Scorched Earth Services, LLC

Scorched Earth Services, LLC, a Native American-owned, minority-owned small disadvantaged business based in Huslia, Alaska, operates exclusively as a prime contractor providing Type 2 wildland fire hand crew services to the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management. The vendor competes under full-and-open designation; all 42 recent awards carry no set-aside designation. Scorched Earth Services is a subsidiary of Zane Hills Capital, LLC, a Native American-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business parent.

Scorched Earth's capability portfolio is narrowly specialized: Type 2 wildland fire hand crew services—crews of 18 to 20 personnel per unit (one Crew Boss, three Squad Bosses, two to four Fallers, and twelve to fourteen Basic Firefighters) equipped with hand tools, chainsaws, radios, and fire suppression supplies—deployed for initial attack and extended wildfire suppression operations. Crews mobilize within two to three hours of notification and maintain mandatory availability during the June 1 through August 31 fire season, with potential year-round deployment across designated assembly points throughout Alaska and the western United States. Representative delivery orders include a $495,000 award issued September 24, 2026, under the Alaska Type 2 Wildland Fire Hand Crew Services 2020-2025 IDIQ for fire suppression operations at Jacksonville, Oregon; a $472,334.15 time-and-materials delivery order dated July 3, 2025, for the K River 2 assignment in Fairbanks, Alaska; and a $354,826.41 order issued July 11, 2025, for the K River 1 to Goldrun Complex incident, also in Fairbanks. Pricing across the footprint splits between time-and-materials and firm fixed-price structures.

Customer concentration is absolute: the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management National Office accounts for 35 awards and $96.5 million of combined potential value (96% of portfolio). The Idaho Region placed 5 awards worth $2.5 million, and the Alaska Region placed 2 awards worth $745 thousand—the only three customer entities across the entire portfolio. The vendor holds a $40 million indefinite-delivery contract with BLM National Office awarded February 24, 2026, and works under the $47 million Alaska Type 2 Wildland Fire Hand Crew Services 2020-2025 IDIQ (30 task orders, $8.5 million combined potential value) and Indefinite Delivery Contract 140L0626D0012 (10 task orders, $4.2 million combined potential value). All awards fall under NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC F003 (Natural Resources/Conservation-Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression).

Activity has expanded from three awards in 2022 to eleven in 2026 year to date, with combined potential value of $99.7 million across forty-two awards and $12.7 million in obligated dollars. The vendor operates as a 100% prime contractor with no subcontract activity in the source data.