Idaho Heatseeker, LLC

Idaho Heatseeker, LLC, doing business as Idaho Heatseeker, is a women-owned small business based in Caldwell, Idaho, that operates as a prime contractor supplying wildland fire management equipment, personnel, and logistics support to the U.S. Forest Service across western regions. The company competes predominantly under total small business set-asides on its two largest indefinite delivery contracts and full-and-open on delivery orders.

Idaho Heatseeker's federal footprint is concentrated almost entirely within the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service ecosystem. The top five customer entities by award count account for 80% of recent awards: Forest Service Region 4 (Intermountain Region) holds 92 awards worth $6.6 million; Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station leads by potential value with 89 awards worth $10 million; Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center carries 52 awards worth $2.8 million; Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region accounts for 36 awards worth $1.1 million; and Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) represents 25 awards worth $1.4 million. The two rankings align closely—Rocky Mountain Research Station dominates dollars while Intermountain Region dominates volume—reflecting a deep, multi-region operating relationship focused on prescribed fire and fire suppression support.

Idaho Heatseeker's capability portfolio centers on Type 1, Type 3, Type 4, and Type 6 wildland fire engines, water tenders, equipment tenders, fuel tenders, dozers, and water handling infrastructure, combined with trained firefighting crews and logistics support. Recent representative work includes a $7.5 million multiple-award indefinite delivery contract awarded September 2025 by Rocky Mountain Research Station for prescribed fire and support resources across twelve National Forests in the Intermountain Region; a $500,000 multiple-award IDIQ awarded February 2026 by the National Interagency Fire Center for water handling services across East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9; and a $250,000 multiple-award BPA awarded May 2025 by the National Interagency Fire Center for water handling equipment and services in the same zones. Delivery orders under these vehicles range from a few thousand dollars to over $191,000, supporting rapid-response wildfire suppression, prescribed burning operations, and fire research activities. Performance occurs across the western United States—primarily Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, Oregon, California, and Wyoming—with administrative oversight at Intermountain Region offices.

The vendor's position on parent vehicles is extensive. The Indefinite Delivery Contract 1202SB22T7305 carries 98 task orders worth $5.7 million combined; Blanket Purchase Agreement AG84M8B167042 carries 87 task orders worth $3 million; Indefinite Delivery Contract 1284M819T7084 carries 76 task orders worth $3.1 million; Indefinite Delivery Contract 1202SB25T7823 carries 40 task orders worth $3.3 million; and Blanket Purchase Agreement AG84M8B137062 carries 10 task orders worth $624 thousand. All awards in the source are primes—no subcontract footprint is present.

Activity accelerated significantly in 2024 and 2025, reaching 55 awards each year, compared to 33 in 2022 and 17 in 2023, with 23 awards already in 2026 year-to-date. Only one award completes in the next twenty-four months (potential value $3 thousand), indicating minimal recompete cliff exposure; however, the large, recently awarded IDIQs (February 2026 $500,000 vehicle and September 2025 $7.5 million vehicle) anchor the portfolio through 2028–2030, providing stable task order generation windows.

The vendor's NAICS footprint is concentrated in Support Activities for Forestry (NAICS 115310, 357 of 367 awards), with minor exposure in equipment rental-leasing categories. PSC concentration is overwhelming: Natural Resources/Conservation Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression (PSC 64170, 331 awards) and Fire Fighting Equipment (PSC 4210, 28 awards) account for virtually all work. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $26.7 million, with $17.4 million obligated (65% obligation rate), reflecting the vendor's consistent execution on task orders and active contract utilization.

Wildfire Suppression. Initial & Extended Attack, Structure Protection, Mop Up, Fuels Reduction, Falling, Brushing, Line Construction and Rehab.