Shan Creek Wildfire Suppression LLC

Shan Creek Wildfire Suppression LLC, a woman-owned small disadvantaged business (WOSB) based in Grants Pass, Oregon, operates as a prime contractor exclusively, delivering wildfire suppression equipment, materials, personnel, and logistics to the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management across western regions. The firm is self-certified as a small disadvantaged and woman-owned business and competes predominantly under total small business set-asides on indefinite delivery contracts issued through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system.

The vendor's federal footprint centers on wildfire suppression resource delivery: trained and certified personnel, specialized equipment (including Type 1-6 fire engines, support and tactical water tenders, road graders, feller bunchers, and mulchers), transportation, and lodging for fire suppression and all-hazard incident response. Representative delivery orders include a $55,972 August 2026 order from Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest) for miscellaneous heavy equipment, a $164,287 June 2025 purchase order from the Forest Service Idaho Region for a Type 1 road grader, and a $123,764 August 2023 delivery order from Region 6 for wildfire suppression services and personnel. Activity has accelerated significantly: three awards in 2022 grew to fifteen in 2024, though recent annual pace (seven awards in 2026 year-to-date) reflects the seasonal and incident-driven nature of fire suppression contracting.

Customer concentration is monolithic. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service accounts for all 42 awards across five sub-offices: Fire and Aviation Management's National Interagency Fire Center (9 awards, $3.3 million combined potential value), Region 6–Pacific Northwest (15 awards, $863 thousand), Region 5–Pacific Southwest (9 awards, $319 thousand), and regional Forest Service offices (5 awards, $159 thousand). The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region has placed four orders ($279 thousand combined potential value). The combined potential value across all awards is $4.9 million, with $1.4 million obligated (28% utilization).

Shan Creek holds nine active indefinite delivery contracts, all set aside for total small business. Four primary vehicles anchor the footprint: an IDC for water handling equipment spanning Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10 (issued June 2022, ceiling $250,000); separate $250,000 water-handling IDCs for Region 5 and Region 6 (awarded June 2025 and May 2025 respectively); separate $250,000 miscellaneous-heavy-equipment IDCs for Region 5 and Region 6 (awarded June 2024 and May 2024); and four newer $500,000 IDCs awarded February 2026 for water handling and miscellaneous heavy equipment across Regions 5 and 6. Task orders against these vehicles have ranged from approximately $4,000 to over $120,000. The firm fixed-price vehicles, issued through VIPR, permit daily shift-based deployment (up to 16 hours) and are structured to enable rapid resource mobilization as emergency needs arise across national forests and communities in California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. All IDCs and task orders issued under them carry either total small business set-aside or no set-aside designation; Shan Creek does not subcontract and has not pursued or won work on full-and-open or other commercial vehicles.