Lopez Livestock, Inc.

Lopez Livestock, Inc., a for-profit small business based in Meeker, Colorado, provides livestock grazing services and water handling support to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service for forest management and wildland fire suppression operations, operating exclusively as a prime contractor on small-business-set-aside and full-and-open delivery orders and Indefinite Delivery Contracts.

The vendor's portfolio centers on two core service lines: livestock grazing for forest management across USDA Forest Service regions, and water handling—including water hauling, tending, and equipment provision—for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response. Work is performed across U.S. Forest Service East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, 8, and 9, with operational footprint spanning the Rocky Mountain, Pacific Northwest, and Southwestern regions. Recent representative contracts include a $100,031 total-small-business-set-aside delivery order from Forest Service Region 2 for livestock grazing and water handling support awarded June 30, 2026 with completion by August 14, 2026; a $139,814 delivery order from Region 2 for livestock grazing, water hauling, and water tending services awarded July 7, 2025; and multiple $46,000–$75,000 grazing-support delivery orders from Region 6 issued in August 2024. Lopez Livestock holds three active Indefinite Delivery Contracts: a $500,000 multiple-award total-small-business-set-aside IDC with the National Interagency Fire Center covering water handling for East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 (awarded February 6, 2026, running through May 30, 2030); a $250,000 total-small-business-set-aside IDC with NIFC for the same regional scope (awarded May 30, 2025); and a $250,000 total-small-business-set-aside IDC awarded June 1, 2022 for water handling across Regions 1, 2, 4, 8, and 9 (expired May 30, 2025).

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Forest Service's Fire and Aviation Management division at the National Interagency Fire Center, which accounts for 6 awards worth $1.2 million—57% of combined potential value—across the active portfolio. Forest Service regional offices (Rocky Mountain Region 2, Pacific Northwest Region 6, and Southwestern Region 3) collectively represent 10 awards and $837 thousand. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region holds 2 awards worth $84 thousand. Five distinct federal customer agencies appear across nineteen total awards; the top three by potential value cover 100% of portfolio dollars.

Award activity has remained flat to modest—between two and four awards per year over the past five years, with recent acceleration to two awards in 2026 (most recent June 30, 2026). Combined potential value across all awards totals $2.1 million, with $846 thousand (40%) obligated to date. Portfolio composition is 100% small-business-set-aside or full-and-open delivery orders and IDCs; no subcontract work appears in the source. The vendor competes under two NAICS categories: Support Activities for Forestry dominates at 18 of 19 awards, with Specialized Freight Trucking (Local) representing 1 award. Primary procurement vehicle is livestock grazing and water-handling delivery orders against three IDC vehicles, with seven task orders under one IDC, three under another, and two under a third. Work is characterized as firm fixed-price, small-business-concentrated procurement with no sub-contractor relationships evident in the federal footprint.