Mark V Construction, Inc.

Mark V Construction, Inc., a minority-owned, Hispanic American-owned small business based in Abiquiu, New Mexico, provides heavy equipment and trained personnel for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response to the USDA Forest Service and related federal land-management agencies as a 100% prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The firm operates exclusively on federal forestry and fire-suppression work, with no subcontract footprint.

Mark V Construction's capability portfolio centers on provision of specialized heavy equipment — dozers, excavators, tractor plows, and transport vehicles — coupled with water handling services, logistics coordination, and trained personnel for wildfire and emergency incident response. The firm positions equipment and personnel across USDA Forest Service Regions 3 (Southwestern) and 8 (Central) to enable rapid emergency dispatch. Representative prime work includes a $47,978.70 total small business delivery order from USDA Forest Service Region 3 in August 2026 for wildland fire suppression support in Santa Fe, New Mexico; a $26,800 delivery order from Region 3 in May 2026 for fire suppression operations in Alamogordo, New Mexico; and an $18,606.96 delivery order from Region 3 in August 2025 for water handling and equipment services in Albuquerque. A $2,025 delivery order in March 2025 rounds out recent task order activity.

Customer concentration is dominated by the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service entities. The top two customers by award count and value — Forest Service Region 3 (Southwestern) and the National Interagency Fire Center — account for 89% of recent awards and 98% of combined potential value. Region 3 holds nine awards worth $435 thousand combined; the National Interagency Fire Center holds five IDIQs and related orders worth $2 million combined. The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers represents a single outlier award.

Mark V Construction holds multiple VIPR (Virtual Incident Procurement) indefinite delivery contracts through the National Interagency Fire Center. Active IDCs include a $750,000 ceiling contract for water handling services awarded February 6, 2026 (running through June 25, 2030); a $500,000 ceiling contract for heavy equipment awarded February 6, 2026 (running through April 15, 2029); a $250,000 ceiling contract for water handling awarded June 25, 2025 (running through June 25, 2030); and a $250,000 ceiling contract for heavy equipment awarded April 15, 2024 (running through April 15, 2029). These vehicles are available for optional use by the Department of Interior, National Park Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs, broadening interagency reach beyond direct Forest Service ordering.

Activity has accelerated recently — one award in 2024, four in 2025, four in 2026 — though the firm remains small by federal contracting standards. Combined potential value across all nineteen prime awards stands at $2.5 million, with only $212 thousand obligated to date (8% of ceiling), reflecting the flex nature of incident-driven procurement where task orders are triggered by actual wildfire events rather than standing commitments. The portfolio concentrates in NAICS 541712 (Support Activities for Forestry) — fifteen of nineteen awards — and PSC code for Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression, positioning Mark V as a specialist vendor rather than a generalist construction firm.