Silver-Nickel Logging, L.L.C.

Silver-Nickel Logging, L.L.C., a for-profit limited liability company based in Okanogan, Washington, supplies heavy equipment rental, operator services, logging trucks, log loaders, and mechanic support to the U.S. Forest Service and Department of the Interior for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response as a prime contractor operating exclusively through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system under total small business set-asides on indefinite delivery contracts.

The company competes entirely under total small business set-asides across its prime footprint. Silver-Nickel Logging's customer base is concentrated in federal fire management agencies. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R6 Pacific Northwest Region accounts for 23 awards valued at $4.1 million; the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) holds 11 awards worth $3.8 million; the broader Forest Service commands 5 awards at $1.2 million; and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region places 4 awards at $394 thousand, covering 100% of recent awards. Dollar rankings align with volume — the Pacific Northwest Region dominates both activity and value.

Recent work demonstrates the vendor's core capability. A July 28, 2026 delivery order from USFS R6 carried $1.115 million for heavy equipment rental and operator services with a compressed performance window (July 28 to September 19, 2026). A July 11, 2024 purchase order from USFS valued at $613.2 thousand procured logging trucks and log loaders for incident response, with completion by August 27, 2024. A June 2025 purchase order from the Forest Service Idaho Region for $159.6 thousand covered Type 2 dozers with October 31, 2025 completion. These orders reflect the emergency-response nature of the work — performance windows range from days to weeks, and equipment and personnel deploy as integrated units with trained operators available for 16-hour shift deployment.

Silver-Nickel Logging holds a dense portfolio of indefinite delivery contracts through the VIPR system, all under total small business set-asides with performance periods extending through 2030. The National Interagency Fire Center awarded the vendor six IDCs on February 6, 2026, spanning West Zone heavy equipment with water support (Regions 3, 5, 6; $500 thousand), heavy equipment for Region 6 (two separate IDCs at $500 thousand each), miscellaneous heavy equipment for Region 6 ($500 thousand), and mechanic services with service trucks for Regions 5 and 6 ($250 thousand). The U.S. Forest Service awarded additional IDCs including one on July 8, 2025 for heavy equipment task force resources in Region 6 ($250 thousand) and one on May 30, 2025 for heavy equipment with water support ($250 thousand). Earlier NIFC IDCs from 2023 and 2024 also remain active through 2028–2029. The top parent vehicles by task order count are IDC 1204H124T7283 (11 task orders, $915 thousand), IDC 12569R23T7887 (6 task orders, $404 thousand), and IDC 1204H125T7577 (2 task orders, $1.7 million combined potential value).

Activity has accelerated sharply. The vendor executed two awards in 2021, none in 2022, two in 2023, seven in 2024, and twenty in 2025, with ten awards recorded in 2026 to date. Combined potential value across all 43 awards stands at $9.4 million, with $5.5 million obligated (59% of potential). Work is coded to NAICS 333810 (Support Activities for Forestry) and NAICS 532411 (Construction, Mining, and Forestry Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing), with the largest concentration in the PSC Natural Resources/Conservation category for forest-range fire suppression and presuppression (34 awards).

The vendor operates from Wenatchee, Washington as its primary performance location and executes all work through pre-positioned VIPR IDCs, holding no subcontract presence. Equipment capability spans logging trucks, log loaders, Type 1 and Type 2 dozers, feller bunchers, mechanic service trucks, and personnel deployment for fire suppression, prescribed burn, and emergency incident response across the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies.