Saddleback Contracting LLC

Saddleback Contracting LLC, a Montana-based small business subchapter S corporation, provides wildland fire management logistics and emergency response support services to the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management as a 100% prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The company operates exclusively through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system and does not subcontract. Headquartered in Huson, Montana, Saddleback Contracting specializes in concrete logistical capabilities: potable and gray water truck deployment, trailer-mounted handwashing station provisioning, fuel tendering, equipment staging, and rapid personnel deployment for fire suppression and all-hazard incident response across western Forest Service regions.

Saddleback's customer footprint is concentrated within the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service. The top five agencies account for 93% of awards by count and 95% by combined potential value. The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) dominates dollars, with 11 awards worth $2.9 million in combined potential value; Forest Service Region 1 Northern Region drives volume with 26 awards valued at $1.2 million combined; Region 6 Pacific Northwest Region contributes 8 awards totaling $883 thousand; and the Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas, Idaho, and regional offices collectively represent $1.3 million. The split reflects NIFC's role as the prime vehicle holder for national multiple-award indefinite delivery contracts that Saddleback feeds task orders into, while regional Forest Service offices execute smaller, time-sensitive delivery orders directly.

Saddleback holds seven contemporaneous multiple-award indefinite delivery contracts through NIFC, all total small business set-asides with $250,000 ceilings each (one valued at $500,000), extending through 2028–2031. Five vehicles address fuel tender services across Forest Service East Zone Regions 1, 2, and 4 and West Zone Regions 5 and 6; two provide potable and gray water trucks with trailer-mounted handwashing stations for Regions 1, 2, and 4. These IDCs are the backbone of Saddleback's prime footprint: the top parent vehicle (IDC 1202SB23T7040) carries 13 task orders totaling $830 thousand; IDC 12569R24T7051 holds 6 orders worth $744 thousand; and IDC 1202SB24T7457 accounts for 8 orders valued at $166 thousand. Delivery orders flow through VIPR without traditional competitive delays, enabling rapid mobilization for fire suppression and emergency operations.

Activity has grown year over year from 1 award in 2022 to 16 in 2026, with 55 total awards spanning 2018 to September 2026. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $6.7 million, with $2.9 million obligated (44% execution). Recent representative task orders include a $208,434 delivery order from Forest Service Region 1 on August 9, 2026, for wildland fire logistics in Dillon, Montana; a $206,145 order from Region 6 on July 11, 2026, for fire management logistics in Pendleton, Oregon; and a $259,209 delivery order from Region 6 on September 7, 2025, under the water-truck-and-handwashing IDC for Wenatchee, Washington operations. The vendor also procured Type 2 fuel tenders directly from Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region at $95,818, $134,216, and $116,055 on June 1, 2025. Work categorizes primarily under NAICS 238990 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC codes for fire suppression and presuppression, with 52 of 55 awards tagged to forest-range fire suppression. Saddleback performs across multiple geographic zones—Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, California—all routed through VIPR IDCs rather than direct competitive procurement, positioning the company as a responsive logistics provider anchored to national interagency wildfire infrastructure.

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