Steelhead Enterprises, LLC

Steelhead Enterprises, LLC, a Hispanic American-owned minority-owned small disadvantaged business based in The Dalles, Oregon, operates as a sole proprietorship providing wildland fire suppression equipment, firefighter crews, and emergency response support to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides and full-and-open delivery orders. The company competes predominantly on Forest Service indefinite delivery contracts and blanket purchase agreements rather than pursue broad-market federal work; 96 percent of recent awards by count and value concentrate with the Forest Service across six regional offices and the National Interagency Fire Center.

Steelhead's capability portfolio centers on Type 3, 4, 5, and 6 fire engines; water handling equipment including Support Water Tenders and Tactical Water Tenders; National Type 2 firefighter crews; and personnel, transportation, and logistics support for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response. Representative prime awards include a $286.6 thousand delivery order from Forest Service Region 4 (Intermountain) for unspecified fire suppression support with a May 2026 completion date; a $313 thousand delivery order from Region 6 (Pacific Northwest) for water handling and emergency response services; a $255.9 thousand delivery order from Region 6 for wildland fire and all-hazard incidents with July 2027 completion; and a $228.9 thousand delivery order from Region 1 (Northern) for fire suppression equipment and services. The company also holds three active indefinite delivery contracts: a $500 thousand multiple-award water handling equipment contract with the National Interagency Fire Center (awarded February 2026, through May 2030, total small business set-aside); a $250 thousand water handling set-aside IDIQ with NIFC (awarded May 2025, through June 2025); and a $250 thousand water handling IDIQ with NIFC (awarded June 2022, through June 2025).

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region dominates customer concentration, accounting for 88 of 117 recent awards (75 percent of award count) and $6.4 million of the combined potential value. The National Interagency Fire Center ranks second with 10 awards valued at $2.4 million, followed by the Forest Service's national office with 8 awards ($1.3 million), the Intermountain Region with 3 awards ($567 thousand), and the Pacific Southwest Region with 3 awards ($359 thousand). This top-five concentration covers 96 percent of both award count and potential value, reflecting Steelhead's narrow focus on regional wildland fire response. Activity has grown from 10 awards in 2022 to a peak of 20 in 2024, with 15 awards recorded through August 2026. Six awards carrying combined potential value of $1 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, exposing the vendor to modest recompete risk over that window.

Steelhead executes work exclusively as a prime contractor—zero subcontract exposure in recent awards. The company leverages its small business status across multiple Forest Service IDIQ vehicles (contracts 1202SC21T2442, 1202SB22T8109, AG04H1B179615, AG04H1B179614, and 1204H125T7443 account for 81 of 117 awards), executing 26, 21, 13, 12, and 9 task orders respectively against these vehicles. Work is performed across Oregon, Washington, and Montana with operational bases in Wenatchee, Vancouver, Medford, Baker City, Pendleton, and Springfield supporting Forest Service regions and the National Interagency Fire Center. Place of performance is often regionally dispersed rather than centralized, reflecting the operational nature of wildland fire response. NAICS 541712 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC code Y0—Natural Resources/Conservation, Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression—characterize 114 of 117 awards, with the remaining three classified as Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services and Other Natural Resources/Conservation work. The combined potential value of $11.5 million across all awards, with $8.6 million obligated (74 percent), reflects the short-duration, task-order-driven nature of Steelhead's federal work rather than large fixed-price prime contracts.