Samuel Cookson

Samuel Cookson, a self-certified small disadvantaged business sole proprietorship based in Redwood Valley, California, holds four multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) with the National Interagency Fire Center for the provision of heavy equipment supporting wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response across western U.S. regions. All four awards are set aside for Total Small Business and carry firm fixed price terms; Samuel Cookson operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) with no subcontract footprint in the source data.

Samuel Cookson's customer concentration is absolute — all four awards and the full $1 million in combined potential value flow from a single customer, the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center. The four IDCs, all firm fixed price multiple-award vehicles, span two distinct regional scopes and equipment profiles: two contracts covering heavy equipment (dozers and excavators) for West Zone Regions 5 and 6, with ceiling values of $250,000 each and completion dates of June 11, 2028; and two contracts covering miscellaneous heavy equipment (feller bunchers, mulchers, masticators, road graders, and skidders) for USDA Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region), each ceiling at $250,000 with completion extending to June 13, 2029. All equipment is deployed to support wildland fire suppression, prescribed project work, and all-hazard incident response, with operating specifications calling for up to 16-hour daily shifts as requested by the Forest Service. The three oldest contracts (June 2023 and June 2024 awards) are reaching or approaching ultimate completion; the two newest IDCs (February 2026 awards) extend through June 2028 and June 2029. Samuel Cookson's work footprint sits entirely within NAICS 541899 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation–Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression, with vendor selection criteria emphasizing proximity to dispatch centers for rapid emergency response.