Robert Madden

Robert Madden, operating as Mountain Air Land Management, is a self-certified small disadvantaged, American Indian-owned sole proprietorship based in Colfax, California, that provides land management services for federal wildfire suppression and emergency response operations as a prime contractor exclusively under small business set-asides. The vendor specializes in transportation assets (pickup trucks, stake side trucks, and passenger vans with certified drivers), certified fallers and faller modules, water handling equipment, and chipper services to support fire suppression and all-hazard incident response across Regions 5 and 6 in the western United States.

Mountain Air Land Management operates 100% as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint. The vendor's customer base is concentrated entirely within the Department of Agriculture, split between the National Interagency Fire Center (11 awards, $4 million combined potential value) and the Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Region (10 awards, $400 thousand combined potential value). The top three parent vehicles are all indefinite-delivery contracts issued through the National Interagency Fire Center: a $250 thousand vehicle for chipper services (five task orders, $140 thousand combined value), a $500 thousand vehicle for chipper services and equipment (four task orders, $251 thousand combined value), and a $250 thousand vehicle for faller services (one task order, $9 thousand combined value). The vendor holds at least ten distinct IDV positions across the NIFC and Forest Service, each carrying $250 thousand to $750 thousand ceilings, covering vehicle-with-driver, faller, water handling, and chipper services through 2028–2030.

Representative recent work includes a $60.5 thousand delivery order from Forest Service Region 5 in September 2025 for vehicles with drivers and certified fallers to support wildfire suppression operations, a $64.6 thousand firm fixed-price delivery order in July 2025 for transportation assets and certified fallers, and an $11 thousand firm fixed-price delivery order under small business set-aside in July 2026 for land management support. All delivery orders are issued through the Virtual Incident Procurement system on firm fixed-price terms. Activity has grown modestly—four awards in 2023 to seven in 2026—with $400 thousand obligated against a combined potential value of $4.4 million across 21 awards. The vendor's work is categorized under Support Activities for Forestry (18 awards) and All Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation (3 awards), with 100% of work falling under PSC Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression.