K & M Contracting Inc.

K & M Contracting Inc., a woman-owned small business based in Bend, Oregon, provides wildland firefighting equipment, water handling services, and heavy equipment with water capabilities to the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) exclusively under total small business set-asides. K & M is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation operating as a woman-owned business, and competes predominantly under small business set-asides on Forest Service indefinite delivery contracts and incident blanket purchase agreements issued through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system.

K & M's customer concentration is highly regional and specialized. The top five funding entities account for 92% of recent awards by count and 98% by potential value. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region dominates by volume (47 awards, $1.9 million combined potential value), while the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center anchors the largest dollar share (10 awards, $2.1 million combined potential value). The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management operations in Idaho and Oregon-Washington round out the active base at $86 thousand and $43 thousand respectively. Representative prime work includes a $35,000 total small business set-aside delivery order from USFS R6 in August 2026 for wildland firefighting and emergency response support with place of performance in Vancouver, Washington; a $24,320 delivery order from USFS R6 in September 2023 for unspecified services in Springfield, Oregon; and an $85,050 delivery order from USFS R6 in September 2022 for wildland firefighting support. K & M's capability portfolio centers on Forest Service Type 2 and Type 3 skidgines (heavy equipment with water capabilities), Support Water Tenders, Tactical Water Tenders, Type 3–6 Engines, materials, supplies, transportation, lodging, and personnel support for fire suppression and all-hazard incident response across the Pacific Northwest and western regions.

K & M holds six active indefinite delivery contracts, all with total small business set-aside designations, running through 2025 and 2030. Two contracts, each with a $500,000 ceiling, were awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center on February 6, 2026 — one for water handling equipment in Region 6 and one for heavy equipment with water across Regions 3, 5, and 6. Two additional IDCs, each with a $250,000 ceiling, were awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center on May 29–30, 2025, also for water handling and heavy equipment with water across the western zones. Two older, expiring IDCs with $250,000 ceilings were awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center in June 2022 for water handling and heavy equipment support. These contracts support dispatch through regional VIPR incident procurement centers and allow optional use by the Department of Interior, National Park Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs. Task orders across the top five parent vehicles (primarily blanket purchase agreements and indefinite delivery contracts) total $914 thousand in combined potential value and drive K & M's incident-responsive business model. Activity has been episodic — four awards in 2022, declining to two in 2024, then recovering to five in each of 2025 and 2026 — with five awards (combined potential value approximately $75 thousand) facing ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months.