Ernesto Saul Magana Inc.

Ernesto Saul Magana Inc., doing business as Texas Fire Service, is a small disadvantaged, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and service-disabled veteran-owned business based in Corpus Christi, Texas. The company specializes in providing wildland fire services, equipment, and training to federal agencies, with a primary focus on supporting the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service's fire management and land stewardship programs. As a certified small business with multiple socioeconomic designations, Texas Fire Service has positioned itself as a key provider of critical firefighting and emergency response capabilities for federal land management agencies.

Through its federal contract awards, Ernesto Saul Magana Inc. has consistently provided a range of wildland firefighting services and equipment across multiple Forest Service regions. The company's contract awards have included delivery of Type 3 and Type 6 fire engines, water handling services and equipment, and aviation management support. These contracts have been primarily awarded by the USDA Forest Service's National Interagency Fire Center and various regional offices, including the Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5) and the Intermountain Region (Region 4). The contract awards have ranged in value from as low as $3,300 to as high as $146,250, with most contracts being firm fixed-price delivery orders. Notably, none of the recent contract awards have had specific set-aside designations, indicating the company's competitive positioning in the federal marketplace.

Ernesto Saul Magana Inc. holds two significant Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) with the USDA Forest Service, each with a $250,000 ceiling value and set aside for total small businesses. These multiple-award IDCs are specifically designed to provide water handling equipment and services for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incidents across Forest Service Regions 1, 2, 4, 8, and 9. Under these IDCs, the company has received numerous delivery orders supporting the Forest Service's mission of maintaining national forests and grasslands through wildfire prevention, preparedness, and response operations. The contracts allow for providing equipment, materials, supplies, transportation, and trained personnel to meet emergency response needs, with rates accommodating up to 16-hour daily shifts. These IDVs demonstrate Texas Fire Service's specialized capabilities in supporting critical federal wildland fire management efforts across multiple western states.

Wildland Firefighting, Water handling