Smokin Ridge

Smokin Ridge, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Sumpter, Oregon, provides wildland fire suppression equipment, water handling services, and emergency incident response personnel to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and related federal agencies exclusively as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides. The company is a for-profit partnership or limited liability partnership competing predominantly under small-business set-aside vehicles across western forest regions.

Smokin Ridge's capability portfolio centers on delivering Type 3–6 fire engines, support water tenders, tactical water tenders, trained personnel, materials, transportation, lodging, and supervisory support for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response. Representative awards include a $247,508 delivery order from the Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) on July 18, 2026, for water handling services and emergency incident response in Baker City, Oregon; a $88,200 full-and-open delivery order from Region 4 (Intermountain Region) on July 30, 2025, for water handling services in Venice, Utah; and multiple June 2025 purchase orders from the Forest Service Idaho Region valued between $10,547 and $69,497 each for Type 3 engine support across Nevada and regional operations. The company also holds multiple indefinite-delivery contracts (IDCs) with the National Interagency Fire Center under the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, each valued between $250,000 and $500,000 with five-year performance periods extending through May 2030, covering water handling services across multiple Forest Service regions and East and West Zone geographic areas.

Customer concentration is extremely tight and agency-specific. The top five Forest Service customer offices account for 79% of awards by count and 91% of combined potential value. The National Interagency Fire Center leads with 11 awards and $2.2 million combined potential value; Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) follows with 11 awards and $842 thousand; the Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station carries 11 awards and $561 thousand; Region 4 (Intermountain Region) totals 7 awards and $318 thousand; and Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) holds 9 awards and $285 thousand. All customer agencies are sub-offices of the Department of Agriculture Forest Service. Smokin Ridge holds six active indefinite-delivery positions through the National Interagency Fire Center, all designated Total Small Business set-asides with firm fixed-price terms covering water handling services across overlapping regional zones. Additional task-order activity flows against forest-service regional BPAs and IDCs with ceiling values ranging from $250,000 to $500,000. The top parent vehicle, Indefinite Delivery Contract 1202SB22T7560, carries 13 task orders valued at $472 thousand combined; Blanket Purchase Agreement AG84M8B167062 carries 8 task orders at $132 thousand.

Smokin Ridge's activity trajectory shows volatile annual award counts—11 awards in 2022, declining to 1 in 2023, recovering to 4 in 2024, then climbing to 10 in 2025 and 6 in 2026—reflecting the seasonal and incident-driven nature of federal fire suppression contracting. The combined potential value across all 62 prime awards stands at $4.6 million, with $1.8 million obligated (39% of potential). Recompete exposure is material: contracts with ultimate completion dates in 2024 and 2025 have already passed; the five active IDCs with Forest Service regions and the National Interagency Fire Center carry May 2030 expiration dates, establishing a recompete window beginning in late 2029. The company operates with 100% prime-contractor share and zero subcontract engagement across its portfolio. Smokin Ridge's NAICS profile is heavily concentrated in Support Activities for Forestry (61 of 62 awards), with primary PSC coding under Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression (54 awards). The vendor competes exclusively under Total Small Business set-asides on Forest Service regional and National Interagency Fire Center vehicles, with no full-and-open prime competition in the source data except for isolated regional delivery orders that remain set-aside designated when examined in detail.