Smiths Maintenance Inc.

Smiths Maintenance Inc., a veteran-owned small business based in La Grande, Oregon, provides heavy equipment rentals, facility maintenance, and fire suppression support to the Department of Agriculture Forest Service and related federal land-management agencies as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates as a for-profit corporate entity and competes across NAICS 115213 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC codes aligned with forest-range fire suppression and presuppression operations.

Customer concentration is acute and stable. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center anchors 9 awards worth $1.4 million (58% of combined potential value), while the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) accounts for 20 awards worth $888 thousand (37%), with the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region representing 1 award worth $59 thousand. Together these three agencies account for 88% of awards and 97% of combined potential value. The vendor's customer base has remained narrow and concentrated on USDA Forest Service operations across the Pacific Northwest and West Zone regions since 2005.

Smiths Maintenance holds three indefinite-delivery contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center: one multiple-award IDC with a $250,000 ceiling through August 2029 for miscellaneous heavy equipment procurement in the Pacific Northwest only (awarded August 6, 2026); one multiple-award IDC with a $500,000 ceiling through June 2028 for heavy equipment supporting West Zone Regions 5 and 6 (awarded February 6, 2026); and one single-award IDC with a $250,000 ceiling through June 2028 under the Forest Service Virtual Incident Procurement system for heavy equipment in Regions 5 and 6 (awarded June 11, 2023). Recent delivery orders under these vehicles total $111 thousand. The vendor also operates under Forest Service multiple-award BPA vehicles. Recent representative orders include a $95,210 delivery order from Forest Service Region 6 for maintenance services and fire suppression support (July 2024), an $81,616 delivery order for facility maintenance and equipment support in Wenatchee, Washington (August 2026), and a $42,300 delivery order for facility maintenance services in Baker City, Oregon (August 2026). A $59,250 purchase order from the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region for Type 2 dozer rental was awarded in June 2025.

Activity trajectory shows growth in 2026 with six awards year-to-date, reversing relative flatness in 2023–2025 (one to two awards annually). Combined potential value across all 34 awards stands at $2.4 million, with $820 thousand obligated to date (34% execution rate). The vendor competes exclusively as a prime under total small business set-asides and maintains no subcontract presence. Work centers on Type 2 dozer rentals for wildland fire response and facility maintenance at Forest Service locations in Oregon and Washington, with recent delivery orders ranging from $14,800 to $95,210.