Ryan Bentley LLC

Ryan Bentley LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Cedar City, Utah, provides water handling services, equipment, materials, transportation, and trained personnel to federal wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response operations as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) operating predominantly under total small business set-asides. The vendor holds a specialized position within the Forest Service's Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, competing across multiple indefinite delivery contracts covering East Zone Forest Service Regions 1, 2, 4, 8, and 9.

Ryan Bentley's customer footprint remains concentrated within a single federal agency: the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service accounts for 100% of awards across two distinct organizational units. The Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center anchors the dollar volume with five awards (combined potential value $1.3 million), while the Intermountain Region (Region 4) drives award count with seven delivery orders (combined potential value $332 thousand). Recent representative work includes a $66.7 thousand delivery order issued September 4, 2024, for water handling services supporting fire suppression in Salmon, Idaho; a $73.8 thousand delivery order from August 1, 2024, for unspecified water handling products and services; and a $51 thousand delivery order from June 23, 2025, supporting the Intermountain Region's fire suppression mission. All delivery orders operate under firm fixed-price terms with short completion windows of two to four weeks.

Ryan Bentley holds four active indefinite delivery contracts through NIFC, three of which are structured as multiple-award total small business set-asides. The largest vehicle is an IDC worth up to $500 thousand with ultimate completion on May 30, 2030, awarded February 6, 2026; a second IDC carries a $250 thousand ceiling expiring May 30, 2030 (awarded May 30, 2025); a third IDC worth $250 thousand expires August 3, 2028 (awarded August 3, 2026); and a predecessor contract expiring May 30, 2025 carried a $250 thousand ceiling. Across these three named vehicles, Ryan Bentley has received nine task orders totaling $412 thousand in combined potential value, indicating steady deployment of resources across multiple fire seasons. The vendor serves as dispatch-ready water handling support across geographically dispersed regions, with performance spanning Utah, Idaho, and California. Activity has grown modestly — one award in 2021 to four in 2025 — with $411 thousand obligated against $1.9 million in combined potential value, suggesting consistent task-order deployment rather than large lump-sum contracts. Ryan Bentley operates exclusively in NAICS 561730 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC code J109 (Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression), with no subcontract footprint or diversification beyond Forest Service fire operations.