Hughes, Patrick

Patrick Hughes Construction Division, doing business as Patrick Hughes Trucking & Excavating, provides heavy equipment, water handling systems, transportation, and excavation support for wildland fire suppression and emergency response to the U.S. Forest Service and federal land-management agencies as a sole-proprietor prime contractor operating under total small business set-asides on multiple-award indefinite delivery contracts and blanket purchase agreements. The vendor is a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Powell Butte, Oregon, competing exclusively in set-aside vehicles and delivering support activities for forestry under primary NAICS 54191 (Support Activities for Forestry).

Patrick Hughes operates across four federal customer agencies, with concentration in Forest Service Region 6 Pacific Northwest. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region accounts for 47 of 61 awards (77% of the active portfolio by count) and $2 million in combined potential value; the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center holds 7 awards valued at $1.1 million; and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington has placed 4 awards totaling $68 thousand. The rankings by award count and by dollar value track closely, indicating consistent small-order engagement across all customer agencies. Combined potential value across the entire footprint is $3.2 million, with $1.5 million obligated to date.

Patrick Hughes holds positions on five primary indefinite delivery contracts and blanket purchase agreements. The highest-traffic vehicle is Indefinite Delivery Contract 1202SB22T7896, which has generated 11 task orders totaling $377 thousand combined potential value; this is the Forest Service R6 heavy-equipment VIPR I-BPA awarded in June 2022 under total small business set-aside with a $250,000 ceiling, extended through June 2025. Blanket Purchase Agreement AG04H1B167249 accounts for 8 task orders and $158 thousand. Indefinite Delivery Contracts 1204H119T7226 and 1204H120T7222 have generated 5 task orders each, valued at $84 thousand and $135 thousand respectively. Representative work includes a $219,085 firm fixed-price delivery order from Forest Service R6 awarded September 12, 2024, for water tenders, excavators, trucks, and water-handling services for wildland fire response at Prineville, Oregon, with ultimate completion November 20, 2024; a $65,550 delivery order from the same region in August 2023 for wildfire support equipment; and a $6,580 recent delivery order from Forest Service R6 awarded May 3, 2026, also under total small business set-aside, completing May 6, 2026.

Activity contracted sharply after 2023, dropping from 8 awards in 2022 and 4 in 2023 to 7 in 2024, 1 in 2025, and 1 in 2026 to date. No recompete cliff is evident in the near term; the portfolio consists entirely of delivery orders against standing IDCs and BPAs rather than standalone competitions. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint; all 61 awards are prime positions. Patrick Hughes competes without exception under total small business set-asides and does not pursue full-and-open federal work.