Michael A Martelli

Michael A Martelli, doing business as Martelli Forstery, a sole proprietorship based in Anaconda, Montana, provides heavy equipment and operator services for fire suppression, forestry, and land management to the USDA Forest Service and the National Interagency Fire Center exclusively as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates across a $6.2 million combined potential-value portfolio of 36 awards, all prime work with no subcontract exposure, reflecting sustained growth from four awards in 2022 to ten in 2026.

Martelli Forstery's concrete capability footprint centers on deployment of specialized heavy equipment—feller bunchers, skidders, road graders, mulchers, water-handling equipment, and boom-mounted suppression units—along with trained, certified personnel capable of sustained 16-hour daily operations in support of emergency fire response, prescribed project work, and all-hazard incidents. Representative recent prime awards include a $133,400 firm fixed-price delivery order from USDA Forest Service Region 4 (Intermountain Region) in August 2025 for heavy equipment services in Boise, Idaho; a $104,117 delivery order from Region 2 (Rocky Mountain Region) in July 2026 for equipment support in Delta, Colorado; and a $78,200 delivery order also from Region 2 in July 2026, all firm fixed-price and issued without set-aside restriction at the delivery-order level despite the underlying IDCs carrying total small business set-aside status.

Customer concentration is extreme and direct. The USDA Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center accounts for 14 awards and $4.5 million (73% of combined potential value), while four regional Forest Service offices—R4 (Intermountain), R1 (Northern), R3 (Southwestern), and R2 (Rocky Mountain)—account for the remaining 18 awards and $1.5 million. This represents 89% of awards and 97% of combined potential value concentrated within a single federal agency and its subordinate components; the vendor has no meaningful commercial or defense exposure and does not serve other civilian agencies.

Vehicle position reflects heavy reliance on National Interagency Fire Center VIPR I-BPA (Virtual Incident Procurement Incident Blanket Purchase Agreement) indefinite delivery contracts. The vendor holds 14 multiple-award total small business set-aside IDC agreements awarded between June 2023 and February 2026, each with a $250,000 to $500,000 ceiling and performance periods extending through 2028–2030. These vehicles cover heavy equipment, water-handling resources, Heavy Equipment Task Force services, and miscellaneous equipment across Forest Service East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9. The top five parent vehicles by task-order count include Indefinite Delivery Contracts 1202SB24T7316 (5 task orders, $293 thousand), 12034318T7127 (5 task orders, $362 thousand), and 1202SB21T7197 (3 task orders, $400 thousand), all VIPR I-BPA structures within the National Interagency Fire Center portfolio.

Activity trajectory shows consistent annual growth: one award in 2023, four in 2024, eight in 2025, and ten in 2026, with the most recent award dated August 27, 2026. Eight awards with ultimate completion dates between now and August 2028 represent $800 thousand in near-term recompete exposure. The vendor's entire footprint operates under firm fixed-price, total small business set-aside or unrestricted delivery-order awards placed against pre-existing VIPR I-BPA IDCs; no long-term prime contracts outside the Incident Blanket Purchase Agreement structure appear in the record. The vendor has obligated $1.7 million (27% of combined potential) against the $6.2 million ceiling, indicating a significant pipeline of unfunded or partially funded standing agreements and active ordering patterns from regional dispatch centers.

Martelli Forestry is a sole proprietor, small business specializing in fuel reduction, and selective harvest. Michael Martelli has over 15 years experience managing renewable resources. Provides forestry support and wildland fire suppression