Oak Valley Excavating LLC

Oak Valley Excavating LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Mora, New Mexico, operates as a prime contractor providing heavy equipment rentals, construction materials, and operator support services to federal land and resource agencies, specializing in wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response across the southwestern United States. The vendor competes exclusively under small business set-asides (Total Small Business designations on its IDCs and delivery orders), with all sixteen prime awards concentrated in the past four years.

Oak Valley's customer base is highly concentrated in the U.S. Forest Service, which accounts for the entirety of the vendor's federal footprint. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 3—Southwestern Region dominates by award count (10 awards, $1.1 million combined potential value), with the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center anchoring the second tier (4 awards, $1 million combined potential value). The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Navajo Region rounds out the active set with a single purchase order. The two ranking methods track identically, indicating no tension between volume and dollars — USFS R3 leads decisively across both measures.

Oak Valley holds four active indefinite delivery contracts under the U.S. Forest Service Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system: two IDCs awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center on February 6, 2026 (each with a $250,000 ceiling, performance through April 22, 2029 and May 1, 2028 respectively), one IDC awarded by NIFC on April 22, 2024 ($250,000 ceiling, through April 22, 2029), and one awarded by NIFC on May 1, 2023 ($250,000 ceiling, through May 1, 2028). These four vehicles have generated six task orders totaling $161,000 and one task order worth $74,000, respectively. Recent delivery-order work includes a $48,774 May 2026 order from USFS R3 for construction materials and equipment rental in Alamogordo, a $15,000 July 2026 order from USFS R3, and a $74,448 May 2024 order for similar services. The vendor also completed substantial equipment and dumpster support work at the Calf Canyon wildfire site in summer 2022, including contracts valued at $539,832 for dumpster services, $181,488 for skidder support, $106,910 for dump truck services, and $90,000 for road base and rock delivery. Award activity spiked in 2024 (six awards) but has moderated to one or fewer awards in 2023, 2025, and 2026 year-to-date, suggesting either project-cycle volatility or competitive pressure on renewal pipeline. Eleven awards, valued at $1.1 million combined potential value, complete by the end of the 2026 calendar year, creating recompete exposure across the VIPR vehicle portfolio.

Oak Valley operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint. The vendor's capability portfolio centers on heavy equipment operations (feller bunchers, mulchers, road graders, skidders, dozers, excavators, transport vehicles), operator staffing, and material delivery (road base, rock, cinders, dumpster services) for emergency incident response and prescribed forestry work, classified under NAICS 238990 (Site Preparation Contractors) and PSC R499 (miscellaneous heavy construction equipment rental).