Late Summers Wildfire, LLC

Late Summers Wildfire, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in East Wenatchee, Washington, provides specialized wildfire suppression equipment, water handling services, and emergency response personnel to the USDA Forest Service and the National Interagency Fire Center as a prime contractor across all 78 recent awards. The vendor operates entirely as a prime under Total Small Business set-asides on multiple Indefinite Delivery Contracts structured through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system.

Late Summers Wildfire's service portfolio centers on delivery of Type 3–6 fire engines, support water tenders, tactical water tenders, certified firefighting personnel, equipment, materials, and logistical support for wildland fire suppression, all-hazard incident response, and prescribed project work across western U.S. Forest Service regions. Representative work includes a $331,159 delivery order from USDA Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) on July 23, 2026, for wildfire prevention and response services under the VIPR Blanket Purchase Agreement, with performance in Pendleton, Oregon; a $248,000 delivery order from Region 6 on September 7, 2025, also under VIPR for water handling resources in Wenatchee, Washington; and a $172,800 delivery order from Region 6 on September 23, 2025, for Type 5 and Type 6 fire engines and emergency personnel.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the USDA Forest Service ecosystem. The National Interagency Fire Center and the USDA Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management program account for 25 awards valued at $4 million (53% of combined potential value), while the USDA Forest Service Region 6–Pacific Northwest Region holds 43 awards valued at $3.1 million (41% of combined potential value). The Department of Agriculture Forest Service (parent level) accounts for 6 awards at $188 thousand, and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region holds 4 awards at $152 thousand. Activity has accelerated sharply — four awards in 2022 grew to twenty-five in 2025 and eleven year-to-date in 2026 — though the recent award pace reflects short-duration emergency incident calls rather than steady-state volume. Combined potential value stands at $7.5 million with $4.2 million obligated (56% drawn).

Late Summers Wildfire holds eight active IDIQs, all designated Total Small Business set-asides under the VIPR system with $500,000 ceiling values per vehicle. The largest task-order concentration falls on Indefinite Delivery Contract 1204H125T7320 (21 task orders, $2.2 million combined potential value), followed by IDC 1204H119T7252 (26 task orders, $921 thousand), and IDC 1202SB22T8203 (15 task orders, $750 thousand). These vehicles cover water handling services for East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9; Region 6–Pacific Northwest Region; Regions 3 and 8; and fallers services for West Zone Regions 5 and 6, as well as a legacy VIPR I-BPA vehicle for water handling across Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10 (awarded June 8, 2022, running through June 6, 2025). All recent IDVs were awarded February 6, 2026, through May 30, 2025, as competitive multiple-award selections with contract terms through 2030, allowing the Forest Service and National Interagency Fire Center to issue firm fixed-price delivery orders for emergency response resources based on up to 16-hour daily shifts.

The vendor competes exclusively under Total Small Business set-asides across its prime footprint. All 78 awards carry either explicit Total Small Business set-aside designation or were issued as unset-aside delivery orders against Total Small Business IDIQs (VIPR vehicles). Recent delivery orders from 2026 split between Total Small Business set-aside (four awards in August and July 2026) and competitive awards without set-aside designation (one award on August 25, 2026, valued at $79,333). The work is performed in Wenatchee, Pendleton, Baker City, Prineville, Tumwater, Shoshone, and other western dispatch centers, reflecting the vendor's operational footprint across Pacific Northwest and interior western regions. No subcontracts, teaming relationships, or secondary vendor relationships are reported in the source material — all work is delivered directly by Late Summers Wildfire as prime.