Silver-Nickel Logging, L.L.C.

Silver-Nickel Logging, L.L.C., a small business limited liability company based in Okanogan, Washington, provides heavy equipment rental, operator services, logging trucks, log loaders, transportation, and mechanic support to federal agencies as a prime contractor exclusively, operating under total small business set-asides on its Indefinite Delivery Contracts and full-and-open competition on individual task orders and purchase orders.

The vendor's customer footprint concentrates entirely within the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service and Fire and Aviation Management. The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) accounts for 11 IDC awards valued at $2.8 million combined potential value, while Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) places the highest order volume at 19 awards worth $2.5 million. The Bureau of Land Management's Idaho Region adds four awards valued at $394 thousand. This concentration reflects Silver-Nickel Logging's core mission: rapid-response wildland fire suppression, prescribed burn project support, and all-hazard incident response across the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies.

Silver-Nickel Logging holds ten active IDCs through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, all valued at $250,000 each under total small business set-asides, with performance periods extending through 2028–2030. Nine of these vehicles are issued by NIFC; one is issued by USFS Region 6. The named vehicles cover heavy equipment with water support for Regions 3, 5, and 6; heavy equipment task force (HETF) resources for Region 6; miscellaneous heavy equipment for Region 6; and mechanic services with service truck support for Regions 5 and 6. Against these vehicles, the vendor has executed task orders in the $10 thousand to $613 thousand range over the past two fiscal years, with the largest single purchase order valued at $613.2 million (July 2024, USFS Region 6, logging trucks and log loaders). Recent delivery orders include a $543.8 thousand order for logging trucks (July 2025, USFS Region 6), a $299.7 thousand purchase order for logging truck services (July 2025, USFS Region 6), and a $152 thousand delivery order for heavy equipment and mechanic support (July 2024, USFS). Separately, the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region awarded four purchase orders in June 2025 for heavy equipment rental (Type 2 dozers and feller bunchers valued at $65 thousand to $159.6 thousand each).

Activity has accelerated markedly: two awards in 2021, two in 2023, seven in 2024, twenty in 2025, and six in 2026 through May. Combined potential value across all 39 prime awards stands at $6.8 million, with $3.9 million obligated to date. The vendor operates exclusively under the VIPR system for pre-positioned IDCs and fills task orders on compressed timelines—typical performance windows range from weeks to single months—reflecting the emergency-response nature of federal fire management work. The vendor has maintained continuous federal relationships since SAM registration in 2003, with historical contract values ranging from approximately $10 thousand to over $600 thousand per order.

Silver-Nickel Logging's capability portfolio is anchored in NAICS 333810 (Support Activities for Forestry) and NAICS 532411 (Construction, Mining, and Forestry Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing), with primary PSC coding in Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression. The firm furnishes equipment and personnel as integrated units: logging trucks, log loaders, Type 1 and Type 2 dozers, feller bunchers, mechanic service trucks, and trained operators available for 16-hour daily shift deployment during incidents. No subcontracting presence appears in the award record.