Buddy Rodgers

Rodgers Water Trucks Inc., doing business as Rodgers Water Trucks, a DOT-certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise sole proprietorship based in Penryn, California, provides water trucks, equipment, materials, and personnel for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates exclusively in NAICS 335100 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC code for forest-range fire suppression, with 100% of recent awards classified as prime contracts.

Rodgers Water Trucks holds three active indefinite delivery contracts with the Department of Agriculture Forest Service and National Interagency Fire Center. The primary vehicle is an IDC awarded February 6, 2026, with a $500,000 ceiling through June 4, 2030, under total small business set-aside, covering Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) water handling services for Type 3 and 6 engines and Type 1, 2, and 3 support water tenders with trained, certified personnel. A second IDC, awarded June 4, 2025, with a $250,000 ceiling through June 4, 2030, covers Region 5 wildland fire suppression and emergency response. A third IDC, awarded June 7, 2022, with a $250,000 ceiling through June 6, 2025, was titled "VIPR I-BPA for Water Handling for the West Zone (Regions 3, 5, 6, & 10)." Task orders placed against the primary 1202SB22T8075 IDC total 12 orders ($288 thousand combined potential value), with additional task orders on BPA AG9J61B137293 (4 orders, $97 thousand) and other vehicles.

The vendor's customer base concentrates entirely within the Department of Agriculture Forest Service across five regional and national entities. The National Interagency Fire Center accounts for $1 million in combined potential value across 3 awards, while the Pacific Southwest Region accounts for $444 thousand across 21 awards (75% of award count). Recent named work includes a $25,086 delivery order issued August 17, 2026, by the Pacific Southwest Region under the VIPR I-BPA for Region 5 (place of performance Placerville, California), a $19,500 delivery order issued July 4, 2026, by the Intermountain Region under the same BPA (place of performance Monroe, Utah), and a $37,500 delivery order issued July 15, 2024, by the Pacific Southwest Region for fire management programs in California.

Activity shows 36 total prime awards with combined potential value of $1.9 million and combined obligated value of $686 thousand (37% of potential). Award volume peaked in 2022 with 9 orders, declining to 1 award in 2023, 3 in 2024, 1 in 2025, and 3 in 2026 (year-to-date). Rodgers Water Trucks operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint across the awards in the source. All work is firm fixed price, with performance delivered across the Western U.S. — California, Arizona, and Utah — in support of wildland fire suppression and emergency response.