Joest Inc.

Joest Inc., operating through its Wildland Fire Division, is a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation based in Medford, Oregon, that specializes in providing mobile food service and catering support to federal agencies. Registered with SAM.gov since August 2015, the company serves as a prime contractor delivering essential operational support to wildland firefighting and forest management operations throughout the Pacific Northwest region. Joest Inc. has established itself as a reliable vendor for the U.S. Forest Service by delivering meals and sustenance services to personnel engaged in remote field operations and emergency response activities.

Joest Inc.'s federal contract portfolio consists exclusively of firm fixed-price purchase orders awarded by the U.S. Forest Service, Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region), all focused on mobile food service and catering operations. Between September 2024 and August 2025, the company received four separate contract awards totaling approximately $272,000, including a $124,025 catering contract awarded September 9, 2024, for Devils Knob operations; a $32,562.50 food catering contract awarded September 21, 2024, also for Devils Knob; an $59,857.50 mobile food service contract awarded August 13, 2025, for the Scenic area; and a $55,535 mobile food service contract awarded August 27, 2025, for Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. All contracts were awarded without small business set-aside designations, reflecting the company's status as a standard prime contractor. The work performed under these contracts centered on providing mobile food service operations and catering support primarily in the Medford, Oregon area, with service delivery typically occurring during peak wildland fire suppression seasons and emergency forest management operations in the Pacific Northwest.