Bruland, Duane R

Bruland, Duane R, doing business as Pine Mountain Excavating, supplies heavy equipment, water handling services, and personnel support for wildland fire suppression and emergency response to the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management as a prime contractor exclusively under Total Small Business set-asides. Pine Mountain Excavating is a sole proprietorship based in Yakima, Washington, competing entirely in the small business set-aside space across 45 recent prime awards with combined potential value of $3.1 million.

The vendor's capability footprint is narrow and specialized. Pine Mountain Excavating provides Type 3–6 fire engines, Support and Tactical Water Tenders, dozers, excavators, water handling equipment, materials, transportation, and staffing for fire suppression and incident response. Recent representative work includes a $178,689 delivery order from Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest) on July 15, 2025, for equipment and personnel support in Wenatchee, Washington; a $90,000 delivery order on June 24, 2024, for heavy equipment and fire management staffing; a $50,400 delivery order on July 20, 2026, for water handling and suppression support in Pendleton, Oregon; and a $32,247 delivery order on August 6, 2026, for water handling equipment in Wenatchee. The vendor holds five active indefinite delivery contracts, each with $250,000–$500,000 ceilings, running through 2028–2030 under the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service. Thirty-nine of forty-five awards (87% by count) fund USDA Forest Service programs across Region 6 (Pacific Northwest) and the National Interagency Fire Center, with the National Interagency Fire Center anchoring $2 million of the combined potential value despite only seven awards. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington carries three awards ($17 thousand combined potential). The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission lists nine awards in the award count but appears to reflect administrative or hearing-related work outside the fire suppression footprint.

Activity has grown modestly — one award in 2022, one in 2023, two in 2024, two in 2025, and five through August 2026. Work is performed across western Forest Service regions (Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10) and on Bureau of Land Management lands in Oregon and Washington. Primary NAICS is 238900 (Support Activities for Forestry), with secondary coding in 238120 (Site Preparation Contractors). Pine Mountain Excavating competes purely on Total Small Business set-asides and holds no teaming relationships or subcontract footprint — all forty-five awards are prime. The vendor does not hold positions on government-wide vehicles or regional acquisition vehicles outside the VIPR system IDCs and BPAs it has been awarded into directly.

ROAD CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, SITE PREPARATION, CLEARING & GRUBBING, ROAD MAINTENANCE, DISASTER RESPONSE, IRRIGATION, DRAINAGE, FLOOD CONTROL DAMAGE, PIPE INSTALLATION, SEWER, WATER, TRUCKING, EXCAVATION, PONDS, CULVERTS, CAMPGROUND , rockwalls