Saddleback Contracting LLC

Saddleback Contracting LLC, a small business subchapter S corporation based in Huson, Montana, supplies logistical support services for wildland fire management and emergency response operations to the U.S. Forest Service as a 100% prime contractor, competing across total small business set-asides and full-and-open vehicles.

The vendor delivers specialized equipment and personnel deployment for federal fire suppression and incident response, including potable and gray water truck provisioning, trailer-mounted handwashing station deployment, fuel tendering, and on-call logistical support across western U.S. Forest Service regions. Representative work includes a $170 thousand purchase order from the National Interagency Fire Center (September 2021) for fuel tender services at the Stateline Complex, a $259 thousand delivery order from Forest Service Region 6 (September 2025) for logistics support in Wenatchee, Washington, and a $128 thousand delivery order from Forest Service Region 1 (August 2025) for wildland fire management support in Dillon, Montana. Work is procured through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, which enables rapid access to pre-positioned equipment and trained personnel without traditional competitive delays.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to U.S. Forest Service regional offices and the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). The top five customer entities account for 93% of recent awards by count and 94% by combined potential value. NIFC anchors the dollars, holding 8 awards worth $1.9 million combined potential value, while Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region) dominates volume with 20 awards totaling $792 thousand. Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) accounts for 6 awards worth $566 thousand. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas region holds a single substantial award worth $1 million potential value. Across all customer agencies, only 8 distinct entities have placed orders.

Saddleback holds six multiple-award indefinite delivery contracts through NIFC, all total small business set-asides with firm fixed-price structures, extending through 2028–2029. Three contracts, each valued at $250 thousand, were awarded on February 6, 2026, covering fuel tender services for Regions 1, 2, and 4; fuel tender services for Regions 5 and 6; and potable/gray water truck and handwashing station equipment for Regions 1, 2, and 4. Two earlier IDCs with $250 thousand ceilings each were awarded May 15, 2024 (fuel tender, West Zone) and May 22, 2024 (potable/gray water truck and handwashing station, Regions 1–4). A sixth IDC awarded April 21, 2023 (fuel tender, Regions 1–4) carries the same $250 thousand ceiling. These six vehicles serve as the underlying procurement framework for task orders; the top parent vehicle by task-order count is IDC 1202SB23T7040 with 13 delivery orders totaling $830 thousand combined potential value.

Award activity has accelerated significantly. The vendor received one award in 2022, then eleven annually in each of 2023, 2024, and 2025, with four awards year-to-date in 2026. Combined potential value across the 43 prime awards is $4.9 million, with $2.2 million obligated to date. Nearly all work is categorized under NAICS 238990 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression. The vendor does not subcontract and holds no parent government-wide vehicles; all awards flow through NIFC-issued IDCs reserved for small businesses and accessed via VIPR incident procurement workflow.

Owner/Operator Grey Water Truck, used for waste water pumping, and grey water hauling.