Rittberger Trucking LLC

Rittberger Trucking LLC, a small disadvantaged business based in Hermosa, South Dakota, provides transportation services, heavy equipment, and certified operators to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service for wildland fire management and natural resource operations as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The company operates exclusively as a prime (100% of recent awards) with no subcontract footprint, competing predominately under small-business set-aside vehicles managed through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system.

Rittberger Trucking is structured as a limited liability company and holds a small disadvantaged business designation. The company's federal capability portfolio centers on the supply of Type 2 dozers, excavators, trucks, water handling equipment, and certified operators for wildland fire suppression, incident response, and prescribed fire work across the Western U.S. Recent representative awards include a $68,074 delivery order from Forest Service Region 2 (Rocky Mountain Region) issued June 10, 2026, for transportation and heavy equipment support in Chadron, Nebraska; a $25,650 no-set-aside delivery order from Region 2 dated August 2025 for equipment services in Laramie, Wyoming; and a $40,238 delivery order from Region 2 issued October 2024 for trucks, dozers, and excavators supporting natural resource operations.

Customer concentration is acute and regional. The top two funding sources account for 92% of recent awards by count: the Forest Service Region 2–Rocky Mountain Region (23 awards, $838 thousand combined potential value) and the Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center (8 awards, $1.2 million). Regions 3 (Southwestern), 6 (Pacific Northwest), and 1 (Northern) account for the remainder, with total distinct customer agencies at eight but all within USDA Forest Service.

Rittberger Trucking holds three active Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) under the VIPR system, all total small business set-asides with $250,000 ceilings each and performance periods extending through 2025, 2028, and 2030 respectively. The first IDC, awarded June 1, 2022, runs through May 30, 2025, and covers water handling services for East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, 8, and 9. A second IDC awarded June 1, 2023, extends through June 1, 2028, for heavy equipment across the same zones. A third IDC awarded May 30, 2025, through May 30, 2030, covers water handling across East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9. Individual delivery orders under these vehicles range from roughly $10,000 to $86,000 and are issued as firm fixed-price orders. The top five parent vehicles generate 25 task orders with $667 thousand in combined potential value.

Activity has remained modest and variable—four awards in 2022, one in 2023, four in 2024, three in 2025, and two in 2026 to date—with combined potential value across all 39 awards standing at $2.2 million and combined dollars obligated at $800 thousand (36% of potential value). The company's award history extends back to 2010, but recent activity concentrates in Forest Service emergency-response and incident-support work across NAICS 54,199,000 (Support Activities for Forestry), with secondary exposure to PSC 34,200,000 (Fire Fighting Equipment).