Jordan, Leslie

Jordan, Leslie, doing business as Les Jordan Excavating, is a veteran-owned sole proprietorship based in Columbus, Montana, that provides heavy equipment and transportation services for wildland fire suppression and incident response to the Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates exclusively on federal contracts (100% prime, no subcontract work) with a footprint of six awards across two active IDIQs issued by the National Interagency Fire Center and the Forest Service.

Les Jordan Excavating supplies dozers, excavators, tractor plows, water tenders, and related equipment for rapid-response fire and natural-disaster operations. The vendor holds two indefinite-delivery contracts with ceilings of $500,000 and $250,000, both running through June 1, 2028, under which the Forest Service and the National Interagency Fire Center issue task orders on an as-needed basis. Representative work includes a $66,196.10 firm-fixed-price delivery order from Forest Service Region 2 (Rocky Mountain Region) issued July 4, 2026, for equipment support in Durango, Colorado, due for completion July 20, 2026. All six awards in the portfolio are concentrated with the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center (three awards totaling $1 million combined potential value), with one award each from Forest Service R1-Northern Region and R2-Rocky Mountain Region.

The vendor's combined potential value across all awards stands at $1.3 million, with only $66 thousand obligated to date (5% of ceiling). Award activity is sparse and episodic — one award in 2005, one in 2019, one in 2020, one in 2023, and two in 2026 — reflecting the small, seasonal, and incident-driven nature of fire-equipment contracting. The vendor has no recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months; both IDIQs run through June 2028.

Company specializes in general road construction including excavation and site preparation. Company also installs culverts and septic systems. Company provides fire mitigation services such as tree removal and brush removal. Company also creates fire line safety zones.