Paragon Water Tenders, LLC

Paragon Water Tenders, LLC, a small business limited liability company headquartered in Eugene, Oregon, provides Type 1–6 fire engines, water tenders, potable and gray water trucks, and tactical water support apparatus to the U.S. Forest Service and allied federal agencies as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) under total small business set-asides and full-and-open competition. The company operates from Springfield, Oregon facilities with mobile equipment deployment capability across western states to support wildland fire suppression, prescribed burning, post-fire stabilization, and all-hazards incident response.

Paragon's customer footprint is heavily concentrated in Forest Service regional operations. The top two customers—the Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6) and the National Interagency Fire Center—account for approximately 86 of 113 recent awards and $5.5 million of the $6 million combined potential value. The Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region dominates by volume (85 awards, $3.3 million potential) and dollars, reflecting Paragon's primary operational theater in Oregon and Washington. The National Interagency Fire Center has placed 12 awards worth $2.2 million, routing work through VIPR (Virtual Incident Procurement) systems. The Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington and related interior offices round out the active customer set with 11 awards.

Paragon holds five active indefinite delivery contracts (IDCs) and blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) that anchor the delivery-order workflow. The largest, IDC 1202SB22T8031, carries 22 task orders worth $825 thousand. IDC 1202SB21T7658 generated 14 task orders ($446 thousand), and BPA AG04H1B167310 produced 14 task orders ($292 thousand). The IDCs and BPAs run through May 2030 and are designated as total small business set-asides with individual ceilings of $250,000 to $500,000 each. Representative work includes delivery orders to the Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region valued at $185,505 (July 2024, water tenders and handwashing stations), $167,819 (July 2024, water tenders and potable water trucks), and $122,807.50 (July 2026, water handling equipment and services, firm fixed-price). Paragon also held an IDC that expired in June 2025.

Activity has declined recently. The vendor received 17 awards in 2022, 14 in 2023, and 12 in 2024, dropping to 2 awards in 2025 and 6 in 2026 year-to-date. Combined obligated dollars stand at $3 million across 113 total awards (50% of combined potential value). All work is performed as prime contractor with no subcontract footprint reported. Paragon's award concentration by NAICS is categorical: 113 awards fall under Support Activities for Forestry (NAICS 113210); 104 are coded to the Forest–Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression PSC category, 8 to Forest/Range Fire Rehabilitation, and 1 to Fire Fighting Equipment. The vendor's first recorded federal award dates to April 2010, establishing a 16-year relationship with USDA and Department of Interior fire-management programs, predominantly in western regions.

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