Jeffery Robert Smith

Jeffery Robert Smith, doing business as Jeff Smith Excavating CO., a service-disabled veteran-owned small business sole proprietorship based in Arlington, Washington, supplies heavy equipment and excavation services to the USDA Forest Service as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates across wildland fire suppression, natural resource management, and emergency incident response programs in the Pacific Northwest and western regions, with 100% of recent awards going to the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service.

The vendor's customer footprint is concentrated and singular. The USDA Forest Service accounts for all 28 awards in the recent portfolio, split between the Pacific Northwest Region (17 awards, $1 million combined potential value) and the Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center (9 awards, $1.8 million combined potential value), with a small remainder under the Forest Service's administrative arm. The two rankings track identically — the Fire and Aviation Management center holds higher potential value despite fewer awards, reflecting larger individual delivery orders under multi-award indefinite delivery contracts.

Jeff Smith Excavating CO. holds four active indefinite delivery contracts, all under total small business set-asides with ceilings of $250,000 to $500,000 and completion dates extending through July 2028 or May 2030. The vendor places task orders predominantly under three vehicles: Indefinite Delivery Contract 1204H120T7382 (7 task orders, $168 thousand combined potential value), Indefinite Delivery Contract 12569R23T8033 (6 task orders, $269 thousand combined potential value), and Blanket Purchase Agreement AG04H1B177168 (3 task orders, $80 thousand combined potential value). Recent delivery orders range from $5,400 to $94,056 and include dozers, excavators, water tenders, and Excavator Type 2 equipment supporting wildland fire suppression and emergency response operations across Oregon, Washington, and New Mexico. Representative work includes a $56,000 Total Small Business delivery order from the Pacific Northwest Region (July 2026), a $73,700 no-set-aside delivery order for heavy equipment services (September 2025), and a $94,056 delivery order (July 2025) under the same vehicle structure.

Activity has remained steady at three to four awards per year across 2022, 2023, 2025, and 2026, with a single award in 2024. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $3 million, with $674 thousand obligated. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint and competes solely within total small business set-asides. All work is concentrated in NAICS 541712 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC code for Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression.