forty awards and $1.4 million (56% of combined potential value), while the Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center anchors four awards worth $1 million combined potential value. The remaining funding flows through the Forest Service Washington Office and regional offices in smaller tranches. All five distinct customer agencies named are sub-offices within USDA Forest Service, reflecting a single-customer dependency that is decision-relevant for competitive positioning and recompete risk.

Minam River Contractors holds three primary indefinite delivery contracts. The broadest is a VIPR I-BPA (Vendor Indefinite Purchasing Requirement Indefinite Blanket Purchase Agreement) for water handling services covering Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10, awarded in June 2022 with a $250,000 ceiling through June 6, 2025 (ultimate completion date per the source). A second contract, awarded May 29, 2025, provides $250,000 in ceiling value for Region 6 through May 29, 2030. A third, awarded February 6, 2026, carries a $500,000 ceiling for Region 6 water handling equipment through May 29, 2030, also designated total small business set-aside. Against these IDCs, the vendor places rapid-cycle delivery orders ranging from $2,130 to $116,570, with a typical turnaround of days to weeks reflecting emergency incident dispatch. The top parent vehicles are IDC 1202SB22T7895 (16 task orders, $371 thousand combined value), IDC 1204H125T7276 (8 task orders, $374 thousand combined value), and Blanket Purchase Agreement AG04H1B137061 (5 task orders, $80 thousand combined value).

Activity has tracked unevenly: ten awards in 2022, one in 2023, six in 2024, six in 2025, and seven in 2026 year-to-date. Recent awards dated August 2026 (within the past month) total $290,254 across four delivery orders under total small business set-aside, indicating sustained operational engagement. The broader combined potential value across all fifty prime awards is $2.5 million, with $1.1 million obligated (45% drawn down), suggesting the vendor operates against ceiling contracts with intermittent call-down activity aligned to seasonal fire response demand. No recompete cliff data is provided in the source, but the multiple recent awards carry completion dates in August–September 2026, signaling near-term delivery and potential follow-on ordering cycles.