Iron Ox Excavation LLC

Iron Ox Excavation LLC, a small-business-set-aside contractor based in Plains, Montana, holds three firm fixed-price indefinite-delivery contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) for heavy equipment and water-handling procurement across East Zone fire management regions, all awarded in the summer of 2026 and totaling $750 thousand in ceiling value. The vendor operates as a prime contractor exclusively, holding no subcontract positions in the federal space.

Iron Ox is structured as a limited liability partnership or Subchapter S corporation and competes under Total Small Business set-asides. All three recent awards target wildfire suppression and fire management support: a miscellaneous heavy equipment contract for Regions 1, 2, and 4 (ceiling $250 thousand, performance through August 2029); a heavy equipment contract covering Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 (ceiling $250 thousand, performance through June 2028); and a water-handling contract for Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 (ceiling $250 thousand, performance through July 2030). The vendor's federal footprint is highly concentrated: one hundred percent of awards fund the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management mission through NIFC, and all work falls under NAICS 332311 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation fire-suppression activity codes.

Activity is nascent — all three awards clustered within ten days in late July and early August 2026 — indicating Iron Ox has just entered the federal prime contracting space. The earliest performance completion date falls in June 2028, suggesting potential recompete opportunity within twenty-four months on the second-awarded contract. No parent vehicle or teaming relationships are present in the source data.