Robert Landers

Robert Landers, doing business as R Water Works, is a self-employed sole proprietor providing water handling equipment and personnel for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response to the U.S. Forest Service, operating exclusively as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides.

R Water Works is a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Enterprise, Oregon, with a footprint entirely within NAICS 722290 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC H219 (Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression). The vendor competes exclusively under Total Small Business set-asides; no full-and-open awards appear in the source record.

The vendor holds two federal indefinite delivery contracts, both issued by the National Interagency Fire Center under the U.S. Forest Service's Fire and Aviation Management program. The first, a $500,000 firm fixed-price multiple-award IDC awarded February 6, 2026 and running through May 29, 2030, was issued by the National Interagency Fire Center to establish water handling capability for Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) fire suppression and incident response. The second, a $250,000 firm fixed-price multiple-award IDC awarded May 29, 2025 and also running through May 29, 2030, supports Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements (I-BPAs) for similar equipment and services. Both contracts specify provision of Engines Type 3, 4, 5, and 6; Support Water Tenders Type 1, 2, and 3; and Tactical Water Tenders Type 1 and 2, with rates based on up to 16-hour daily shifts and payment at negotiated rates at time of order. Against these vehicles, R Water Works has received four delivery orders from GSA Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) in July and August 2026, ranging from $11,400 to $24,000 per order, all placed under Total Small Business set-aside, with places of performance in Baker City and Pendleton, Oregon.

Recent activity is nascent and concentrated. The vendor entered the federal footprint in May 2025 with a single award; 2026 brought five awards, all driven by the two IDCs and subsequent GSA Region 6 delivery orders. Combined potential value across all six awards totals $818,000, with only $68,000 obligated to date (8% of potential value), reflecting the early stage of the contracts and the short delivery-order cycles in the fire suppression domain. All awards and customer relationships flow from the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service and its National Interagency Fire Center; customer concentration is 100%, with the two IDCs anchoring $750,000 (92%) of the combined potential value. Both IDCs run through May 2030, positioning recompete exposure at that five-year mark rather than within the near term.