Jordan-Slate Earthwork Inc.

Jordan-Slate Earthwork Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Springville, California, operates as a prime contractor providing wildland fire suppression equipment, personnel, and emergency response support services to the U.S. Forest Service and related federal land management agencies, predominantly under total small business set-asides across indefinite delivery contracts and delivery orders through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system.

The company is structured as a Subchapter S Corporation and qualifies as a DOT-certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE). Jordan-Slate Earthwork specializes in concrete equipment and personnel deployment for fire suppression and incident response: vehicle-with-driver services (pickups, stakesides, passenger vans, sport utility vehicles), heavy equipment (feller bunchers, mulchers, masticators, road graders, skidders, dozers, excavators), water handling and firefighting equipment (Type 1, 2, and 3 water tenders), and chipper equipment and crews. All work performs under firm fixed-price terms with rates based on up to 16-hour daily shifts. Recent delivery orders exemplify the portfolio: a $28,425 order from Forest Service Region 5 for earthwork in Solvang, California (August 2026); a $20,030 delivery order for fire suppression support services in Los Angeles (July 2026); and a $58,263 order for Clovis, California performance (August 2025).

Customer concentration is singular and structural. The Department of Agriculture's Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center accounts for 11 of 19 awards worth $3.8 million combined potential value (95% of portfolio dollars). Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest) adds five awards worth $185 thousand. The portfolio spans 100 percent small business set-asides; the vendor does not compete in full-and-open procurement.

Jordan-Slate Earthwork holds 12 active IDCs through the VIPR system, all awarded February–August 2025 and 2026, each valued at $250,000–$500,000 with performance extending through 2030. The IDC portfolio covers vehicle-with-driver services (Regions 5 and 6 West Zone; four separate contracts at $250,000 each), water handling equipment (Region 5; $500,000 ceiling), heavy equipment for Regions 5 and 6 (two contracts at $500,000 each), miscellaneous heavy equipment for Region 5 ($500,000), and chipper services (Regions 5 and 6; two contracts at $250,000 and $500,000). Three IDCs (129J6125T7196, 12569R25T7240, 12569R25T7160) carried task orders valued at $84 thousand, $77 thousand, and $20 thousand respectively. Top PSC coding reflects the portfolio: 18 of 19 awards fall under PSC code for Natural Resources/Conservation–Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression; top NAICS code is 561730 (Support Activities for Forestry; 13 awards).

Activity has grown from one award in 2021 to ten awards in 2025 and eight in 2026, with most recent awards dated August 30, 2026. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $4 million, though combined dollars obligated total $192 thousand (5 percent drawn down), indicating the portfolio skews heavily toward ceiling-value IDCs with relatively modest task-order takedown to date. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint.

We offer tree service such as tree trimming, clearing and tractor service as well as snow removal. We do land clearing and site preparation. We also offer hauling and demolition services.