Daniel Oilar

Daniel Oilar, a sole proprietorship based in Eureka, California, provides wildland fire suppression equipment, water handling services, vehicles with drivers, and incident support personnel to the U.S. Forest Service as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides, competing 100% in prime capacity with no subcontractor footprint. The vendor operates exclusively as a small business and holds multiple Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center and the Forest Service through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, issuing firm fixed-price delivery orders on demand during wildfire emergencies and incident response operations across western states.

Daniel Oilar's customer base is entirely concentrated within the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service organization. The top five customer components account for 89% of recent awards, dominated by the Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center (19 awards, $3.2 million combined potential value), the Forest Service R5-Pacific Southwest Region (25 awards, $635 thousand combined potential value), and the Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management Federal Fire and Aviation Management office (10 awards, $657 thousand combined potential value). The potential-value ranking differs slightly from award count—the National Interagency Fire Center anchors the dollars despite placing fewer individual task orders than Region 5, reflecting higher individual order values for water handling equipment and personnel mobilization.

Oilar holds eight active or recently expired IDCs with ceilings ranging from $250,000 to $500,000, all set aside for total small business. These vehicles include Water Handling for Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) ($500,000 ceiling through June 4, 2030), Vehicle with Driver services for Regions 1 and 4 ($250,000 ceiling each, through July 20, 2031), Vehicle with Driver for Region 5 and 6 West Zone ($250,000 ceiling through August 18, 2031), and legacy contracts covering the West Zone (Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10) and Region 4 operations. The top three parent vehicles carry 28 of 73 total awards: Indefinite Delivery Contract 129J6120T7053 (14 task orders, $893 thousand combined potential value), Indefinite Delivery Contract 1202SB22T8013 (14 task orders, $583 thousand combined potential value), and Indefinite Delivery Contract 129J6125T7119 (7 task orders, $220 thousand combined potential value). Recent awards cluster at the National Interagency Fire Center's VIPR I-BPA program and the Forest Service Region 5 operations.

Capability concentration is narrow and specialized. Oilar's work portfolio is dominated by Support Activities for Forestry (57 of 73 awards) and All Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation (13 awards), priced entirely under PSC Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression (70 awards). Recent representative work includes a $125,100 delivery order from Forest Service Region 5 for water handling and incident support through September 1, 2026; a $21,725 order from the same region under the VIPR I-BPA for water tenders and personnel (September 2025); and multiple orders in the $60,000 to $80,000 range for water handling equipment and vehicle support across Regions 3, 4, and 5 in 2023 and 2024. Orders under the IDCs typically run $9,000 to $101,000 per task, supporting rapid deployment of Type 1, 2, and 3 water tenders, Type 3 and 6 engines, certified personnel, transportation, and lodging for 16-hour daily shifts.

Activity has been volatile but trending upward in 2026. Awards per year ranged from 4 to 9 over the past five years (2022: 6 awards; 2023: 4; 2024: 7; 2025: 4; 2026: 9 as of August). Combined potential value across all 73 awards is $5.5 million, with $2 million obligated (36% of potential). The vendor's total award history spans from 2006 to the present, indicating sustained engagement with the Forest Service. The geographic footprint encompasses Forest Service Regions 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6, plus the National Interagency Fire Center, with performance locations in California (Eureka, Quincy, Susanville, Redding), New Mexico (Silver City), and operations across western states during incident response. Optional usage provisions on the IDCs permit other federal agencies—including the Department of Interior, National Park Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs—to issue task orders, although the source shows no awards from those agencies to date.

3600 gal. water truck, self loading pump, tower and hydrant fill, front rear and side sprays, operator with fire and construction experience