Lathan / Lueras Enterprises, LLC

Lathan / Lueras Enterprises, LLC, a Native American-owned, 8(a)-certified small disadvantaged business based in Tularosa, New Mexico, provides wildland firefighting services and water handling equipment support exclusively as a prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service across multiple regions, competing under total small business set-asides on regional Indefinite Delivery Contracts and the Virtual Incident Procurement Incident Blanket Purchase Agreement (VIPR I-BPA) model.

Lathan / Lueras specializes in wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response, delivering Type 4, Type 5, and Type 6 wildland fire engines, water handling equipment, trained personnel deployment, transportation, and logistical support for rapid emergency mobilization. Recent representative prime work includes a $230,652 delivery order from Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) awarded July 29, 2026, for water handling and personnel deployment in Wenatchee, Washington; a $115,614 delivery order from Region 6 issued July 30, 2026, for wildland firefighting services in Roseburg, Oregon; and a $100,759 delivery order from Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) awarded August 10, 2026, for wildland firefighting services and equipment support in Willows, California. All recent awards are firm fixed-price delivery orders under total small business set-asides.

Customer concentration tracks exclusively to Forest Service organizational units. The top five Forest Service customers by award count account for 93% of all recent awards: Forest Service Region 3 (Southwestern Region) leads with 33 awards and $1.6 million combined potential value; the National Interagency Fire Center (which administers VIPR I-BPA contracts) placed 24 awards valued at $1.5 million; Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) issued 15 awards for $719 thousand; the Forest Service general contracting office issued 12 awards for $443 thousand; and Region 2 (Rocky Mountain Region) placed 5 awards for $382 thousand. Dollar concentration aligns closely with volume concentration, with Region 3 and the Interagency Fire Center anchoring both metrics.

Lathan / Lueras holds three active Indefinite Delivery Contracts issued under the VIPR I-BPA model. The largest vehicle is a $500,000 multiple-award IDC for water handling services in Regions 3 and 8, awarded February 6, 2026, with a ceiling through May 6, 2030, which has generated 44 task orders valued at $1.2 million combined potential value. A $250,000 IDC for water handling in Regions 3 and 8, awarded May 6, 2025, through May 6, 2030, carries 34 task orders and $1.2 million combined potential value. A third $250,000 contract for water handling in the West Zone (Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10), awarded June 7, 2022, with a ceiling through May 7, 2025, generated 13 task orders valued at $1 million combined potential value. Place of performance spans USDA Forest Service dispatch centers and operational locations within these regions. All three IDCs are competitively awarded with total small business set-asides and enable rapid mobilization of emergency response resources through firm fixed-price delivery orders, with rates evaluated on up to 16-hour daily shift capability and subject to annual review by the Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management Regional Program Office.

Activity has been volatile: 28 awards in 2022, contracting to 7 in 2023, then recovering to 12 in 2024, 5 in 2025, and 13 through August 2026. Combined potential value across all 96 awards is $5.1 million, with $3.6 million obligated (70% execution rate). All work is classified under NAICS 541520 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC code N061 (Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression). Lathan / Lueras operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint in the source data, delivering its own wildland firefighting and water handling capabilities rather than coordinating external suppliers.