Maswel LLC

Maswel LLC, operating through its Maswel Fire division, delivers wildland fire suppression equipment, water handling services, and incident response logistics to the U.S. Forest Service and National Interagency Fire Center as a prime contractor exclusively, holding a self-certified small disadvantaged business designation and competing predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides across IDIQs and delivery orders.

Maswel Fire supplies specialized firefighting apparatus — fire engines (Types 3–6), water tenders (Types 1–3), and tactical water tenders (Types 1–2) — alongside water handling equipment, materials transportation, personnel mobilization, and incident management logistics to support wildland fire suppression, all-hazard response, and prescribed burn work. Recent representative awards include a $135,300 firm fixed-price delivery order from Forest Service Region 4 (Intermountain) in August 2025 for incident response in Venice, Utah; a $105,000 delivery order from Region 6 (Pacific Northwest) in September 2025 for water handling services in Wenatchee, Washington; and a $91,348.92 delivery order from Region 2 (Rocky Mountain) in July 2026 for equipment and personnel deployment in Delta, Colorado. The vendor operates from Nampa, Idaho, with performance locations across western Forest Service administrative regions including California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Washington.

Customer concentration is extreme and singular. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center holds 5 awards worth $1.8 million combined potential value — nearly 67% of the vendor's total portfolio. When combined, Forest Service regional operations (Region 6 Pacific Northwest with 8 awards totaling $385 thousand, Region 4 Intermountain with 4 awards totaling $252 thousand, Region 2 Rocky Mountain with 2 awards totaling $116 thousand, and Region 5 Pacific Southwest with 2 awards totaling $91 thousand) account for approximately 16 awards and $844 thousand, bringing total Forest Service exposure to 84% of awards. The vendor has served seven distinct agencies by count, but Forest Service components represent the entire effective customer base.

Maswel Fire holds four primary IDIQ vehicles: two $500,000 multiple-award Total Small Business IDIQs awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center on February 6, 2026, covering East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 (with seven task orders worth $238 thousand to date) and Region 6 Pacific Northwest (with six task orders worth $345 thousand to date); a $250,000 VIPR IDIQ from the Forest Service covering Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 (awarded May 30, 2025, with five task orders worth $277 thousand); and an earlier $250,000 VIPR IDIQ covering Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10 (awarded July 14, 2022, now expired in June 2025). All vehicles carry Total Small Business set-asides, and the vendor executes 100% of its work as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint.

Award activity has grown from five awards in 2022 to nine in 2025 and eight in 2026 year to date, though the portfolio remains small in both count and dollar magnitude. Combined potential value across 25 awards stands at $2.7 million with $904 thousand obligated to date. The vendor's award footprint is bounded by the VIPR Incident Blanket Purchase Agreement structure, which ties all work to preseason emergency procurement windows and short performance periods (typically days to weeks per delivery order). This operational model — microtask orders under regional IDIQs rather than sustained contracts — creates high recompete frequency but also structural vulnerability: the two $500,000 IDIQs awarded in February 2026 carry expiration in May 2030, but the expired $250,000 VIPR IDIQ from 2022 demonstrates the vendor faces annual competitive reselection under the Forest Service's decentralized regional procurement process.