Leclair Ronda

Leclair Ronda, doing business as Alaskan Cutters, a self-certified small disadvantaged business sole proprietorship based in Plains, Montana, provides faller services, faller equipment, and vehicle-with-driver support for wildland fire management and incident response operations to the Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates entirely within PSC 632 (Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression) and competes on firm fixed-price delivery orders and multiple-award indefinite delivery contracts (IDCs) through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system.

Alaskan Cutters' customer footprint is monolithic: all 31 awards in the recent portfolio derive from the Forest Service across six regional subdivisions. The National Interagency Fire Center dominates by potential value (9 awards, $2 million combined potential value), anchored by five total small business set-aside IDCs with $250,000 to $500,000 ceilings each running through 2028 and 2031. Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region) follows by award count (16 awards, $529 thousand combined potential value) and drives volume through rapid-deployment delivery orders typically valued between $6,000 and $21,450, with completion dates one to three weeks from award. Region 4 (Intermountain) and Region 8 (Southern) account for the remaining awards at smaller magnitudes. All 30 awards carried either total small business set-asides or no set-aside designation — no full-and-open competition.

The vendor holds five active parent vehicles, all total small business set-aside IDCs awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center between February 2023 and July 2026. IDC 1202SB23T7649 (Faller for East Zone, Regions 1, 2, 4; $500,000 ceiling through June 2028) has generated 7 task orders totaling $129 thousand. Three companion vehicle-with-driver and faller IDCs ($250,000 each) support Regions 1, 4, and combined East Zone operations through May to July 2028. Blanket Purchase Agreements AG0343B177032 and AG0343B147024 complete the active set at $69 thousand and $53 thousand combined potential value respectively. Recent task-order activity reflects seasonal fire operations: July–August 2026 orders for faller services and vehicle support in Hamilton, Montana; Pueblo, Colorado; and Craigmont, Idaho; June–July 2025 orders for Northern Region operations; and earlier 2024–2023 awards across Intermountain and Southern regions.

Activity has grown year over year from one award in 2021 to seven in 2026, with combined potential value of $2.7 million across all awards and only $323 thousand obligated to date (12% utilization rate), reflecting the incident-driven, call-when-needed posture of VIPR contracts. The vendor operates as a prime-only contractor with no subcontract footprint. Alaskan Cutters holds no positions on GSA Schedules, GWACs, or civilian-agency IDIQs; its entire vehicle portfolio sits on Forest Service fire-operations set-asides.