Newman Ben A

Newman Ben A, operating as Bailey Logging, is a self-certified small disadvantaged business sole proprietorship based in Loon Lake, Washington, that provides wildland firefighting and forestry support services to the Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the Department of the Interior as a prime contractor exclusively. Bailey Logging competes under Total Small Business set-asides on indefinite delivery contracts and full-and-open delivery orders, with all 57 recent federal awards (100% prime) occurring since 2022 under the Forest Service's Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system.

Bailey Logging's concrete capability is rapid deployment of certified faller teams, heavy equipment such as dozers and excavators, vehicles with qualified operators, and trained personnel for fire suppression, hazard mitigation, and forest land management across western and central U.S. forest regions. Representative recent work includes a $55,854 Total Small Business delivery order with USDA Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) awarded September 11, 2026, for wildland firefighting support in Wenatchee, Washington; a $50,400 delivery order with Region 1 (Northern Region) awarded July 20, 2026, for fire suppression operations in Dalton Gardens, Idaho; and a $66,585 delivery order with Region 6 awarded August 3, 2025, for emergency response work in Tumwater, Washington. Earlier awards range from $9,453 to $62,400 per task order.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the National Interagency Fire Center (22 awards, $6.4 million combined potential value) which administers VIPR blanket purchase agreements across Forest Service regions. The top five funding agencies account for 93% of awards and 99% of combined potential value: the National Interagency Fire Center ($6.4 million), Region 6 Pacific Northwest ($403 thousand), Region 1 Northern ($393 thousand), Region 4 Intermountain ($206 thousand), and the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region ($166 thousand). This concentration reflects Bailey Logging's positioning as a preseason incident contractor within the VIPR system rather than a distributor of work across diverse civilian or defense customers.

Bailey Logging holds 15 active indefinite delivery contracts, all firm fixed price and all under Total Small Business set-asides, with individual ceilings of $250,000 to $750,000 and performance periods extending through 2028 or 2029. The top vehicles by task-order volume are an IDC for chipper services (15 task orders, $536 thousand), an IDC for miscellaneous heavy equipment (8 task orders, $287 thousand), and an IDC for faller services (6 task orders, $227 thousand). These IDCs cover regional service categories — fallers, heavy equipment, vehicles with drivers, and chippers — across Forest Service East Zone (Regions 1, 2, 4, 9) and West Zone (Regions 5, 6), enabling the Forest Service to issue delivery orders on compressed timelines during fire season.

Activity has grown substantially: one award in 2022 to 16 awards in 2026 year-to-date, with 12 awards delivered in 2025. Combined potential value across all 57 awards is $7.7 million against obligated dollars of $1.4 million (19% of potential), indicating task orders remain predominantly open and execution-dependent. The vendor's award portfolio does not appear in subcontractor roles; all work is delivered as prime. The primary NAICS code is Support Activities for Forestry (54 awards); PSC coding is exclusively Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression (57 awards). Bailey Logging's recompete exposure stems from the staggered expiration of VIPR IDC vehicles — multiple contracts expire through 2028–2029 — and the seasonal nature of task-order issuance under incident procurement rules, where agency task orders terminate on short notice after fire suppression or hazard mitigation work concludes.