Nwforest LLC

Nwforest LLC, a woman-owned small business based in Powell Butte, Oregon, delivers water handling equipment, fire suppression services, and forest management support to the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management as a prime contractor operating entirely within total small business set-asides and full-and-open competitions. The company is SBA-certified as a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and structured as a limited liability company.

Nwforest's capability footprint centers on equipment provision and personnel deployment for wildfire suppression and all-hazard incident response across the western United States. The vendor supplies engines (Types 3, 4, 5, and 6), support water tenders (Types 1, 2, and 3), and tactical water tenders (Types 1 and 2), along with trained personnel, materials, supplies, transportation, and lodging for emergency response operations. Representative work includes a $94,521.63 delivery order from the Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6) for water handling services completed in August 2024, a $47,175.66 delivery order for forest management services in Springfield, Oregon completed in September 2024, and a $61,735.04 delivery order from Region 6 issued in August 2026 for fire suppression support. The combined potential value across all fifteen awards totals $1.4 million, with $391 thousand obligated.

Customer concentration is modest and regionally anchored. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center dominates the potential-value ranking with three awards valued at $1 million combined, while the Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region places the most orders by count (eight awards, $277 thousand combined potential value). The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region rounds out the active set with four awards ($114 thousand combined potential value). All fifteen awards are prime; the vendor has no subcontract footprint.

Nwforest holds three Indefinite Delivery Contracts, all with the National Interagency Fire Center for water handling services across Forest Service regions. The oldest IDC, awarded June 7, 2022, carries a $250,000 ceiling through June 2025 and supports Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10 via multiple award Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements; four task orders valued at $155 thousand have been placed against it. A second IDC, awarded May 29, 2025, also carries a $250,000 ceiling through May 2030 and is designated as a total small business set-aside; two task orders worth $48 thousand have issued. A third IDC, awarded February 6, 2026, increased the ceiling to $500,000 with the same May 2030 completion date, with two task orders ($73 thousand combined) placed to date. Activity has grown from a single award in 2022 to five annual awards in both 2025 and 2026. All work is performed in the western United States, with primary operations concentrated in Oregon and Idaho.