Mother Lode Firecamp Services Inc.

Mother Lode Firecamp Services Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Placerville, California, supplies mobile food service and firecamp catering for wildfire suppression and all-hazard incident response across the western United States as a prime contractor, competing predominantly under total small business set-asides on federal fire management and emergency response vehicles.

The company operates almost entirely within the Department of Agriculture Forest Service ecosystem. The National Interagency Fire Center accounts for 71% of combined potential value ($36.3 million across three awards), anchored by a $30 million Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity contract awarded July 1, 2025, for National Mobile Food Service Unit support running through December 31, 2029. Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest) contributes $8.1 million across five awards; Regions 5 (Pacific Southwest) and 4 (Intermountain) add $1.1 million and $984 thousand respectively; and Region 1 (Northern) and general Forest Service work account for the remainder. The top parent vehicle is the Forest Service National Mobile Food Service Unit 2025-2029, under which Mother Lode holds 13 delivery orders valued at $18.8 million combined. Work encompasses fixed-price delivery orders and purchase orders for food catering, mobile food service equipment, supervision, labor, materials, and supplies delivered to incident personnel at remote firecamp locations. Representative awards include a $6.044 million delivery order from the National Interagency Fire Center (September 18, 2026) assigning designated dispatch points for National Mobile Food Service Unit support across fire suppression and all-hazard operations through December 31, 2030; a $3.93 million delivery order from Region 6 in Wenatchee, Washington (September 5, 2025); and a $2.08 million delivery order from Region 6 in Wenatchee (August 15, 2026). The company also holds a $500,000 single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement from the Office of Procurement Services for catering services at the Pacific Campus (awarded July 7, 2026) and a $250,000 multiple-award indefinite-delivery contract from the National Interagency Fire Center for helicopter operations support in Region 13 nationwide (awarded July 23, 2026, total small business set-aside).

Activity has remained steady year over year — 12 awards in 2025 and 11 in 2026 — with combined potential value of $50.7 million. Of that total, $14.3 million (28%) is obligated; the remaining $36.4 million sits as unexercised ceiling. The parent IDIQ and the Region 6 delivery orders represent the largest concentrated exposure. Place of performance spans Placerville, Wenatchee, Prineville, Pendleton, and Sisters in Oregon; Boise and Halleck in Idaho; Jackson, Wyoming; and multiple California locations including Grass Valley, Eureka, Yreka, San Bernardino, Clovis, and Newport Coast. The company operates 100% as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint in the source data. Capability portfolio centers on food service contractors and caterers (NAICS 311812, 311819) and natural resources/conservation forest-range fire suppression/presuppression (PSC H008), with secondary exposure in beverage supply and special dietary food manufacturing.