Mellowstone Ranch LLC

Mellowstone Ranch LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Modesto, California, supplies water handling equipment and trained fire suppression personnel to the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides, with all recent work concentrated in wildland and all-hazard incident response operations in the Pacific Southwest Region.

Mellowstone Ranch holds a Limited Liability Company structure and operates as a for-profit organization. The vendor competes exclusively under Total Small Business set-asides across its current footprint; all four awards in the source carry the set-aside designation. The vendor's capability portfolio centers on Type 3 and Type 6 engines, Support Water Tenders (Types 1, 2, and 3), and deployment of trained and certified fire suppression personnel, along with transportation, lodging, and associated materials and supplies for incident response. Representative work includes a $118,645.44 delivery order awarded August 14, 2026, by Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) for fire suppression personnel and water handling equipment with completion by September 28, 2026, performance at Solvang, California; and a $15,927.24 delivery order awarded September 9, 2025, for similar services performed in Clovis, California with completion by September 15, 2025.

Customer concentration is complete — 100% of awards and combined potential value derive from the Department of Agriculture across two organizational units: the National Interagency Fire Center anchors $750,000 in combined potential value across two Indefinite Delivery Contracts, while Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) accounts for $135,000 across two delivery orders. Mellowstone Ranch holds two multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts issued by the National Interagency Fire Center: a $500,000 ceiling contract awarded February 6, 2026, running through June 4, 2030, and a $250,000 Virtual Incident Procurement I-BPA awarded June 4, 2025, also running through June 4, 2030. The vendor has placed one task order under each IDC to date. Both contracts permit optional usage by Department of Interior entities including the National Park Service and Bureau of Indian Affairs. Mellowstone Ranch operates as a pure prime — zero subcontract awards in the source — with combined potential value across all awards of $885,000 and only $135,000 (15% of potential) currently obligated. The vendor entered the federal market in June 2025 and has averaged two awards per year; the near-term recompete calendar shows both IDCs running through June 2030.