South County Construction Inc.

South County Construction Inc., a small business based in Pendleton, Oregon, provides heavy equipment and personnel for wildland fire suppression, prescribed burn operations, and all-hazard incident response as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business set-asides. The company operates across 12 federal awards, all held as prime contracts and indefinite delivery vehicles with no subcontract footprint.

South County Construction holds eight indefinite delivery contracts through the National Interagency Fire Center's Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system and Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements, awarded February through May 2025 and running through May 2030. These IDCs carry individual ceilings between $250,000 and $750,000 and cover heavy equipment with water capabilities — dozers, excavators, and related machinery — for Forest Service Regions 3, 5, and 6 across the West Zone and Region 6 (Pacific Northwest) specifically. The two largest are a $750,000 IDC for miscellaneous heavy equipment in Region 6 only (awarded February 6, 2026) and another $750,000 IDC for the same scope (awarded February 6, 2026). These contracts permit optional use by the Department of the Interior through regional dispatch centers. South County has also drawn four delivery orders from Forest Service Region 6 in the past two months: a $135,000 order on August 1, 2026, for work completing August 25, 2026; a $10,800 order on July 31, 2026, for work completing August 26, 2026; a $101,474.99 order on July 9, 2026, for work at Baker City, Oregon, completing July 27, 2026; and a $24,000 order issued September 10, 2025, for Wenatchee, Washington, work completed September 15, 2025.

Customer concentration is entirely within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The National Interagency Fire Center accounts for eight awards valued at $3.5 million combined potential value, while Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) accounts for the remaining four awards at $271,000 combined potential value. Combined potential value across all 12 awards is $3.8 million, though only $271,000 (7% of potential value) has been obligated to date; the remainder represents ceiling authority on the indefinite delivery contracts. Activity has grown from five awards in 2025 to seven in 2026, with all work classified under NAICS Support Activities for Forestry and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation – Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression. Place of performance spans Pendleton, Baker City, and Wenatchee across Oregon and Washington, with regional dispatch authority extending to Forest Service operations in Regions 3, 5, and 6.