J3 Contracting, Inc.

J3 Contracting, Inc., doing business as J3 Contracting, is a small business based in Milton-Freewater, Oregon that provides wildland firefighting equipment rental and operational support to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business set-asides. The company rents and deploys Type 1, 3, 5, and 6 fire engines; water tenders and tactical water tenders; excavators; and associated contractor personnel for wildfire suppression, incident response, prescribed fire operations, and vegetation management across western Forest Service regions spanning Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. J3 Contracting operates without subcontractors, delivering all work directly to federal customers.

J3 Contracting's customer base concentrates heavily on the Department of Agriculture Forest Service across five primary regional offices. Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) leads by award count with 244 awards ($14.6 million combined potential value), followed by Forest Service Region 3 (Southwestern Region) with 199 awards ($10 million), the National Interagency Fire Center with 159 awards ($11.4 million), and Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) with 135 awards ($8.9 million). These four entities account for 87 percent of awards and 89 percent of combined potential value. J3 Contracting also holds smaller positions with Forest Service Region 2 (Rocky Mountain), Region 4 (Intermountain), and Region 8 (Southern), plus the Idaho Region and Department of Interior offices, demonstrating geographic diversity across the western United States.

J3 Contracting holds five primary indefinite-delivery vehicles, all total small business set-asides awarded February 6, 2026, by the National Interagency Fire Center through the Virtual Incident Procurement system. These IDCs are valued at $500,000 each and extend through 2028–2030, covering water handling services and heavy equipment for multiple Forest Service regions. The largest IDC by task-order volume is contract 1202SB22T7912 with 283 task orders totaling $15.9 million in combined potential value; IDC 12837119T7039 carries 179 task orders ($9 million). Representative delivery orders placed under these vehicles include a $253,251.96 firm fixed-price order from Forest Service Region 6 for firefighting equipment rental and operational support (awarded September 14, 2026), a $192,625.00 order from Region 5 (awarded August 27, 2026), and a $242,368.79 order from Region 3 (awarded July 10, 2026). The company also fulfills scattered task orders under blanket purchase agreements and direct purchase orders, including six Type 3 fire engine acquisitions from the Idaho Region (June 1, 2025, ranging $18,000 to $207,500) and two direct purchase orders for wildland firefighting equipment ($13,500 each) from the Forest Service Idaho Region and Department of Interior Idaho Region (May and June 2025).

Recent activity shows steady demand. J3 Contracting received 143 awards in 2024, 82 in 2025, and 91 through September 22, 2026, with combined obligated value of $49.2 million against $55.9 million in total potential value (88 percent obligated). Nearly all awards carry total small business set-aside designations; a minority of recent delivery orders carry no set-aside but are competitively awarded. The contractor's work footprint spans 921 prime awards with zero subcontract activity — the company performs all work directly. NAICS classification 561730 (Support Activities for Forestry) accounts for 892 awards; PSC 3113 (Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression) accounts for 879. Delivery orders are uniformly firm fixed-price, with individual order ceilings ranging from under $5,000 to over $310,000 and ultimate completion dates typically 1–6 weeks from award, reflecting the emergency-response nature of wildland firefighting procurement.