Shiflett & Sons Construction LLC

Shiflett & Sons Construction LLC, a small business limited liability company based in Lonepine, Montana, provides heavy equipment and operator support for wildland fire suppression, hazard mitigation, and forest management to the USDA Forest Service as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides. All thirteen of the vendor's recent federal awards are prime contracts or IDIQs; the company competes exclusively under small-business set-asides on Forest Service delivery orders and National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) indefinite-delivery contracts.

The vendor's entire customer base is the Department of Agriculture Forest Service across three regional footprints. The Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management division at the National Interagency Fire Center anchors the dollar value (four awards, $1.5 million combined potential value across multiple-award IDIQs), while the Northern Region (R1) generates the highest award count (eight awards, $226 thousand combined potential value). The Eastern Region (R9) accounts for one award at $97 thousand. This concentration reflects Shiflett & Sons' specialization: equipment and personnel for fire suppression, prescribed fire work, and all-hazard incident response across Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9.

Shiflett & Sons holds four parent vehicle positions under the National Interagency Fire Center's small-business-set-aside indefinite-delivery structure. The largest is a $500 thousand IDIQ for heavy equipment serving the East Zone (Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9) awarded February 6, 2026, with an ultimate completion date of June 1, 2028. A second $500 thousand IDIQ for miscellaneous heavy equipment (Regions 1, 2, and 4) was awarded the same day with a May 14, 2029 completion date. Two earlier IDIQs, each valued at $250 thousand, were awarded by NIFC in June 2023 and May 2024 for heavy equipment across the same multi-region zone, running through June 2028 and May 2029 respectively. All four vehicles are multiple-award contracts carrying firm fixed-price task orders for feller bunchers, mulchers, road graders, dozers, excavators, tractor plows, and qualified operators.

Recent activity shows consistent volume: four awards in 2023, one in 2024, three in 2025, and five in 2026, with the most recent a $30.5 thousand delivery order from R1-Northern Region issued August 13, 2026. Combined potential value across all awards totals $1.8 million, though only $324 thousand (18%) has been obligated, reflecting the firm fixed-price delivery-order structure against indefinite-delivery vehicles. The vendor's entire NAICS and PSC footprint falls under Support Activities for Forestry and Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression, indicating no diversification outside wildfire and forest service work.