James E Woodward Inc.

James E Woodward Inc., a for-profit small business based in Lakeview, Oregon, supplies specialized wildland fire suppression equipment and trained operators exclusively as a prime contractor under total small-business set-asides through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system managed by the National Interagency Fire Center. The vendor operates with no subcontract footprint, competing entirely on Forest Service and interagency fire management requirements across Forest Service Regions 3, 5, and 6, with geographic concentration in central Oregon and geographic service delivery to the Pacific Northwest and Idaho regions.

James E Woodward Inc.'s capability portfolio centers on the provision and operation of Type 2 Skidgines, dozers, and excavators equipped with water systems, deployed with trained crews capable of extended operational shifts—up to 16 hours daily—for initial and extended attack during wildfire and all-hazard incident response. Recent representative awards include a $100,050 delivery order from Forest Service Region 6 on July 31, 2026, for equipment and operators through August 28, 2026; a $110,400 delivery order from Forest Service on July 11, 2026, for fire suppression equipment and crews through August 26, 2026, performed in Redmond, Oregon; and a $186,300 delivery order from Forest Service Region 6 on July 20, 2025, for equipment and operators through September 29, 2025, performed in Prineville, Oregon. Task orders range from $3,450 to $198,000, with most orders completing within days to weeks of award to support rapid emergency response mobilization.

Customer concentration is acute. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) dominates the portfolio with 68 awards carrying $3.5 million in combined potential value, representing 60% of all awards. The National Interagency Fire Center accounts for 13 awards valued at $2.9 million. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region holds 18 awards worth $396 thousand, and the Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington holds 8 awards worth $118 thousand. These five customer entities account for 97% of all awards and 98% of combined potential value. The vendor is classified under NAICS 541710 (Support Activities for Forestry), with 106 awards in that category; primary PSC coding is Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression (89 awards) and Fire Fighting Equipment (17 awards).

James E Woodward Inc. holds five active Indefinite Delivery Contracts and multiple Blanket Purchase Agreements under VIPR. The largest vehicle by task-order count is Blanket Purchase Agreement AG04H1B167431 with 21 task orders valued at $854 thousand. Indefinite Delivery Contract 12569R25T7537 carries 19 task orders worth $763 thousand. Indefinite Delivery Contract 1204H119T7064 has 10 task orders valued at $970 thousand. Indefinite Delivery Contract 1202SB22T7700 holds 9 task orders worth $544 thousand. All vehicles are total small-business set-asides with ceilings of $250,000 to $500,000 and performance through 2028–2030, enabling rapid procurement of supplemental resources for emergency wildland fire and all-hazard incident response across the West Zone.

Activity has grown substantially year over year—one award in 2022, two in 2023, nine in 2024, twenty-nine in 2025, and twelve in 2026 through August—reflecting accelerating deployment of the vendor's equipment and personnel during peak fire seasons. Combined potential value across all 114 awards stands at $7.1 million, with $4.4 million obligated (62% of combined potential). The vendor operates with minimal recompete visibility in the next twenty-four months because task orders are issued and completed on seasonal emergency cycles rather than recurring multi-year awards; however, the underlying IDCs themselves carry ultimate completion dates through June 2030, anchoring the vendor's position on Forest Service fire-suppression procurement.