Nathan Smith

Nathan Smith, a Native American-owned, minority-owned small disadvantaged business sole proprietorship based in Arlee, Montana, operates exclusively as a prime contractor providing wildland fire management, heavy equipment support, and incident response services to the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management under total small business set-aside IDIQs and delivery orders. All 35 awards in the source are prime contracts; the vendor does not subcontract.

Nathan Smith's capability portfolio centers on wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response. The vendor provides water handling equipment (tenders, pumps), heavy machinery (dozers, skidgines, softtracks), trained personnel, materials, and transportation for fire suppression and prescribed burn operations across geographically dispersed Forest Service regions. Recent representative work includes a $14,800 firm fixed-price delivery order from Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region) issued August 1, 2026, for wildland fire management and mission support services with performance in Missoula, Montana; a $134,197.50 delivery order from Forest Service Region 9 (Eastern Region) issued July 15, 2026, for water handling and heavy equipment to support fire suppression in Duluth, Minnesota; and a $73,900 delivery order from Forest Service Region 3 (Southwestern Region) issued May 24, 2022, for incident response services performed in New Mexico. The vendor also holds one $22,940 purchase order from the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region for water tender services awarded June 1, 2025.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center, which accounts for 10 awards ($2.9 million combined potential value) across multiple IDIQ vehicles, despite lower volume than Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region), which carries 21 awards ($1.3 million combined potential value). The Forest Service regions collectively account for all but one of the vendor's awards. The vendor operates under multiple total small business set-aside IDIQs issued by the National Interagency Fire Center: heavy equipment with water for East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 (multiple awards with $250,000 to $500,000 ceilings running through 2028–2030); water handling equipment IDIQs for the same regions; and older single-award water handling and heavy equipment contracts through 2025. These vehicles fund the delivery orders placed against Nathan Smith throughout the fire season.

Activity has grown from one award in 2021 to nine awards in 2026 (most recent in August 2026), with seven awards in 2025 and five in 2023. The combined potential value across all 35 awards is $4.6 million, with $1.1 million obligated (24% realization). The vendor's awards are concentrated under the top parent IDIQs: Indefinite Delivery Contract 1202SB25T7737 (water handling), 1202SB23T7457 (heavy equipment), and 12034319T7225 (heavy equipment with water), each carrying three to four task orders. The vendor's NAICS classification is 541714 (Support Activities for Forestry), with all work coded to natural resources, conservation, and forest-range fire suppression PSCs. Nathan Smith's entire footprint is federal emergency management procurement executed through the Virtual Incident Procurement system, a competitive multi-award IDIQ vehicle that enables rapid mobilization of pre-positioned resources during peak wildfire seasons and all-hazard incidents.

Experienced operator working to support forestry, and fire suppression. Pumper CAT and Skidgen with operator are available for emergency equipment rental. Transport equipment is available for heavy equipment.