Sterling Wildfire, LLC

Sterling Wildfire, LLC, a woman-owned small disadvantaged business organized as a limited liability company and based in Wapato, Washington, supplies water handling equipment for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response to the U.S. Forest Service as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates entirely in the Pacific Northwest region, with place of performance in Pendleton and Wenatchee, Oregon and Washington, and works under NAICS Support Activities for Forestry (PSC Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression).

Sterling Wildfire's product portfolio centers on engines (Type 3-6), support water tenders (Type 1-3), and tactical water tenders (Type 1-2) for incident response. Representative prime work includes a $174,583 firm fixed-price delivery order from U.S. Forest Service Region 6 issued July 22, 2026, for water handling equipment supporting wildland fire suppression and incident response (ultimate completion September 6, 2026); a $181,350 delivery order issued July 20, 2026, also for water handling equipment across the Pacific Northwest region (completion September 7, 2026); and a $62,000 delivery order issued September 24, 2025, to the Forest Service for equipment delivery in Wenatchee (completion October 7, 2025).

Customer concentration sits entirely within the Department of Agriculture. The Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center accounts for two awards with $750 thousand combined potential value, while Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) holds six awards valued at $492 thousand combined potential value — 100% coverage across two customer offices. Sterling Wildfire holds two parent indefinite-delivery contracts: a $500,000-ceiling multiple-award IDC awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center on February 6, 2026 (May 30, 2025 through May 30, 2030) for the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) Incident Blanket Purchase Agreement, under which six task orders totaling $492 thousand have been issued, and a $250,000-ceiling VIPR I-BPA awarded by Forest Service Region 6 on May 30, 2025, also running through May 30, 2030 and designated as a total small business set-aside multiple-award vehicle.

Recent activity shows three awards in 2025 and five in 2026. Combined potential value across all eight awards stands at $1.2 million, with $492 thousand obligated as of the source date (40% draw-down). Sterling Wildfire operates as a 100% prime contractor with no subcontract footprint in the source data. The vendor competes exclusively under small business set-asides and maintains an operational footprint limited to the Pacific Northwest region, indicating specialization in regional fire-response logistics rather than national platform or multi-region scale.