Nathan Sells, LLC

Nathan Sells, LLC, a small business based in Colfax, California, provides chipper equipment and personnel services for wildfire suppression and all-hazard incident response to federal land-management agencies as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime — 100% of its recent federal footprint consists of prime awards — and competes entirely within small-business-reserved vehicles, with all five awards carrying Total Small Business set-aside designations.

Nathan Sells, LLC's portfolio centers narrowly on wildfire-incident equipment and staffing. The vendor holds four indefinite-delivery contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), a component of the U.S. Forest Service, totaling $1.25 million in combined potential value across three fiscal-year periods: a $500,000 firm fixed-price I-BPA for chipper equipment and 16-hour daily shift personnel services across Forest Service Regions 1, 2, and 4 (East Zone) running through April 30, 2030; a $250,000 I-BPA for chipper services covering Regions 5 and 6 with completion on August 9, 2029; and a $250,000 VIPR I-BPA vehicle designated for Regions 5 and 6 West Zone through August 18, 2031. The vendor also holds a single $250,000 purchase order from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region for a Type 3 chipper awarded June 1, 2025. All NIFC contracts are firm fixed-price agreements covering equipment, personnel, transportation, lodging, and incident support costs, issued through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) vendor application system and the preseason Incident Blanket Purchase Agreement process.

Customer concentration is absolute: the National Interagency Fire Center accounts for 100% of potential value (four awards, $1.3 million), with the Interior Department's Idaho Region representing a single $53,100 obligated purchase order. Nathan Sells, LLC has received two awards in 2025 and three in 2026, with only $53,000 of $1.3 million in combined potential value obligated to date. Four of five awards are categorized under NAICS 561730 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC K021 (Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression). The vendor has no subcontract footprint and no parent-contract-vehicle holdings beyond the VIPR I-BPA and standard Forest Service incident procurement frameworks. Work is performed across dispatch centers in Forest Service Regions 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6, with resources positioned closest to assigned dispatch points for emergency response.