Marx Transfer LLC

Marx Transfer LLC, a small business based in Prineville, Oregon, provides water handling equipment and transportation services for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response to the U.S. Forest Service as a prime contractor operating exclusively under total small business set-asides across its recent federal footprint.

Marx Transfer competes under total small business set-aside designations across all seven recent prime awards (combined potential value $846 thousand), with activity split between two Forest Service entities: the National Interagency Fire Center (2 awards, $750 thousand combined potential value) and Region 6 Pacific Northwest Region (5 awards, $96 thousand combined potential value). The vendor holds positions on two multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts established by the National Interagency Fire Center for water handling equipment supporting the Pacific Northwest region through May 29, 2030. The first IDC, awarded February 6, 2026, carries a $500 thousand ceiling; the second, awarded May 29, 2025, carries a $250 thousand ceiling. Against these vehicles, Marx Transfer has received task orders for Engines (Types 3–6), Support Water Tenders (Types 1–3), and Tactical Water Tenders (Types 1–2), along with associated equipment, materials, transportation, and personnel. Representative delivery orders include a $28,784 order issued August 19, 2026, for water handling equipment and transportation support with performance through May 29, 2030; a $21,588 order issued August 7, 2026, completed August 18, 2026; and a $28,784 order issued September 15, 2025, completed October 7, 2025, both performed in Wenatchee, Washington. All work is performed under firm fixed-price structures based on proposed rates for up to 16-hour daily shifts, with pricing adjusted to rates in effect at order issuance. Vendors operate under the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, with rate negotiations conducted via email and dispatch centers regionally based across the Pacific Northwest.

Activity has grown from three awards in 2025 to four in 2026, though dollar obligated ($96 thousand) represents only 11 percent of combined potential value across the seven awards, signaling recent orders are near or past completion. All customer concentration sits with the Department of Agriculture Forest Service, distributed between the National Interagency Fire Center and Region 6. The vendor has no subcontract footprint in the source data and operates solely as a prime contractor. Capability portfolio is focused narrowly on wildland fire suppression logistics and equipment supply under NAICS 332710 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC N079 (Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression).