Norm Jones & Sons Contracting, LLC

Norm Jones & Sons Contracting, LLC, a Montana-based limited liability partnership, supplies heavy equipment for wildfire suppression and forest management to the National Interagency Fire Center under Total Small Business set-aside multiple-award indefinite-delivery contracts. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor on four awards since May 2024, all backed by the NIFC on behalf of the USDA Forest Service.

The vendor's entire footprint concentrates on a single customer. The National Interagency Fire Center accounts for 100% of Norm Jones & Sons Contracting's awards and combined potential value, which totals $1.5 million across four IDIQs. All work falls under NAICS 332111 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression. The vendor holds four separate multiple-award indefinite-delivery contracts: a $500,000 ceiling IDIQ for heavy equipment across USDA Forest Service East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 (awarded Feb 6, 2026, completing Apr 30, 2030); a $500,000 ceiling IDIQ for miscellaneous heavy equipment including feller bunchers, mulcher/masticators, road graders, and skidders for Regions 1, 2, and 4 (awarded Feb 6, 2026, completing May 14, 2029); a $250,000 ceiling VIPR I-BPA for heavy equipment—dozers, excavators, and tractor plows—across Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 (awarded Apr 30, 2025, completing Apr 30, 2030); and a $250,000 ceiling VIPR I-BPA for miscellaneous heavy equipment for Regions 1, 2, and 4 (awarded May 14, 2024, completing May 14, 2029). Equipment and personnel are authorized for use up to 16 hours per day and may be deployed by other federal and state agencies through interagency cooperation. All contracts operate on firm fixed-price terms and use the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system for ordering and administration. The vendor achieved its first award in May 2024 and has placed two awards in 2026 year to date, indicating early-stage growth in the NIFC procurement ecosystem.