Outback Firefighting, Inc.

Outback Firefighting, Inc., a Stevensville, Montana-based small business subchapter S corporation, supplies wildland firefighting equipment and trained personnel to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and cooperating federal agencies as a 100 percent prime contractor under ten parent Indefinite Delivery Contracts awarded through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system by the National Interagency Fire Center in February 2026. The company competes exclusively under total small business set-asides; all ten parent IDCs and the vast majority of task orders carry total small business set-aside designations, though individual delivery orders issued under VIPR parent vehicles permit unrestricted competition at the ordering level to accelerate emergency resource deployment.

Outback Firefighting's federal footprint concentrates in wildland firefighting equipment rental and trained personnel deployment to Forest Service regional operations nationwide. Core capabilities include water handling (potable and gray water trucks with handwashing stations), Type 1-6 fire engines, utility terrain vehicles, weed washing units, generators, temporary shelter systems (Type 3 and Type 4 tents), mobile communications units, and trained firefighting crews capable of 16-hour operational shifts. Representative recent work includes a $231,230.76 delivery order from Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) for wildland firefighting equipment and personnel positioned in Eureka, California, completed September 18, 2026; a $188,595.10 delivery order from Forest Service Region 2 (Rocky Mountain Region) for wildland firefighting equipment and personnel support in Delta, Colorado, with completion by September 3, 2026; and a $219,324.80 purchase order from Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region) for Type 3 tents supplied to Kamiah, Idaho, with completion by September 26, 2025.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to the Forest Service. The top five funding agencies account for 74 percent of combined potential value, led by the National Interagency Fire Center's Fire and Aviation Management program (111 awards, $21.4 million combined potential value), followed by Forest Service Region 1—Northern Region (237 awards, $9.9 million), Forest Service Region 4—Intermountain Region (198 awards, $9.4 million), Forest Service Region 5—Pacific Southwest Region (67 awards, $4.5 million), and Forest Service Region 6—Pacific Northwest Region (72 awards, $4 million). Activity has grown substantially, from 52 awards in 2023 to 193 awards in 2026, with 1,078 total awards on record carrying $66.8 million in combined potential value. Award distribution by NAICS reflects the core business: 725 awards under Support Activities for Forestry (NAICS 115310), 170 awards under Truck, Utility Trailer, and RV Rental and Leasing (NAICS 532120), and 51 awards under Other Support Activities for Air Transportation (NAICS 488190) for helicopter operations support.

Outback Firefighting holds ten parent Indefinite Delivery Contracts all awarded February 6, 2026, with ceilings ranging from $250,000 to $1.25 million and completion dates extending through 2030. The largest parent vehicle is the Water Handling IDC for Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region), valued at $1.25 million (IDC 1202SB25T7754) with 32 task orders totaling $2.5 million in combined potential value. Other significant vehicles include the Water Handling IDC for East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 ($500,000 ceiling), the Mobile Communications Unit IDC for national coverage ($500,000 ceiling), the Weed Washing Units IDCs for East Zone and Regions 3, 5, 6 (each $500,000 ceiling), the Helicopter Operations Support IDC for national coverage ($500,000 ceiling), and the Off-Highway Vehicles IDC awarded August 14, 2026 ($500,000 ceiling). All parent IDCs are designated total small business set-asides under VIPR, administered by the National Interagency Fire Center on behalf of the Forest Service. Individual task orders issued under these vehicles typically carry firm fixed pricing and completion dates of 7 to 90 days, reflecting emergency dispatch urgency in wildfire suppression logistics. Task-order values have ranged from under $1,000 to approximately $662,000, with most orders in the $4,700 to $240,000 band.

The company operates as a 100 percent prime contractor with no subcontractor footprint; all equipment is supplied from company-owned inventory and all personnel are company employees. Outback Firefighting performs work across all fifty states with administrative oversight and procurement coordination through the National Interagency Fire Center and regional Forest Service dispatch centers. The vendor's recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal—only one award ($22 thousand combined potential value) reaches ultimate completion inside that window. The VIPR system's multi-year parent IDC structure and rolling task-order issuance model characteristic of emergency procurement creates sustained revenue visibility and reduces traditional recompete cliff risk.

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