S Kirkland Construction, Inc.

S Kirkland Construction, Inc., a tribally owned and minority-owned small business headquartered in Lompoc, California, provides heavy equipment rental, construction services, and operator support to the U.S. Forest Service as a prime contractor across 85 of its 86 recent federal awards. The vendor operates as an Indian tribe-owned Subchapter S Corporation under primary NAICS 441213 (Support Activities for Forestry) and competes predominantly under total small business set-asides, with set-aside designation appearing on roughly 40% of recent awards and the remainder issued full-and-open or without set-aside designation on established indefinite delivery vehicles.

S Kirkland's customer footprint is heavily concentrated in Forest Service wildland fire suppression and emergency response. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R5-Pacific Southwest Region accounts for 50 awards and $4 million in combined potential value (53% of the portfolio), followed by the National Interagency Fire Center under Fire and Aviation Management (7 awards, $2 million), general Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management work (16 awards, $915 thousand), and other Forest Service components. The top five customer segments account for 97% of awards and 98% of combined potential value, indicating narrow customer concentration rooted in a single agency customer with regional and functional sub-segments. Recent capability work includes a $244,634 delivery order from USDA Forest Service Region 5 in September 2025 for heavy equipment rental and operator support under the Virtual Incident Procurement system, a $244,615 delivery order in August 2025 for similar wildland fire suppression and incident response equipment, and recurring $55,480–$71,106 delivery orders from Region 5 in August and September 2026 for heavy equipment rental and construction services at Solvang, California.

S Kirkland holds four active indefinite delivery contracts through the National Interagency Fire Center and the Forest Service Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, with total ceilings of $1.5 million across contracts running through 2028–2029. These vehicles—covering Regions 3, 5, and 6 in the western United States—structure rapid-mobilization delivery orders and serve as the parent vehicle for 16 of the vendor's most recent task orders ($2 million combined potential value under IDC 12569R23T7861). The portfolio also includes task orders against two additional IDCs (AG9J61B177121, 129J6124T7241) and a blanket purchase agreement (AG9J61B147359), all tied to Forest Service emergency response and equipment mobilization. Delivery order values range from $5,548 to $262,362, with firm fixed pricing across all work. Obligated dollars total $6.1 million, representing 81% of combined potential value, indicating mature contract performance and regular invoicing on active task orders.

Activity has grown from one award in 2023 to 16 awards in 2026 year-to-date, driven by increasing task order placement against the VIPR system and other Forest Service vehicles. The vendor maintains a single subcontract relationship as a sub to CM Construction Services, Inc. on a June 2024 landslide repair project at Vandenberg Space Force Base for excavation, slope fill, and drainage system work. The core capability footprint centers on equipment mobilization for wildland fire suppression and incident response—dozers, excavators, road graders, skidders, and feller bunchers with certified operators—positioned at Solvang, California and dispatched to western Forest Service regions including California, New Mexico, and adjacent states. Placement of performance spans Regions 2 (Rocky Mountain), 3 (Southwestern), and 5 (Pacific Southwest), with administrative oversight and equipment staging at the Lompoc base.