Eric Ludwig

Eric Ludwig, doing business as Ludwig Eric, a self-certified small disadvantaged business and Hispanic American-owned sole proprietorship based in San Diego, California, provides water handling equipment and personnel for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response to the Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the Department of the Interior as a prime contractor exclusively.

Eric Ludwig holds three active Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) from the National Interagency Fire Center: a $500,000 ceiling contract awarded February 6, 2026, covering water handling services for Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) running through June 4, 2030; a $250,000 ceiling contract awarded June 4, 2025, for the "VIPR I-BPA FOR WATER HANDLING FOR REGION 5," covering the same scope; and a $250,000 ceiling contract awarded June 7, 2022, for the "VIPR I-BPA FOR WATER HANDLING FOR THE WEST ZONE (REGIONS 3, 5, 6, & 10)." All three IDCs are set-aside as total small business awards and cover Type 3 and 6 Engines, Support Water Tenders (Types 1, 2, and 3), associated equipment, materials, supplies, transportation, lodging, trained personnel, and management support for fire suppression and all-hazard incidents. Recent delivery orders against these IDCs include a $36,955 order from the Department of the Interior Region 2 (Rocky Mountain Region) awarded July 14, 2026, for performance in Delta, Colorado by August 1, 2026; an $18,007.29 order from the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) awarded September 8, 2025, with completion by September 20, 2025; a $16,155 order from Forest Service Region 5 awarded September 18, 2024; a $30,515 order from Forest Service Region 5 awarded July 13, 2024; and a $28,720 order from Forest Service Region 5 awarded June 15, 2023. Customer concentration is narrow: the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center accounts for three awards valued at $1 million combined, and the Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region accounts for four awards valued at $93 thousand combined, representing 100% of the vendor's federal portfolio. Activity is modest and steady — two awards per year in 2024, 2025, and 2026 — with eight total prime awards carrying $1.1 million in combined potential value, of which $130 thousand has been obligated. Eric Ludwig competes exclusively under total small business set-asides and holds no subcontractor relationships; all work is delivered as prime.