Northstate Heavy Equipment Rental

Northstate Heavy Equipment Rental, doing business as Northstate Equipment, is a small disadvantaged business and HUBZone certified Subchapter S Corporation located in Cottonwood, California. The company specializes in providing heavy equipment rental services to federal agencies, with a primary focus on supporting the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service across multiple western regions. Established as a reliable partner in equipment rentals, Northstate offers a comprehensive range of heavy machinery including excavators, dozers, water tenders, trucks, and specialized equipment designed to meet the critical operational needs of land management and emergency response organizations.

The company has consistently secured federal contract awards, predominantly from the USDA Forest Service, for equipment rental services supporting wildland fire management, forestry operations, emergency response, and land management activities. These contracts span regions including the Pacific Southwest (Region 5), Pacific Northwest (Region 6), and Southwestern (Region 3) areas. Most of Northstate's contract awards are firm fixed-price delivery orders with values ranging from approximately $10,000 to $250,000. While many contracts are not designated as set-asides, the company's HUBZone certification has been advantageous in securing federal contract opportunities. The equipment rentals support critical agency missions, including wildfire suppression, prescribed burns, emergency incident management, and infrastructure maintenance across national forests and grasslands in California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada.

Northstate Heavy Equipment Rental holds multiple Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) with the USDA Forest Service's National Interagency Fire Center, each with a $250,000 ceiling value and structured as total small business set-asides. These IDCs cover various specialized equipment rental categories, including water handling equipment, miscellaneous heavy equipment, vehicles with drivers, and potable/gray water truck services. The contracts are designed to provide the Forest Service with flexible, rapid access to critical equipment across different geographic regions. Specifically, the IDVs cover West Zone Regions 3, 5, and 6, as well as East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9, with performance periods extending through 2028-2030. These multiple-award contract vehicles enable the Forest Service to quickly procure necessary equipment for fire suppression, emergency response, land management, and other mission-critical activities through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system.