Lanford Excavation, LLC

Lanford Excavation, LLC, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business based in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, provides excavation, earthmoving, heavy equipment rental, and wildfire fuel reduction services exclusively to federal agencies as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides and full-and-open competitions. The company is a veteran-owned limited liability company and self-certified small disadvantaged business, holding SBA certifications as both VOSB and SDVOSB through January 1, 2029.

Lanford operates almost entirely under total small business set-asides across its prime contract portfolio (63 of 65 awards), with the remaining two awards issued without set-aside designation. The company competes exclusively as a prime; it has no subcontract footprint and performs all work directly. Capability work centers on support activities for forestry and wildland fire response — equipment rental (dozers, excavators, water trucks, feller bunchers, road graders, skidders), excavation and earthmoving for hazardous fuels reduction and prescribed burning, water handling for fire suppression, and road maintenance and disaster recovery services. Representative delivery orders include a $2.496 million Bureau of Reclamation purchase order (awarded September 3, 2026) for species-specific mechanical and herbicide treatment of 1,367 acres of vegetation infestations at Caballo Reservoir in New Mexico, running through September 2027; a $238,200 Air Force Civil Engineer Center purchase order (awarded September 20, 2023) for a 110-acre firebreak at Kirtland Air Force Base Withdrawn Area; and a $50 million 10-year Blanket Purchase Agreement with Forest Service Region 3 (awarded August 28, 2024) for road maintenance, construction, and disaster recovery services across New Mexico.

Customer concentration is extreme and regionally specific. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 3 (Southwestern Region) accounts for 42 awards and $51.6 million of the $58.1 million combined potential value — approximately 89% of the entire portfolio. The National Interagency Fire Center accounts for 12 awards and $3.5 million in combined potential value. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, Air Force Civil Engineer Center, Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region (Region 2), Idaho Region, and other Forest Service offices round out a customer set of eight agencies representing the remaining 11% of potential value. This concentration reflects Lanford's operational footprint: 95 percent of the portfolio is concentrated in USDA Forest Service Region 3 contracts for heavy equipment rental, earthmoving, and wildfire fuel reduction services.

Lanford holds nine indefinite delivery contracts with the Forest Service and National Interagency Fire Center, all multiple-award vehicles with ceilings ranging from $250,000 to $500,000 awarded between May 2023 and August 2026 under total small business set-asides. The top parent vehicle by task order count is IDC 1202SB23T7157 (24 task orders, $917 thousand combined potential value), followed by 1202SB25T7325 (7 task orders), 12837121T7017 (7 task orders), 1202SB24T7071 (5 task orders), and 1202SB24T7183 (5 task orders). These vehicles provide the contracting infrastructure for Lanford's high-velocity delivery order activity; the company issued 26 awards in 2026 alone, up from 14 in 2025 and representing year-over-year growth. Activity trajectory shows consistent expansion: 5 awards in 2022, 9 in 2023, 8 in 2024, 14 in 2025, and 26 through October 2026. Only one award faces completion in the next twenty-four months (the Bureau of Reclamation purchase order, $2.5 million potential value due September 30, 2027), indicating minimal recompete cliff exposure in the near term.

Work is classified under NAICS 238910 (Support Activities for Forestry) for 63 of 65 awards and PSC code Q160 (Natural Resources/Conservation-Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression) for 59 awards, with all work performed in the Southwestern United States (New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, California, Idaho) at dispersed Forest Service regional offices and incident-response locations. The source notes that Lanford operates exclusively as a prime contractor and performs no subcontract work across its federal portfolio, positioning the company as a direct service provider rather than a teaming or sub-tier player.