Phillips Excavation LLC

Phillips Excavation LLC, a veteran-owned small business based in Helena, Montana, provides heavy equipment and excavation services to the Department of Agriculture as a prime contractor, operating exclusively under Total Small Business set-asides across its federal footprint.

Phillips Excavation is a sole-proprietorship limited liability company registered in SAM.gov since 2003. The vendor's federal work centers on wildland fire suppression, emergency response, and hazard mitigation for the U.S. Forest Service and the National Interagency Fire Center. Concrete capability examples include a $22.8 thousand firm fixed-price delivery order from the Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region) in July 2024 for excavation services supporting fire suppression operations in Helena, Montana; a $41.7 thousand Total Small Business delivery order from the Department of Agriculture Region 1 in August 2026 for excavation services with ultimate completion in August 2026; and a $500 thousand multiple-award IDIQ from the National Interagency Fire Center awarded in February 2026 with ceiling through June 2028 for heavy equipment procurement (dozers, excavators, tractor plows) supporting the East Zone (Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9). The vendor also holds a $250 thousand multiple-award IDIQ from the Forest Service awarded in June 2023 running through June 2028 for heavy equipment under the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system. Phillips Excavation received a federal grant award in May 2023 under the REAP Renewable Energy System (RES) Grant program from the Rural Business Cooperative Services, with ultimate completion in May 2025.

Customer concentration is singular: the Department of Agriculture accounts for 100% of awards, split between the Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region) at 8 awards and $365 thousand combined potential value, and the National Interagency Fire Center at 4 awards and $1.1 million combined potential value. The vendor operates entirely as a prime (18 of 18 awards) with no subcontract footprint. Recent activity is sparse: one or two awards per year, with combined potential value of $1.5 million across all federal work and only $396 thousand obligated. The vendor competes under Total Small Business set-asides on most work; the July 2024 Forest Service order carried no set-aside designation.