Kevin Dye

Kevin Dye, a sole proprietorship based in Paso Robles, California, provides heavy equipment and certified operators to support wildland fire suppression and incident response operations for the U.S. Forest Service across western U.S. federal lands, operating exclusively as a prime contractor under small business set-asides.

Kevin Dye operates in a single, highly specialized domain: NAICS 142120 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC H2342 (Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression). All seven recent awards, spanning 2017 through August 2026, involve the provision of dozers, excavators, and qualified equipment operators deployed during critical wildfire seasons and emergency incidents. The vendor's federal footprint is entirely within the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management ecosystem, with no subcontract activity and no work outside wildland fire operations.

Customer concentration is absolute: 100% of recent awards fund Forest Service programs, split between the National Interagency Fire Center (four awards, $1.3 million combined potential value), the Pacific Southwest Region 5 (two awards, $175 thousand combined potential value), and Federal Fire and Aviation Management (one award, $150 thousand combined potential value). Kevin Dye holds two active Indefinite Delivery Contracts: a multiple-award heavy equipment IDC with the National Interagency Fire Center for West Zone Regions 5 and 6 (ceiling $500 thousand through June 10, 2028, awarded February 6, 2026) and a multiple-award BPA for heavy equipment with the National Interagency Fire Center (ceiling $250 thousand through June 10, 2028, awarded June 10, 2023). Recent delivery orders against these vehicles include a $112 thousand firm fixed-price order for heavy equipment and personnel services awarded August 5, 2025, and a $63 thousand delivery order awarded August 12, 2026, both for Pacific Southwest Region fire suppression support.

Activity is modest and sporadic: one award in 2017, two in 2021, one in 2023, one in 2025, and two in 2026. Combined potential value across all awards is $1.6 million, with $175 thousand obligated (11% of potential). The vendor operates as a sole proprietorship with no IDV holdings of its own and no subcontract relationships; all work flows from Forest Service task orders against the two National Interagency Fire Center multiple-award contracts. Place of performance spans Regions 5 and 6 (California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington).