Methow River Wild Fire

Methow River Wild Fire, a for-profit sole proprietorship based in Carlton, Washington, supplies wildland firefighting services and water handling equipment to the USDA Forest Service and the Department of the Interior as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides, holding three active Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) valued at $500,000, $250,000, and $250,000 respectively through 2025 and 2030.

The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) and competes entirely under total small business set-asides across the federal footprint. Methow River Wild Fire delivers concrete wildland fire suppression and water handling capabilities: furnishing Type 3–6 firefighting engines, water tenders, tactical water tenders, crew personnel, overhead support, and equipment deployment for emergency wildfire response and prescribed burn operations. Representative recent work includes a $55,378.30 delivery order from USDA Forest Service Region 6 in September 2026 for Methow River wildfire emergency response and crew support in Wenatchee, Washington; a $167,987.58 delivery order in September 2025 for firefighting equipment and personnel deployment to the same region; and a suite of June 2025 purchase orders totaling $422,330 from Forest Service Idaho Region for Type 4, 5, and 6 engines in support of wildfire suppression. The vendor also holds a February 2026 multiple-award IDC from the National Interagency Fire Center valued at $500,000 for water handling equipment and services across Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10 through May 2030, designated as a total small business set-aside.

Customer concentration is dominated by Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region), which accounts for 125 awards totaling $6 million in combined potential value—approximately 65% of the vendor's total portfolio. The National Interagency Fire Center contributes 31 awards worth $2.1 million, while the Bureau of Land Management (Idaho Region and Oregon-Washington field offices combined) accounts for 18 awards worth $516 thousand. The top five customers represent 98% of the award count. The vendor's IDC portfolio underpins task order velocity: three named IDCs—contracts 1202SB22T7981, 1204H125T7344, and 1204H119T7270—anchor 109 delivery orders carrying $5.3 million combined potential value. Two Blanket Purchase Agreements (AG04H1B167284 and AG04H1B137176) account for an additional 39 task orders valued at $1.44 million. The Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system and related Forest Service procurement vehicles enable rapid deployment of firefighting resources during peak wildfire seasons across the Pacific Northwest and western regions.

Activity has accelerated notably: 2022–2024 averaged roughly 14 awards annually, but 2025 saw 37 awards—a 164% year-over-year jump—with 14 awards recorded in 2026 to date (as of September 11, 2026). Combined potential value across all 184 awards stands at $9.3 million, with $7.7 million already obligated (82% of potential). The vendor's classification by primary NAICS is Support Activities for Forestry (178 of 184 awards), with minor secondary work in equipment rental (6 awards). Procurement Service Code (PSC) mapping confirms the concentration: Natural Resources Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression accounts for 166 awards, with Fire Fighting Equipment (12 awards) and equipment rental (6 awards) making up the remainder. The vendor has maintained continuous federal engagement since 2004 SAM registration, positioning it as an established critical contractor for emergency wildland fire response in the Pacific Northwest and intermountain regions.

wildland fire suppression services