Rodney Smith Trucking, Inc.

Rodney Smith Trucking, Inc., a Native American-owned, woman-owned small business based in Madras, Oregon, operates as a prime contractor delivering heavy equipment, water delivery, and transportation services to federal wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response operations in the Pacific Northwest. The company is an Indian Tribe federally recognized entity structured as a Subchapter S Corporation and competes predominantly under total small business set-asides on its indefinite delivery vehicle positions, though many of its delivery order task orders execute under full-and-open competition.

Rodney Smith's customer footprint concentrates tightly on USDA fire and forestry operations. The Department of Agriculture accounts for 89% of recent awards across two distinct customer divisions: the Forest Service National Interagency Fire Center (6 awards, $3 million combined potential value) anchors the dollar value through multiple-award indefinite delivery contracts, while USDA Forest Service Region 6 - Pacific Northwest Region (9 awards, $378 thousand combined potential value) drives task order volume. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management's Idaho Region represents the remaining customer exposure (1 award, $42 thousand). The two rankings align — NIFC dominates both count and dollars — reflecting Rodney Smith's core positioning in the interagency fire-response ecosystem.

Rodney Smith holds six firm fixed-price indefinite delivery contracts through USDA Forest Service's National Interagency Fire Center and the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, all set aside for total small business, with combined ceilings of $3 million and performance periods extending through 2030. The portfolio includes a $500 thousand West Zone heavy equipment with water contract for Regions 3, 5, and 6 (awarded February 6, 2026), a $1 million miscellaneous heavy equipment contract for Region 6 only (February 6, 2026), a $750 thousand heavy equipment contract for West Zone Regions 5 and 6 (February 6, 2026), and three earlier $250 thousand blanket purchase agreements for miscellaneous equipment with water and heavy equipment across multiple regions (May 2024 through May 2025). Task orders against these IDCs have generated four delivery orders in 2024 and 2025 for equipment movement and logistics support, ranging from $9,580 to $109,843.64. Recent capability work includes a $74,955 total small business set-aside delivery order from USDA Region 6 for heavy equipment and water services in Sandy, Oregon (September 2026), a $47,784 firm fixed-price delivery order for trucking in Tumwater, Washington (August 2025), and a $18,787.50 delivery order for equipment and personnel support (June 2025).

Award activity has accelerated in recent years — one award in 2017, then one in 2020, followed by four in 2024 and six in 2025 — positioning the company as an established regional provider. NAICS coding reflects the wildland focus: 16 of 18 awards fall under Support Activities for Forestry (NAICS 113110), with the remainder in equipment rental and fire protection. PSC coding similarly concentrates on forest-range fire suppression and presuppression (14 awards) and equipment leasing (4 awards). Rodney Smith has not subcontracted on federal awards in the source data and does not hold sub-positions on prime contracts from other vendors.