R D Sutherland Construction, LLC

R D Sutherland Construction, LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Nucla, Colorado, provides heavy equipment deployment and construction services for wildland fire suppression, emergency response, and land management to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the Department of the Interior as a prime contractor on task orders and indefinite delivery contracts (IDCs) under the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system. The company operates exclusively as a prime, with 100% of its 46 recent federal awards structured as delivery orders, purchase orders, or IDV positions rather than subcontract work.

R D Sutherland's capability portfolio centers on equipment provision and on-site support for federal wildfire and forest management operations. The vendor deploys front-end loaders, dump trucks, dozers, excavators, tractor plows, road graders, refrigerated trailers, and water handling equipment (potable and gray water trucks, handwashing stations) across multiple Forest Service regions. Representative work includes a $126,506 delivery order from USDA Forest Service Region 8 (Southern Region) awarded April 2, 2026, for equipment support under a Total Small Business set-aside; a $71,023 delivery order from USDA Forest Service Region 4 (Intermountain Region) for construction services and heavy equipment support completed in October 2024; and a $121,619 purchase order from USDA Forest Service Region 3 (Southwestern Region) for a front-end loader delivered in August 2022. The company also holds multiple IDCs valued at $250,000 each, each designated as a Total Small Business set-aside under the VIPR system, covering water handling services, refrigerated trailers, heavy equipment, miscellaneous equipment, and potable/gray water trucks across Forest Service East Zone regions (1, 2, 4, 8, and 9).

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the USDA Forest Service. The top five customer organizations account for 93% of awards by count and 96% by combined potential value. The National Interagency Fire Center (USDA Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management) anchors the portfolio with 14 IDC awards carrying $3.5 million in combined potential value—these represent the standing vehicle positions from which task orders are issued. The Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region (Region 2) places the most frequent orders, with 19 awards (primarily delivery orders and purchase orders) totaling $579 thousand in combined potential value. The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region accounts for 6 awards ($220 thousand), while Forest Service Regions 3, 4, and 8 round out active customers. The portfolio is concentrated in NAICS 541710 (Support Activities for Forestry), which covers 34 of 46 awards, and NAICS 484121 (Specialized Freight Trucking, Local), covering 11 awards. Primary PSC coding is V401 (Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression), accounting for 39 awards.

R D Sutherland's vehicle position consists of multiple standing IDCs under the VIPR system, all held directly by the company. The top IDC vehicles by task-order count are Indefinite Delivery Contract 1202SB23T7486 (9 task orders, $464 thousand combined potential value), 1202SB22T7360 (5 task orders, $119 thousand), and 1202SB24T7444 (3 task orders, $91 thousand). Each IDC carries a $250,000 ceiling and a Total Small Business set-aside designation with firm fixed-price terms. Most IDCs extend performance through 2028–2030, establishing a multi-year framework for rapid task-order issuance in response to fire seasons and emergency incidents.

Award activity has grown sharply in recent years. The vendor received 4 awards each in 2022 and 2023, then escalated to 14 awards in 2024 and 15 in 2025 (the most recent full year in the source), with 6 awards already recorded in 2026. Combined potential value across all 46 awards is $4.8 million, with $1.3 million obligated to date (26% of potential value), reflecting the task-order structure under standing IDVs where ceiling values are set but invoiced amounts vary by operational need. The recompete clock on several major IDVs is approaching: IDC 1202SB23T7486 (which generated 9 task orders) expires June 1, 2028; 1202SB22T7360 expires May 30, 2025 (within the current window); and 1202SB24T7444 expires June 1, 2028. These three vehicles alone carry $574 thousand in combined potential value and are candidates for incumbent defense or competitor pursuit in the next twelve to twenty-four months.

R D Sutherland's competition and teaming posture is exclusively small-business set-aside. All IDVs carry Total Small Business designations, and the majority of individual delivery orders carry either Total Small Business or no set-aside designation (reflecting the vendor's self-certified small disadvantaged status as a competitive advantage without formal set-aside requirement on each task). The vendor has not subcontracted and does not appear on prime contractor team rosters in the source, establishing R D Sutherland as a direct-relationship equipment and services provider rather than a sub-tier participant in larger federal contracts.

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