Shaw, Daniel J

Shaw, Daniel J, doing business as Rainier Wildfire, is an SBA-certified HUBZone small business sole proprietor that provides wildland fire suppression equipment and services to federal land management agencies exclusively as a prime contractor on delivery orders and blanket purchase agreements. Rainier Wildfire is women-owned and based in Moses Lake, Washington, with a primary capability focus on water handling equipment (fire engines Types 3, 4, 5, and 6; water tenders Types 1, 2, and 3; tactical water tenders), personnel support, and materials delivery for wildfire incident response across western U.S. regions.

Nearly all federal work flows through two customers and their regional fire centers. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R6 (Pacific Northwest Region) accounts for 54 of 85 awards and $2.3 million of the combined $3.9 million potential value; the Forest Service's Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center adds 8 awards and $1.1 million. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region and Oregon-Washington offices together account for $245 thousand across eleven awards. Combined, these customers represent 93% of recent awards and 96% of combined potential value.

Rainier Wildfire's primary contract vehicles are five indefinite-delivery and blanket purchase agreements held directly with the Forest Service and National Interagency Fire Center. The largest are an Indefinite Delivery Contract (1204H125T7432) under which 15 task orders have been issued totaling $740 thousand, and a Blanket Purchase Agreement (AG04H1B167320) carrying 20 task orders worth $561 thousand. Two additional indefinite delivery contracts (1202SB22T8055 and 1204H119T7309) each anchor 10 task orders and $244 thousand in combined potential value. A third BPA (AG04H1B137263) holds 3 task orders worth $100 thousand. These vehicles are set-aside for total small business participation and enable rapid procurement of preseason and emergency response resources.

Rainier Wildfire competes entirely under set-aside designations. Nearly all awards between 2022 and 2026 carry either Total Small Business set-aside or no set-aside designation, with the exception of a February 2026 Indefinite Delivery Contract from the National Interagency Fire Center ($500 thousand ceiling through May 2030) that is explicitly reserved for small business participation and classified as a multiple-award vehicle. Recent delivery orders are firm-fixed-price awards ranging from roughly $3,600 to $137,000, with performance locations concentrated in Wenatchee, Pendleton, Baker City, and Colville, Washington and Boise, Idaho.

Activity has grown substantially. Awards per year increased from 4 in 2022 to 13 in 2026 (year-to-date), with 11 awards placed in 2025. The vendor holds no subcontract work and operates entirely as a prime. Work is classified under primary NAICS 541600 (Support Activities for Forestry) for 80 awards and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression for 74 awards, reflecting a specialized, narrow capability footprint tied directly to federal wildfire preparedness and response missions in the western U.S.