Pearson Excavating Inc.

Pearson Excavating Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in Mariposa, California, supplies heavy equipment and excavation services to the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service as a prime contractor (100% of awards) competing under total small business set-asides. The firm operates exclusively in wildland fire suppression, presuppression, and forest management support, with all recent awards concentrated in USDA's Fire and Aviation Management program at the National Interagency Fire Center and the Pacific Southwest Region.

Pearson's customer base is fully concentrated within the USDA Forest Service. Two awards under the National Interagency Fire Center account for $500 thousand in combined potential value; one delivery order from the Pacific Southwest Region adds $64 thousand. The two NIFC awards comprise indefinite delivery contracts (IDCs) with firm fixed-price structures and $250 thousand ceilings each, running through June 11, 2028. The first IDC, awarded June 11, 2023, establishes a Violent Incident Preparedness and Response (VIPR) Incident Blanket Purchase Agreement for heavy equipment such as dozers and excavators supporting wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response in Regions 5 and 6. The second IDC, awarded February 6, 2026, mirrors the structure and scope, issued under the same total small business set-aside and geographic mandate. The single delivery order from Pacific Southwest Region, issued September 5, 2025, for $63.9 thousand under contract number CASNF001684, was completed without a set-aside designation and performed in Clovis, California.

Activity is sparse and episodic—one award in 2023, one in 2025, one in 2026—with combined potential value of $564 thousand. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $64 thousand (11% of potential value), indicating that the two IDCs carry ceiling values but have seen minimal task order activity to date. Pearson holds no subcontracting footprint and operates no parent vehicle seats beyond its position on the two USDA VIPR IDCs.