Pitman Resources LLC

Pitman Resources LLC, a woman-owned small business based in Seeley Lake, Montana, provides heavy equipment with water capabilities and specialized operators for wildfire suppression and natural resource management as a prime contractor (100% of awards) to the U.S. Forest Service and related agencies. The company operates exclusively as a prime under small-business set-asides, competing on Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements and regional Forest Service indefinite-delivery contracts across the western United States.

Pitman Resources' capability portfolio centers on specialized firefighting equipment — skidgines, softtracks, and pumper cats — furnished with trained operators to support active wildfire suppression, all-hazard incident response, and prescribed burn operations. Concrete recent work includes a $94,300 delivery order from Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region) on August 23, 2026, for heavy equipment with water capabilities in Dillon, Montana; a $45,100 delivery order from the General Services Administration on August 24, 2026, under a VIPR I-BPA for the same capability in Dillon; and a $77,284 delivery order from Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) on September 3, 2025, for wildfire suppression equipment.

Customer concentration is acute: 95% of awards fund Forest Service programs, with the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region) anchoring 22 awards valued at $1.4 million combined potential value and the Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center accounting for 8 awards also valued at $1.4 million combined potential value. The remaining Forest Service regions (Southwestern, Rocky Mountain, Intermountain, and Pacific Southwest) together account for seven awards valued at $463 thousand. Pitman Resources holds three active indefinite-delivery contracts: a $500,000 ceiling IDIQ with the National Interagency Fire Center awarded February 6, 2026, running through May 21, 2030; a $250,000 IDC with Forest Service awarded May 21, 2025, also running through May 21, 2030; and a $250,000 expired IDC from May 26, 2022. All three IDCs cover heavy equipment with water for Forest Service Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 in the East Zone and carry total small-business set-aside designations with optional use authorized for the Department of the Interior and National Park Service. Task orders flow primarily against five parent vehicles: Blanket Purchase Agreement AG0343B167239 (12 task orders, $694 thousand combined potential value), Indefinite Delivery Contract 12034319T7218 (6 task orders, $436 thousand), and Indefinite Delivery Contract 1202SB22T7166 (5 task orders, $329 thousand).

Activity has been episodic — one award in 2021, a spike to eight in 2022, then two awards in 2024, three in 2025, and three in 2026 (as of August 2026) — reflecting seasonal wildfire response and equipment procurement cycles rather than sustained growth. Combined potential value across all 38 awards stands at $3.2 million with $1.5 million obligated (45% realization). The company operates with no subcontract footprint and competes exclusively against other small businesses on Forest Service and interagency wildfire-suppression equipment procurement.