Pardee Excavating LIMITED Liability Co

Pardee Excavating LIMITED Liability Co, based in Thompson Falls, Montana, provides water handling services and heavy equipment support for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response to the U.S. Forest Service and National Interagency Fire Center as a small business prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides. The company operates exclusively as a prime, holding four indefinite delivery contracts (all awarded in 2024–2026 under the Virtual Incident Procurement system) with combined potential value of $1 million and ultimate completion dates spanning through May 2030.

Pardee Excavating's customer base is narrowly concentrated on Forest Service regional operations and the National Interagency Fire Center, which together account for 94% of combined potential value across all awards. The National Interagency Fire Center anchors the portfolio with four awards worth $1 million, while the Forest Service R1-Northern Region holds nine awards valued at $199 thousand. The four active IDCs are structured as multiple-award Firm Fixed Price blanket purchase agreements for water handling and heavy equipment (dozers, excavators, tractor plows) serving East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9, each carrying a $250 thousand ceiling. Task orders against these IDCs support rapid deployment across unpredictable wildland fire locations, with services scaled to accommodate up to 16-hour daily operational shifts and supporting equipment, materials, supplies, transportation, and trained personnel.

The vendor's award portfolio spans forestry support work (18 awards under NAICS 541490) and light construction activities, with annual volume historically variable — four awards in 2011, two in 2017, then recent growth in 2024–2026. Of the $1.3 million combined potential value, only $299 thousand has been obligated to date (24%), indicating these are newly awarded IDCs not yet drawing task orders at scale. Pardee Excavating has obligated $9 thousand across a single blanket purchase agreement (AG03R6B090023) and holds secondary positions on two other Forest Service BPAs with minimal value recorded.