Rum Runner Trucking & Equipment LLC

Rum Runner Trucking & Equipment LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Grants Pass, Oregon, provides trucking, equipment, and water handling services for wildfire suppression and all-hazard incident response to the USDA Forest Service exclusively as a prime contractor. The company operates as a for-profit limited liability corporation competing predominantly under total small business set-asides on its indefinite delivery contracts and full-and-open delivery orders against those vehicles.

Rum Runner's customer base is narrowly concentrated within a single federal agency. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service accounts for all 16 recent awards across two organizational units: the Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center (3 awards, $1 million combined potential value) and Region 6 — the Pacific Northwest Region (13 awards, $335 thousand combined potential value). The concentration reflects Rum Runner's specialization in western wildfire-response logistics rather than geographic or mission diversity; all work centers on water handling, transportation, and equipment provision for fire suppression operations in Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10 of the western Forest Service footprint.

Rum Runner holds three active indefinite delivery contracts with the Forest Service. A February 2026 multiple-award IDC with the National Interagency Fire Center carries a $500 thousand ceiling and ordering period through May 29, 2030, under total small business set-aside; Rum Runner Trucking has placed no delivery orders against this vehicle yet. A May 2025 multiple-award IDC titled "VIPR I-BPA FOR WATER HANDLING FOR REGION 6" carries a $250 thousand ceiling and ordering period through May 2030, also under total small business set-aside. An earlier June 2022 multiple-award IDC covering Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10 with a $250 thousand ceiling and June 2025 ordering expiration has been Rum Runner's primary vehicle; it generated eight delivery orders worth $120 thousand combined potential value. Recent representative work includes a $69.250 million full-and-open delivery order in August 2025 for water handling and equipment services in Medford, Oregon; a $50.179 thousand total small business delivery order in July 2026 under the VIPR I-BPA for water handling services in the West Zone; and a $28.620 thousand total small business delivery order in July 2026 for water handling and equipment supporting wildfire suppression in Prineville. All delivery orders are firm fixed price with completion dates within weeks of award.

Activity has grown steadily — one award in 2022 to five in 2024 — with four awards placed in 2026 (as of August 23). Rum Runner competes exclusively as a prime on small-business-set-aside vehicles and holds no subcontract footprint or parent vehicle positions outside the Forest Service ecosystem. The vendor's portfolio is entirely dedicated to USDA Forest Service wildfire-response logistics in the Pacific Northwest and surrounding western regions, with no diversification into other agencies, mission sets, or service lines. Obligated dollars total $335 thousand against $1.3 million in combined potential value, indicating early-stage utilization of its newer contract vehicles.