Brian E South

Brian E South is a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Grass Valley, California, registered in SAM.gov since 2011, and structured as a sole proprietorship. The company specializes in providing temporary sanitation equipment and services primarily to federal land management agencies, with a focus on supporting wildland fire management, emergency response, and infrastructure maintenance operations. While specific details about the company's founding or leadership are not provided, the vendor has established itself as a reliable provider of portable toilets, handwashing stations, and related sanitation equipment to various federal agencies.

The company has been awarded multiple federal contract awards, predominantly from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5). These contracts, ranging in value from $1,639.50 to $462,292.95, consistently involve the rental and deployment of portable sanitation infrastructure for critical operational needs such as prescribed burns, wildfire risk reduction, and infrastructure maintenance projects in national forests throughout Northern California. None of the contract awards have had specific set-aside designations, and the contracts have been primarily delivered as firm-fixed-price purchase orders and delivery orders. The contracts demonstrate Brian E South's capability to rapidly provide essential sanitation support for time-sensitive and geographically diverse federal land management projects.

Brian E South holds two significant federal contract indefinite delivery vehicles (IDVs) that expand its operational capacity. The first is a $7,500,000 multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) awarded in May 2025, and the second is a $7,500,000 Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) awarded in June 2024, both from the USDA Forest Service's National Interagency Fire Center. These IDVs allow for indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity procurement of sanitation rental services across multiple Interior Department agencies, including the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Fish & Wildlife Service. The IDVs have a 3-year base period with a 1-year option and are designed to ensure rapid deployment of portable toilets, handwashing stations, and related temporary sanitation equipment for emergency and planned operational needs nationwide.

Septic pumping and toilet rentals