Kircher & Sherman, LLC

Kircher & Sherman, LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Dayton, Oregon, operates as a prime contractor delivering utility terrain vehicles, multipurpose utility vehicles, and related rental and services support to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard emergency response nationwide, with 100 percent of recent awards placed as prime contracts under small-business set-aside and full-and-open designations.

The vendor holds a $7.5 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract awarded September 4, 2022, by the USDA Forest Service's National Interagency Fire Center, designated as a total small business set-aside and running through December 31, 2026. This IDIQ vehicle anchors the vendor's federal footprint; 72 of 79 total awards derive from task orders against it. Representative delivery orders issued under the IDIQ include a $45,325 firm fixed-price order from the Pacific Northwest Region (August 26, 2025) for utility terrain vehicles and services in Springfield, Oregon; a $21,960 order from the Forest Service (June 12, 2024) for incident response support across the Pacific Southwest and Pacific Northwest regions; and a $5,280 delivery order from the Pacific Northwest Region (May 10, 2026) for utility terrain vehicles and incident response operations in Bend, Oregon. Beyond the IDIQ, the vendor has received seven additional delivery orders from regional Forest Service offices (Pacific Northwest, Pacific Southwest, and Northern regions) between 2023 and 2024, each valued between $5,740 and $14,795, and two purchase orders from the Pacific Northwest Region in 2021 and 2022 aggregating $60,020. Performance locations concentrate in Wenatchee, Washington; Medford and Springfield, Oregon; Eureka and Redding, California; and Kamiah, Idaho.

Customer concentration is absolute: the Forest Service accounts for 100 percent of recent awards, with the National Interagency Fire Center (parent of the IDIQ) representing $7.5 million (90 percent of combined potential value) and the Pacific Northwest Region accounting for $570 thousand across 57 delivery orders. The Pacific Southwest Region (seven awards, $62 thousand), Northern Region (six awards, $39 thousand), and unspecified Forest Service entities (eight awards, $141 thousand) comprise the remainder. Activity has grown sharply — from two awards in 2022 to 39 in 2025 — with 39 delivery orders completed or in execution as of mid-2025. Awards per year increased nearly twentyfold between 2022 and 2025. The NAICS footprint centers on truck, utility trailer, and RV rental and leasing (73 awards) and support activities for forestry (six awards), with PSC codes matching that profile: Lease or Rental of Equipment–Ground Effect Vehicles, Motor Vehicles, Trailers, and Cycles (73 awards) and Natural Resources/Conservation–Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression (six awards).

The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor on Forest Service work; no subcontracting activity appears in the source. Firm fixed-price delivery orders typically range from $2,740 to $45,325, executed without administrative delay against an established IDIQ vehicle. The vendor's competitive posture is mixed: approximately half of recent delivery orders carry no set-aside designation (full-and-open competition), while the remainder are set-aside for small business, reflecting the underlying IDIQ's small-business-set-aside charter. Combined obligated dollars across all awards stand at $812 thousand (10 percent of combined potential value), indicating limited invoicing relative to ceiling authority — characteristic of a vendor in early scaling under a newly active vehicle.

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