Ridge Line Logging LLC

Ridge Line Logging LLC, a Montana-based small business partnership, provides heavy equipment with water for fire suppression, all-hazard incidents, and prescribed forestry project work to the U.S. Forest Service as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime (100% of recent awards) and competes under full small-business set-asides rather than 8(a) or HUBZone designations.

Ridge Line Logging's federal footprint is narrow and nascent. Three awards total, spanning May 2025 through July 2026, account for $777 thousand in combined potential value, with only $27 thousand obligated to date (3% of potential value). All work flows from the Department of Agriculture Forest Service: two awards ($750 thousand combined potential value) from the National Interagency Fire Center for heavy equipment with water services across USDA Forest Service Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9, and one delivery order ($26,600) awarded July 9, 2026, by Region 1–Northern Region (USDA Forest Service Region 1, Missoula, Montana) with ultimate completion July 15, 2026. Both NIFC awards are Indefinite Delivery Contracts under the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system as Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements (I-BPAs), with ceilings of $500 thousand (awarded February 6, 2026, running through May 21, 2030) and $250 thousand (awarded May 21, 2025, running through May 21, 2030). The contracts contemplate optional use by the Department of Interior National Park Service and Bureau of Indian Affairs under their respective terms.

Ridge Line Logging's capability portfolio centers on equipment, materials, supplies, transportation, lodging, and personnel for emergency and prescribed forestry work, with performance staged at vendor locations within or near the contracted regions to enable rapid dispatch. Primary NAICS is Support Activities for Forestry (3 awards); primary PSC is Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression (3 awards). Activity has grown from one award in 2025 to two in 2026, though the vendor remains at pre-revenue scale with minimal obligated spend against large potential ceilings.