Oak Valley Excavating LLC

Oak Valley Excavating LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Mora, New Mexico, provides heavy equipment rentals, construction materials, and operator support services to the U.S. Forest Service and federal land-management agencies as a prime contractor exclusively under Total Small Business set-asides. The sole proprietorship operates under NAICS 238990 (Site Preparation Contractors) and PSC R499 (miscellaneous heavy equipment rental), with a narrowly concentrated customer footprint entirely within the Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Oak Valley's customer concentration is heavily skewed toward wildland fire suppression and incident response. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center accounts for four awards worth $1.5 million in combined potential value, while the Forest Service Region 3–Southwestern Region (the primary operational region) carries eleven awards for $1.2 million. The Forest Service Region 2–Rocky Mountain Region and the Bureau of Indian Affairs Navajo Region round out the active customer set. All five customers are part of the Department of Agriculture or Interior, representing 100% of Oak Valley's recent award footprint. The vendor holds four indefinite delivery contracts under the USDA Forest Service Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system — two awards from the National Interagency Fire Center, each with a $500,000 ceiling and performance through 2028 and 2029 respectively, and two awards from USFS Region 3, each with a $250,000 ceiling running through 2028 and 2029. Task orders under these vehicles range from $3,250 to $90,000 for construction materials and equipment rental supporting fire suppression operations.

Representative recent work includes a $90,000 Total Small Business delivery order from USFS Region 3–Southwestern Region (August 2026) for construction materials and equipment rental in Santa Fe, New Mexico; a $61,794 firm fixed price order from USFS Region 2–Rocky Mountain Region (July 2026) for heavy equipment support in Durango, Colorado; and a $48,774 delivery order from USFS Region 3 (May 2026) for construction materials and equipment rental in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Larger historical work during the 2022 Calf Canyon fire response included a $539,832 dumpster services contract, a $181,488 skidder and materials order, and a $106,910 dump truck and materials contract from USFS Region 3. Oak Valley operates exclusively as a prime contractor with zero subcontract footprint. Recent activity shows volatility — four awards in 2022, one in 2023, six in 2024, one in 2025, and seven in 2026 — with concentrated work in fire season months. The vendor's combined potential value across all nineteen awards is $2.8 million, with $1.3 million obligated to date.