Joe Yochum Construction LLC

Joe Yochum Construction LLC, doing business as Air Support Services, provides aerial firefighting and aviation support services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business set-asides, competing entirely through IDIQ vehicles and delivery orders with a combined recent footprint of $3.4 million across 24 awards. A for-profit small business based in Lewiston, Idaho, Joe Yochum Construction LLC operates under NAICS 488190 (Other Support Activities for Air Transportation) and 111998 (Support Activities for Forestry), delivering helicopter operations, mobile communications units, potable and gray water truck services, handwashing stations, and clerical support for wildland fire suppression, all-hazard incidents, and prescribed project work across Forest Service Regions 1 through 6 and interagency partners including the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs.

The vendor's customer base concentrates entirely within the Department of Agriculture Forest Service ecosystem. The National Interagency Fire Center accounts for 12 awards totaling $3 million in combined potential value—88% of the vendor's portfolio. The Forest Service Regional offices (Region 1 Northern Region, Region 4 Intermountain Region, and unspecified regional dispatch) account for the remaining 12 awards at $170 thousand combined. Within the past five years, activity has trended upward: two awards in both 2022 and 2023, five awards in 2024, five in 2025, and seven in 2026 through mid-July.

Joe Yochum Construction LLC holds eight multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts through the National Interagency Fire Center, all set aside for total small business, awarded primarily in February 2026 and April–July 2026. The largest IDIQs carry $500,000 ceilings (Clerical Support Unit for Region 13, awarded July 1, 2026; Mobile Communications Units, awarded February 6, 2026; Helicopter Operations Support Unit, awarded February 6, 2026; and Potable & Gray Water Truck/Handwashing Stations for ESB Regions 1, 2, and 4, awarded February 6, 2026, completing May 22, 2029). Four earlier BPA-structured IDIQs from 2023–2024 carried $250,000 ceilings. Task order activity under these vehicles totals $162 thousand across eight orders against the primary 2026 vehicle (1202SB24T7511) and smaller volumes against predecessor vehicles. Representative delivery orders include a $53,645 order from Region 1 in July 2026 for aerial firefighting support, a $155,844 order from Region 4 in July 2024 for aviation services out of Boise, and a $38,665 order from Region 4 in September 2024 for aerial firefighting and aviation support. The vendor reports $398 thousand in combined dollars obligated against the $3.4 million potential value, indicating 12% spend-down and active but early-stage drawdown across a recently refreshed vehicle portfolio.