JIM M Mendiola

JIM M Mendiola, operating as JIM Mendiola Gravel Products, is a sole proprietorship based in Vale, Oregon, providing water handling equipment and personnel for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response to the Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the Department of the Interior as a prime contractor exclusively under small-business set-asides.

The vendor holds three Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) with the National Interagency Fire Center, all firm fixed-price, multiple-award vehicles reserved for small businesses. The first contract, awarded June 7, 2022, covered water handling services for the Forest Service West Zone (Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10) with a $250 thousand ceiling through June 6, 2025. Two subsequent contracts followed: one awarded May 29, 2025, and another awarded February 6, 2026, both supporting the Forest Service Region 6 Pacific Northwest Region with $250 thousand ceilings each and ultimate completion dates of May 29, 2030. Under these vehicles, JIM Mendiola Gravel Products supplies Type 3, 4, 5, and 6 Engines; Support Water Tenders Types 1, 2, and 3; and Tactical Water Tenders Types 1 and 2, along with associated equipment, materials, transportation, and trained personnel. Compensation is determined by task order rates based on up to 16-hour daily shifts, with vendors operating through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system and regionally based dispatch centers.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to the Department of Agriculture. The Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center accounts for three awards and $750 thousand in combined potential value; the Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region accounts for four awards and $400 thousand. A single award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington carries $7 thousand in potential value. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $1.2 million, with only $7 thousand obligated to date. Award activity is sparse and episodic — one award in 2016, one in 2019, one in 2022, then a gap to 2025 and 2026 — and the vendor operates exclusively as a prime with no subcontractor engagement. The vendor's footprint is grounded in support activities for forestry (NAICS 115310, seven of eight awards) and natural resources conservation focused on forest-range fire suppression and presuppression (PSC category).

We use a Water Tender Type 1 to fight forest fires. We also deliver water with the Water Tender.