Riverside Boot & Saddle

Riverside Boot & Saddle, doing business as Riverside Trailers Drum, manufactures and installs trailers and truck beds for federal agencies as a small business prime contractor across 100% of its recent federal awards. The sole proprietorship based in Blackfoot, Idaho, competes exclusively under total small business set-asides and has held federal contract work continuously since at least 2001, with a cumulative portfolio exceeding $839 thousand in potential value across 89 prime purchase orders.

Riverside's capability portfolio centers on specialized trailer manufacturing, truck bed and flatbed modifications, and gooseneck hitch installations. Representative work includes a $58,648 firm fixed-price purchase order from USDA Forest Service Region 4 (Intermountain Region) awarded September 2025 for a 75,000-pound-rated deck-over hydraulic tilt trailer with triple axle, 29-foot deck, and air brakes for Payette National Forest operations; a $51,504 fire command trailer for the Idaho Region; a $20,700 purchase order for four flatbed trucks with specified chassis (two 2024 Chevrolet 5500 crew cab diesels, two 2024 Dodge 2500 crew cabs); and numerous smaller-value installations of flatbeds, gooseneck hitches, service truck beds, and UTV trailers ranging from $800 to $17,623 per order. The company also manufactures specialized trailers including enclosed cargo trailers, horse trailers for Wildlife Services, and fire utility task vehicle trailers.

Riverside's customer base is highly concentrated in the federal land-management and forestry sector. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 4 (Intermountain Region) accounts for 48 awards and $474 thousand in combined potential value, representing 54% of the total prime portfolio by dollar value. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region contributes 14 awards and $177 thousand. These two customers, plus USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services, DOI's National Park Service Intermountain Region, and the Army, account for 75% of awards and 83% of combined potential value. Riverside has not placed task orders against government-wide vehicles, BPAs, or IDIQs; all recent work consists of direct purchase orders from regional Forest Service and BLM offices.

Activity has been episodic rather than steadily growing. The past five years show two awards in 2021, five in 2023, nine in 2024, three in 2025, and one award in 2026 (the most recent as of March 2026). The vendor has combined obligated dollars of $901 thousand against a combined potential value of $839 thousand, indicating actual spend exceeding ceiling estimates. Riverside operates no subcontract footprint—all work is prime contractor activity. The company's primary NAICS categories are Truck Trailer Manufacturing (29 awards) and Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing (14 awards), with product service codes dominated by Trailers (60 awards) and Equipment Modification work (10 awards).