Sabino Fire LLC

Sabino Fire LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged, woman-owned, and Black American-owned limited liability company, provides wildland fire suppression, water handling, equipment deployment, and emergency response services to the USDA Forest Service and Department of the Interior as a prime contractor exclusively, with no subcontract footprint. The Benson, Arizona-based firm competes entirely under total small business set-asides through the USDA Forest Service's Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system's Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements, a multiple-award vehicle designed for rapid procurement of firefighting resources across western forest regions.

Sabino Fire's customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the USDA Forest Service across its regional operations. The top five customer agencies account for 89% of recent awards by count, led by Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest) with 17 awards valued at $1.2 million combined potential value, followed by Forest Service Region 3 (Southwestern) with 15 awards and $650 thousand potential value. The Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center anchors the top-customer ranking by dollar value, holding nine awards (nine indefinite delivery contracts) worth $3 million combined potential value. The Department of the Interior's Idaho Region accounts for four awards totaling $519 thousand, primarily for Type 3 fire engine purchases. This concentration reflects Sabino Fire's core positioning in the VIPR framework for regional water handling and emergency response operations.

Sabino Fire holds nine separate indefinite delivery contracts under the VIPR system, each with ceiling values between $250 thousand and $500 thousand, awarded or renewed between April 2025 and February 2026 with performance periods extending through 2029–2030. The primary vehicles are IDC 1202SB22T8081 (water handling, West Zone Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10; 20 task orders, $1.1 million combined potential value) and IDC 1202SB25T7235 (fire suppression and emergency response across multiple regions; 13 task orders, $1 million combined potential value). Additional vehicles cover region-specific services including water handling for Regions 3 and 8 ($500 thousand ceiling, 2026), water handling for Region 5 ($500 thousand ceiling, 2026), and specialized services such as vehicle-with-driver and chipper equipment, each with $250 thousand ceilings. Recent delivery orders exemplify the operational scope: a $236,682 order from Forest Service Region 6 (July 2026) for wildland fire suppression in Pendleton, Oregon; a $189,000 order from Forest Service Region 5 (August 2025) for fire suppression and emergency response in Eureka, California; and a $156,793 purchase order from the Department of the Interior (June 2025) for a Type 3 fire engine delivered to Boise, Idaho.

Activity has grown sharply from three awards in 2022 to 21 in 2025, with 14 awards recorded in 2026 through mid-August. Combined potential value across all 55 awards stands at $6.3 million, with $3.3 million obligated (53% realization). The vendor's award footprint is concentrated in NAICS 238990 (Support Activities for Forestry), which accounts for 51 of 55 awards, with PSC R499 (Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression) representing 50 awards. Sabino Fire operates exclusively as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides, positioning it as a specialized capacity provider within the VIPR rapid-procurement ecosystem for western federal fire management operations.