David Rains

David Rains, doing business as Rainstorm, an SBA-certified HUBZone sole proprietorship based in Hunter Mountain, Washington, delivers wildland firefighting and natural resource management services to the Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor across 126 delivery orders and indefinite delivery contracts. Rainstorm is minority-owned, veteran-owned, and Native American-owned; it competes predominantly under total small business set-asides through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system and issues delivery orders against those set-aside vehicles without further set-aside designation on individual orders.

Rainstorm's capability portfolio centers on critical wildland fire suppression and incident management support. Core service offerings include faller services (personnel and equipment for tree felling operations), water handling equipment and operations (engines Type 3–6, support and tactical water tenders), vehicle and driver transportation, fire aviation support, and incident management assistance. Representative recent work includes a $165.2 million delivery order from the Forest Service R6 Pacific Northwest Region issued June 24, 2025, for wildland firefighting support at Wenatchee, Washington; a $134.4 million delivery order issued July 10, 2024, under the same customer; and multiple smaller orders ranging from $1,500 to $80.3 million under the same vehicle. Rainstorm holds three primary indefinite delivery contracts with the Forest Service R6 and the National Interagency Fire Center—each valued at $250,000 to $750,000—covering fallers for West Zone Regions 5 and 6, water handling equipment and services for the Pacific Northwest Region, and related incident response services. The combined potential value across all 126 awards is $6.6 million, with $3.6 million (55%) obligated to date.

Customer concentration is extremely narrow. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R6 Pacific Northwest Region accounts for 88 awards (70% of the portfolio) with $3.1 million combined potential value, followed by the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center with 16 awards and $2.8 million. The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region represents one purchase-order award for a Type 6 fire engine valued at $44.8 thousand issued June 1, 2025. These four customer entities represent 98% of combined potential value. Activity has accelerated in the past two years—nine awards in 2022, sixteen in 2024, and twenty-two in 2025—with twelve awards in 2026 year-to-date as of September 12, 2026.

Rainstorm's five largest parent vehicles are multiple-award indefinite delivery contracts managed through VIPR: IDC 12569R23T7183 (20 task orders, $666 thousand), IDC 1204H125T7208 (15 task orders, $621 thousand), Blanket Purchase Agreement AG04H1B167458 (13 task orders, $272 thousand), IDC 1202SB22T8057 (12 task orders, $548 thousand), and IDC 1204H120T7084 (10 task orders, $261 thousand). The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor on 100% of awards; no subcontract footprint is present in the source data. NAICS concentration is extreme: 124 of 126 awards (98%) fall under Support Activities for Forestry; 123 of 126 awards (98%) carry PSC code for Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression. Rainstorm has no presence on government-wide vehicles such as GWACs or agency-wide IDIQs; all work flows through Forest Service and National Interagency Fire Center–held small business set-asides issued through VIPR.