Smallen Family LLC

Smallen Family LLC, doing business as The Hem Line, an SBA-certified HUBZone small disadvantaged business based in Culdesac, Idaho, supplies water handling equipment and wildland firefighting support services to federal agencies as a prime contractor under small-business set-aside and full-and-open delivery orders. The company operates exclusively as a prime (100% of recent awards), with no subcontractor footprint, and competes across both set-aside and unrestricted vehicles — recent awards show Total Small Business set-aside designations on indefinite delivery contracts and no set-aside used on individual delivery orders.

The vendor's customer base is highly concentrated in wildland fire suppression and emergency response. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service accounts for 29 of 30 awards (96% of volume), split between the Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6) with 21 awards totaling $946 thousand in combined potential value and the Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center with 8 awards totaling $1 million. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region holds a single award worth $31 thousand. Water handling and firefighting equipment dominate the capability portfolio; representative work includes a $25.7 thousand delivery order from USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region on August 30, 2026, for water handling equipment supporting wildland firefighting operations in Baker City, Oregon; a $31 thousand purchase order from BLM Idaho Region on June 1, 2025, for a support water tender Type 2; and a $15.5 thousand delivery order from USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region on August 7, 2024, for water tenders and wildland firefighting equipment.

Smallen Family LLC holds three active indefinite delivery contracts, all set aside for small business and all with the National Interagency Fire Center. The largest is a $500 thousand multiple-award IDC awarded February 6, 2026, with performance through May 30, 2030, covering water handling equipment including Engines Type 3–6 and Support Water Tenders Type 1–3 across the Pacific Northwest Region. A second IDC, valued at $250 thousand and awarded May 30, 2025, similarly covers water handling services and equipment for Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10. A third, awarded June 9, 2022, carries a $250 thousand ceiling and has generated over $45 thousand in task orders to date. The vendor also executes work under non-IDC vehicles including Blanket Purchase Agreement AG04H1B167340 (7 task orders, $101 thousand combined potential value). Activity has remained modest and stable — four awards each in 2022 and 2025, two in 2023 and 2024, and four in 2026 — with combined potential value of $2 million across all 30 awards and obligated dollars of $324 thousand (16% of potential value). Smallen Family LLC's operational focus centers on water tenders, fire engines, and tactical water handling resources for wildland fire suppression across western Forest Service regions, with primary performance in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and New Mexico.