45 Contracting LLC

45 Contracting LLC, doing business as 45 Contracting, is a woman-owned small business based in Prairie City, Oregon, that supplies water handling equipment, firefighting vehicles, and personnel to the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response, operating exclusively as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The vendor holds six Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center and the Forest Service Region 6 Pacific Northwest Region, each valued at $250,000 to $500,000, running through 2025–2030, and has drawn approximately $2.9 million across twenty-seven prime awards since 2019.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on fire suppression equipment provisioning and emergency response logistics. Representative work includes a $120,015 delivery order from Forest Service Region 6 (July 2024) for water tenders and firefighting vehicles under the VIPR I-BPA for water handling; a $82,233.76 delivery order (September 2024) for similar water and equipment resources also under Region 6; and a $500,000 Indefinite Delivery Contract awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center (February 2026) for heavy equipment with water capabilities across Regions 3, 5, and 6, designated as a total small business set-aside with performance across western U.S. regions including the Pacific Northwest.

Customer concentration is narrow and immobile. The Department of Agriculture's Forest Service accounts for all twenty-seven awards. The National Interagency Fire Center anchors eight awards carrying $2 million in combined potential value, while Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) carries seventeen awards valued at $830 thousand. The two rankings align tightly — the Interagency Fire Center's multi-regional IDCs represent the vendor's largest ceiling values, while Region 6 delivery orders represent the highest volume of discrete procurement actions.

Vehicle positioning reflects a narrow, specialized footprint. The vendor holds six active IDCs, with the top five vehicles placing between two and six task orders each: IDC 1202SB22T7868 (6 task orders, $193 thousand), IDC 12569R25T7553 (5 task orders, $188 thousand), IDC 1204H119T7234 (3 task orders, $56 thousand), IDC 1202SB22T7724 (2 task orders, $138 thousand), and IDC 1204H125T7115 (2 task orders, $68 thousand). Two IDCs expire in June 2025 (expired as of the current date, October 2026); newer IDCs running through May and June 2030 replace them.

Activity has accelerated in 2026 following a soft 2023. Award volume ran four orders in 2022, one in 2023, five in 2024, four in 2025, and nine through September 2026. Combined potential value is $2.9 million, with $668 thousand obligated (23% capture). All awards carry the total small business set-aside designation or no set-aside; the vendor does not compete in full-and-open procurements. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime; no subcontract work appears in the award history.

Vehicle with Driver for Emergency Incidents