West End Contracting & Excavating, LLC

West End Contracting & Excavating, LLC, a veteran-owned sole proprietorship based in Trout Creek, Montana, provides water handling services and miscellaneous heavy equipment procurement (including feller bunchers, mulchers, road graders, and skidders) to federal land and fire management agencies as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides. All four recent awards are Total Small Business set-aside vehicles; the vendor operates exclusively in that posture across its federal footprint.

The vendor's customer base is concentrated entirely within the Department of Agriculture. Three awards worth a combined $1 million flow through the National Interagency Fire Center for USDA Forest Service East Zone regions; one award of $46 thousand comes from the VA's Northern Region in Dillon, Montana. The two rankings are identical — all 100% of awards and combined potential value route to USDA, with the National Interagency Fire Center anchoring the portfolio on fire-suppression and prescribed-burn resource procurement.

West End holds two active indefinite-delivery contracts from the National Interagency Fire Center, both running through 2029 or 2030 with firm fixed price terms. The first contract, awarded February 6, 2026, carries a $500 thousand ceiling for miscellaneous heavy equipment supporting East Zone Regions 1, 2, and 4. The second, awarded July 30, 2026, carries a $250 thousand ceiling for water handling services across East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9. A $46 thousand delivery order from the VA (ultimate completion September 1, 2026) appears to be a single spot buy under a separate IDC. Activity is sparse but recent — one award in 2024, three in 2026 — with combined potential value of approximately $1 million and only $46 thousand obligated to date. All work is categorized under NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation — Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression. Place of performance is Montana (Trout Creek headquarters with Dillon operations for the VA order).