Powell Ranch LLC

Powell Ranch LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Eureka, California, provides water handling equipment and heavy machinery support for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response to the U.S. Forest Service as a prime contractor exclusively under small-business set-asides. The company operates 100% as a prime across delivery orders and indefinite-delivery contracts, with no subcontract footprint in recent awards.

Powell Ranch competes entirely within the small-business set-aside universe. All thirteen recent awards carry Total Small Business set-aside designations or firm fixed-price delivery orders issued without set-aside designation under small-business IDCs. The company's capability portfolio centers on two concrete service lines: water handling equipment (Type 3 and 6 engines, Support Water Tenders Types 1, 2, and 3) and heavy equipment for fire suppression (dozers, excavators, and related machinery). Representative awards include a $500,000 multiple-award IDC with the National Interagency Fire Center for water handling in Region 5 through June 2030 (awarded February 6, 2026), a $500,000 multiple-award IDC for heavy equipment in West Zone Regions 5 and 6 through May 2030 (awarded February 6, 2026), and a $250,000 multiple-award I-BPA IDC for water handling in Region 5 through June 2030 (awarded June 4, 2025). Recent delivery orders against these IDCs include a $108,565 EPA Region 5 call on August 22, 2025, a $49,175 EPA Region 5 call on August 22, 2025, and a $79,758 Interior Department Region 6 order on August 5, 2026.

Customer concentration is narrow and singular. The Department of Agriculture's Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center accounts for four awards valued at $1.5 million combined potential value, anchored by the two $500,000 IDC awards. USDA Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) follows with seven awards totaling $431,000 in combined potential value, consisting primarily of small delivery orders. Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) accounts for two awards valued at $84,000. All thirteen awards are to USDA Forest Service entities; the top two customer rankings are identical.

Powell Ranch holds positions on two named parent IDCs: IDC 129J6125T7257 with five task orders valued at $223,000, and IDC 12569R25T7179 with four task orders valued at $292,000. Both vehicles are multiple-award small-business IDCs operated by the National Interagency Fire Center for emergency response procurement.

Activity was concentrated in 2025 (nine awards) with four awards in 2026 through August. Combined potential value across all awards is $2 million, with only $515,000 obligated across all awards (26% of combined potential value), indicating modest cash deployment and reliance on delivery-order pull-through. All thirteen awards carry NAICS 333711 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation–Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression coding. Powell Ranch has no recompete exposure note in the source; the longest-term IDCs extend through 2030.