KKS Water Service Inc.

KKS Water Service Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Caliente, Nevada, supplies water handling equipment and operational staffing for wildland firefighting and incident response to the U.S. Forest Service and other federal land management agencies, operating exclusively as a prime contractor on small-business-set-aside and full-and-open delivery orders and indefinite delivery contracts. The company competes in both set-aside and unrestricted categories, with recent activity split between small business set-aside IDCs and unrestricted task orders drawn from those vehicles.

KKS Water Service's capability footprint centers on water tenders, water trucks, water tanks, and personnel staffing for fire suppression, watershed management, and facilities maintenance across western U.S. Forest Service regions. Representative work includes a $51,597.57 delivery order from the Forest Service's Intermountain Region (Region 4) awarded August 26, 2026, for water handling services in Reno, Nevada; a $75,806.25 delivery order from the Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5) issued September 9, 2025, in support of Redding, California operations; and a $95,700 delivery order from the Intermountain Region issued August 11, 2024, for water tenders and staffing supporting wildland firefighting across national forests. The company holds three primary IDCs with the U.S. Forest Service's National Interagency Fire Center, including a $500,000 multiple-award small business set-aside IDIQ effective February 6, 2026, through May 30, 2030, for East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9; a $250,000 multiple-award small business set-aside IDIQ dated May 30, 2025, covering the same zones; and a $250,000 small business set-aside IDIQ awarded June 1, 2022, through May 2025, covering Regions 1, 2, 4, 8, and 9. All three vehicles are solicited through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system and structure delivery as firm fixed-price orders ranging from $8,700 to $95,700.

Customer concentration is strong with federal land management. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center accounts for 12 awards and $1.5 million in combined potential value, anchoring the dollar ranking. The Forest Service's Intermountain Region (Region 4) places 20 awards valued at $598 thousand combined potential value. The Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region places 25 awards (the highest count) valued at $560 thousand, reflecting high transaction volume at lower individual order values. These three customers account for 80% of combined potential value and 57 awards (72% of recent awards). The Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station and unspecified Forest Service components round out the active set with $454 thousand and $355 thousand respectively. NAICS concentration is marked: 85 of 99 awards are coded to Support Activities for Forestry (NAICS 115310), with 10 awards to Fire Protection and 3 to Food Service Contractors. The dominant PSC is Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression (69 awards), followed by Fire Fighting Equipment (25 awards).

Activity has grown sharply. The company received 8 awards in 2022, 1 in 2023, 10 in 2024, 30 in 2025, and 15 in 2026 (through late August). The combined potential value of recent awards sits at $4.3 million across 99 prime awards, with $2.9 million obligated (67% execution rate). KKS Water Service operates 100% as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint in the source data. The company has no recorded federal contract IDV holdings outside the Forest Service and no positions on government-wide vehicles such as GWACs or GSA Schedules. Work is performed across western states including Nevada, California, Idaho, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming, with primary administrative coordination through the National Interagency Fire Center and subordinate regional Forest Service offices. All task orders are firm fixed-price; no cost-plus or T&M instruments appear in the recent award history.