Sierra Valley Contractors LLC

Sierra Valley Contractors LLC, a HUBZone-certified small business based in Caballo, New Mexico, operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) delivering natural resource management, wildland fire suppression support, and infrastructure maintenance services to federal land management agencies. The firm is a minority-owned, veteran-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business organized as a limited liability company sole proprietorship, with SBA 8(a) program participation noted across its contract portfolio.

Customer concentration is extreme and singular. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Southwestern Region (Region 3) dominates the footprint, accounting for 85 of 106 awards (80% by count) and $56.1 million of $61.2 million in combined potential value (92%). The National Interagency Fire Center holds 12 awards ($2.4 million), the International Boundary and Water Commission U.S.-Mexico holds 2 awards ($2.5 million), and three other federal entities account for the remainder. This concentration reflects Sierra Valley's geographic and operational focus on New Mexico-based public lands and fire management programs rather than diversification across regions or customer types.

Sierra Valley's capability portfolio centers on road construction, maintenance, and reconditioning of National Forest System roads; heavy equipment rental and operation (feller bunchers, mulchers, road graders, skidders, dozers) for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response; and specialized support services including farrier services for equines, potable and gray water truck deployment with trailer-mounted handwashing stations, vegetation management, culvert replacement, fence installation, and erosion control. Representative work includes a $464.5 thousand BPA call (awarded September 2023) for road maintenance on National Forest System Roads 83, 83Y, and 200L in the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District; a $282.5 thousand BPA call (December 2025) for road reconditioning of 100.9 miles of forest roads in the Taos area with an option for 59.0 additional miles running through December 2032; and multiple $37 thousand to $110 thousand delivery orders issued under existing IDVs for heavy equipment rental, road maintenance, and fire support.

Sierra Valley holds a landmark $50 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (awarded January 2023, running through August 2032) with USDA Forest Service Region 3 for road maintenance, construction, and disaster recovery services across New Mexico. This vehicle anchors the firm's federal footprint and establishes the mechanism for recurring task order issuance. Beyond this anchor BPA, the firm sits on six additional indefinite delivery contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center (awarded February and May 2024, and February 2026) for heavy equipment support, potable and gray water trucks with handwashing stations, and related services; each carries a $250,000 ceiling and extends through 2028 or 2029. The top five parent vehicles span 40 task orders with $1.1 million in combined potential value, demonstrating high task-order velocity but relatively modest order sizes—the firm's strength is in recurring small-to-medium orders rather than large single procurements.

Activity has declined year over year from 18 awards in 2022 to 5 awards in 2026 (year-to-date through mid-June), tracking a shift from frequent small delivery orders toward the establishment of longer-term indefinite delivery vehicles that reduce award count while anchoring multimillion-dollar ceilings. Only four awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $36 thousand), indicating low recompete exposure in the near term but heavy reliance on renewal or expansion of the existing $50 million BPA and the six NIFC indefinite contracts to sustain pipeline. Award pool concentration by NAICS and PSC codes confirms specialization: Support Activities for Forestry (NAICS 113310) account for 68 awards; Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression (PSC J005) account for 65 awards. Obligated dollars ($5.9 million) represent 10% of potential value, consistent with the firm's reliance on delivery orders and IDV calls that establish high ceilings but front-load invoicing toward completion. Sierra Valley has held a federal footprint since at least 2007 and operates with total small business set-asides on most of its prime IDV vehicles, leveraging HUBZone and 8(a) certifications.

Sierra Valley, Contractor, specializes in, Earthwork, Utilities, Communication Lines, Demolition, Paving, Road Work, Sub-Divisions, Erosion Control, Culverts, and Site Prep, Concrete