James E Woodward Inc.

James E Woodward Inc., a small-business prime contractor based in Lakeview, Oregon, supplies specialized heavy equipment and trained operators for wildland fire suppression and emergency incident response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and interagency partners, competing exclusively under total small-business set-asides on multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts and Blanket Purchase Agreements through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system. The vendor holds no subcontract footprint; all 90 awards in the source are prime deliveries, with 97% of recent activity concentrated in two customer lines.

James E Woodward Inc. operates as a for-profit corporation registered in SAM.gov since 2004 and classified under NAICS 541712 (Support Activities for Forestry), with secondary NAICS exposure in equipment rental and leasing. The vendor's core capability is the supply and operation of Type 2 Skidgines, dozers, and excavators equipped with water systems, deployed with trained crews capable of up to 16-hour daily operational shifts for initial and extended attack during wildfire and all-hazard incidents. Representative recent prime work includes a $186.3 thousand delivery order to Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest) in July 2025 for equipment and operators at Prineville, Oregon; a $133.8 thousand delivery order from the National Interagency Fire Center in August 2021 for a Type 2 Skidgine; and a $27.6 thousand delivery order to Region 6 in June 2026 under total small-business set-aside.

Customer concentration is extreme and immobile. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) accounts for 63 awards with $3.3 million combined potential value—70% of the vendor's $5.9 million total portfolio. The Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center adds 13 awards worth $2.4 million. The Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington and unspecified Forest Service units round out the active customer set at 11 awards worth $165 thousand. Both rankings track identically, indicating single-buyer dependency. The vendor obligated $3.7 million across the portfolio against $5.9 million potential value (63% obligation rate), suggesting active draw-down of multiple contract ceilings.

Parent vehicles are multi-award IDCs and BPAs under the VIPR system, all structured as total small-business set-asides with $250 thousand individual ceilings. The top vehicle is Blanket Purchase Agreement AG04H1B167431, carrying 21 task orders worth $854 thousand combined potential value. Indefinite Delivery Contract 1204H119T7064 holds 10 task orders for $970 thousand, and IDC 12569R25T7537 carries 13 task orders for $424 thousand. IDC 1202SB22T7700 (9 task orders, $544 thousand) and BPA AG04H1B137362 (6 task orders, $402 thousand) round out the active vehicle roster. A newly awarded multiple-award IDC from the National Interagency Fire Center (February 6, 2026) provides a $250 thousand ceiling running through June 5, 2030, covering Regions 3, 5, and 6 for heavy equipment with water capabilities under total small-business set-aside.

Activity accelerated sharply in recent years—1 award in 2022, 2 in 2023, 9 in 2024, and 13 in 2025—but has slowed to 4 awards in 2026 to date. The source does not provide a recompete cliff analysis. The vendor's geographic footprint centers on Bend, Prineville, and Lakeview, Oregon, with operational scope covering Forest Service Regions 3, 5, and 6 and interagency cooperators including the National Park Service and Bureau of Indian Affairs. All work is firm fixed-price delivery order procurement against pre-negotiated IDCs and BPAs, reflecting a regional, specialized-equipment business model tightly bound to seasonal fire suppression demand and Forest Service dispatch readiness.