Spence Industrial/ Wildfire LLC

Spence Industrial/Wildfire LLC, operating through its Treasure Valley Auto LLC division and doing business as Spence Industrial Wildfire LLC, provides wildfire suppression personnel, vehicles, equipment, and operational support services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the National Interagency Fire Center as a prime contractor competing predominantly under total small business set-asides. The vendor is a limited liability company based in Fruitland, Idaho, with 313 prime federal awards (100% prime, zero subcontract work) spanning wildfire suppression, incident management, and equipment rental across western U.S. Forest Service regions.

Spence Industrial/Wildfire LLC's capability footprint is concrete and mission-critical: the vendor furnishes engines, water tenders, service trucks, crew carrying vehicles, potable water trailers, refrigerated trailers, mechanics, equipment operators, and firefighting personnel, along with heavy equipment including dozers, excavators, graders, and skid loaders for wildfire mitigation and land clearing. Representative prime work includes a $105,450 delivery order (August 2026, set-aside total small business) from Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest) for wildfire management support in Baker City, Oregon; a $253,391 delivery order (July 2026, set-aside total small business) from Region 6 for wildfire management support and equipment in Baker City, Oregon; and a $212,688 delivery order (July 2024, no set-aside) from Region 5 (Pacific Southwest) for wildland fire services in California. The vendor self-performs substantially all contracted work without major subcontractors.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to Forest Service regional and national programs. The top five funding agencies account for 78% of awards by count and 88% of combined potential value. The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC, a Forest Service component) leads by dollar value with 60 awards totaling $11.4 million combined potential value, while the Forest Service Intermountain Region (Region 4) leads by award count with 81 awards carrying $3.7 million combined potential value. Region 6 (Pacific Northwest) ranks third with 37 awards and $2.7 million; the Rocky Mountain Research Station contributes 46 awards and $2.2 million; and Region 5 (Pacific Southwest) adds 21 awards and $1.2 million. The two rankings align closely around Forest Service regional dominance, with NIFC's dollar leadership reflecting larger ceiling values on indefinite delivery vehicles.

The vendor holds multiple VIPR I-Blanket Purchase Agreement (Vehicle Inventory and Procurement Reporting) indefinite delivery contracts, all set aside for total small business, each with $250,000 to $750,000 ceilings and performance periods extending through 2028–2031. Named parent vehicles include Indefinite Delivery Contract 1202SB22T7564 (35 task orders, $2 million combined potential value), Blanket Purchase Agreement AG84M8B167064 (25 task orders, $1.1 million), Indefinite Delivery Contract 1202SB22T7417 (22 task orders, $481 thousand), Indefinite Delivery Contract 1284M819T7121 (21 task orders, $859 thousand), and Indefinite Delivery Contract 12837119T7061 (16 task orders, $681 thousand). VIPR I-BPA vehicles cover mechanic services with service trucks (East and West zones, multiple regions), heavy equipment (East and West zones for regions 1–9), vehicles with drivers (regions 1, 4), refrigerated trailers (regions 1–9, national), potable and gray water trucks (East and West zones), and miscellaneous heavy equipment (East and West zones). These contracts enable rapid task-order issuance for wildfire response and prescribed burn support across local, regional, and nationwide incidents.

Activity has fluctuated significantly over the past five years: 38 awards in 2022, declining to 22 in 2023, surging to 52 in 2024, dropping to 8 in 2025, and recovering to 24 in 2026 year-to-date. The spike in 2024 and relative decline in 2025 reflect seasonal and incident-driven demand patterns inherent to wildfire contracting. The vendor holds $24.1 million in combined potential value across 313 awards, with $10.5 million obligated (43% drawdown). Primary NAICS codes are Support Activities for Forestry (203 awards), Specialized Freight Trucking Local (58 awards), and General Automotive Repair (37 awards); primary PSC is Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression (290 awards). The vendor competes exclusively under total small business set-asides on its Forest Service VIPR I-BPA vehicle portfolio and at least a portion of regional delivery order activity (approximately 56 of recent awards explicitly note total small business set-aside status), indicating a deliberate posture focused on small business carve-outs rather than full-and-open competition.