Kircher & Sherman, LLC

Kircher & Sherman, LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Dayton, Oregon, operates exclusively as a prime contractor delivering utility terrain vehicles, multipurpose utility vehicles, and rental and services support to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard emergency response under total small business set-aside IDIQs. The company is a for-profit limited liability partnership with no reported subcontracting activity across its 117 federal awards. All recent work concentrates on Forest Service requirements, with 100 percent of awards directed to that single customer across multiple regional offices.

Kircher & Sherman's capability footprint centers narrowly on off-highway vehicle rental, leasing, and incident response logistics. The vendor holds two primary parent vehicles anchoring its federal footprint: a $7.5 million IDIQ awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center on September 4, 2022, running through December 31, 2026, under total small business set-aside, which generates 95 delivery orders worth $930 thousand in combined potential value; and a $250,000 multiple-award indefinite delivery contract awarded August 14, 2026, with eight task orders worth $65 thousand. Representative delivery orders include a $45,325 call from the Pacific Northwest Region in August 2025 for utility terrain vehicles and services in Springfield, Oregon; a $21,960 order in June 2024 for incident response support across multiple regions; and a $12,755 purchase order from the Idaho Region in June 2025 for utility terrain vehicles. Individual delivery orders range from $1,055 to $45,325 and execute under firm fixed-price terms. Performance locations span Wenatchee, Washington; Medford, Springfield, and Bend, Oregon; Eureka and Redding, California; and Kamiah and Boise, Idaho.

Customer concentration is extreme. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service accounts for 115 of 117 awards (98% of award count), with the Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6) alone representing 83 awards and $810 thousand in combined potential value. The Forest Service's Northern Region (Region 1) holds 7 awards and $53 thousand; the Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5) holds 7 awards and $62 thousand. The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region represents 6 awards and $72 thousand. On potential-value ranking, the two metrics diverge decisively: the National Interagency Fire Center's two awards carry $7.8 million in combined potential value (the parent IDIQs), while the Pacific Northwest Region's 83 delivery orders aggregate to $810 thousand. This disparity reflects the vendor's reliance on a small number of large-ceiling vehicles generating numerous modest task orders rather than broad customer diversification.

Activity has scaled sharply year over year — two awards in 2022, ten in 2023, twenty-two in 2024, forty-four in 2025, and thirty-four through September 2026 — signaling accelerating Forest Service adoption. The combined potential value across all 117 awards stands at $8.9 million, with $1.2 million obligated to date (13 percent obligation rate typical of vehicle structures). Primary NAICS concentration aligns with the capability: Truck, Utility Trailer, and RV Rental and Leasing (105 awards), with Support Activities for Forestry (12 awards) as a secondary code. The leading PSC reflects equipment leasing and rental; secondary PSCs address natural resources and conservation forestry and fire-fighting equipment. The vendor performs exclusively as a prime under total small business set-asides on its primary IDIQ and competes full-and-open (no set-aside) on individual delivery orders issued against that vehicle, a posture that ensures set-aside protection at the IDIQ level while allowing task-order competition once the vehicle is in place.

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