Kroeker, Inc.

Kroeker, Inc., a woman-owned small business and HUBZone-certified firm based in Fresno, California, supplies heavy equipment and operators for wildfire suppression, emergency response, and infrastructure maintenance to the U.S. Forest Service as a prime contractor across multiple indefinite-delivery contracts under the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system. The company operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) and competes predominantly under total small business set-asides; the underlying VIPR vehicles carry the set-aside designation, though individual delivery orders often lack set-aside language.

Kroeker's capability portfolio centers on mobilizing heavy equipment fleets—dozers, excavators, front loaders, road graders, water tenders, and dump trucks—paired with trained operators for rapid deployment during active fire and all-hazard incident operations. Recent representative work includes a $124,087.50 delivery order from Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest) in September 2025 for heavy equipment and operator services, a $105,600 delivery order from the same region in September 2025, and a $66,600 delivery order from Forest Service Region 2 (Rocky Mountain) in July 2026 under a total small business set-aside. The company has supplied over $900,000 in equipment and operator services to California wildfire response efforts since 2020.

Customer concentration is extreme and regionally siloed. The top two customer entities account for 100% of combined potential value: the National Interagency Fire Center (6 awards, $2.1 million combined potential value) and Forest Service Region 5—Pacific Southwest Region (19 awards, $1.2 million combined potential value). Forest Service Region 4 (Intermountain), Region 2 (Rocky Mountain), and a single award to the Federal Highway Administration ($5,950 for concrete repair in October 2024) comprise the remaining footprint. No sub-contract work; Kroeker operates as a pure prime.

Kroeker holds five active indefinite-delivery contracts, all issued under the VIPR system by the National Interagency Fire Center: a $500,000 ceiling IDC for heavy equipment in West Zone Regions 5 and 6 (awarded February 2026, expires July 2029); a second $500,000 ceiling IDC for the same scope (awarded February 2026, expires June 2028); a $250,000 ceiling IDC for the same regions (awarded July 2024, expires July 2029); a $250,000 ceiling IDC for water handling services in Region 5 (awarded August 2026, expires August 2030); and an earlier $250,000 ceiling IDC for West Zone regions (awarded June 2023, expires June 2028). Fourteen delivery orders have been placed against the tracked IDC (12569R23T7738) for $862 thousand combined potential value. All IDCs carry total small business set-aside designations and firm fixed-price ordering terms.

Activity has accelerated sharply in the recent period—one award in 2021, two in 2023, eight in 2024, six in 2025, and four in 2026—concentrating on delivery orders against the VIPR pool contracts. Combined potential value across all 32 awards stands at $3.5 million, with $1.9 million obligated (56% execution rate). No recompete cliff is evident; the underlying IDCs extend through 2030 and continue to generate task orders. Award portfolio concentration by NAICS and PSC is overwhelming: 27 of 32 awards fall under NAICS 561730 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression. The remaining three awards span civil engineering, specialty contracting, and infrastructure repair. Kroeker's Federal Highway Administration award and a single Air Force entry are outliers in an otherwise homogeneous Forest Service portfolio.

Demolition, clearing, abatement, specialized select demolitions, rock crushing, haz trucking, recycling, concrete saw cutting