T Bench LLC

T Bench LLC, a small disadvantaged, veteran-owned limited liability company based in Wolf Creek, Montana, delivers wildland fire suppression and emergency response services exclusively to the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The vendor holds seven indefinite delivery contracts (IDCs) with combined ceiling values of $2.25 million issued by the National Interagency Fire Center through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, and executes delivery orders against those vehicles to support fire suppression and all-hazard incident management across Forest Service East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, 8, and 9. All thirteen awards in the recent portfolio are primes; T Bench does not subcontract.

T Bench's service portfolio is narrowly specialized. The vendor provides water handling equipment and trained personnel (potable and gray water truck and handwashing station services, trailer-mounted), faller services for hazard tree removal and timber management during incident response, and comprehensive emergency response support including specialized equipment, transportation, materials, and personnel for fire suppression operations. Representative work includes a $72,637 delivery order from Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region) on August 1, 2026, for emergency response and wildland fire suppression support under VIPR; an $86,207 delivery order from Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) on July 10, 2026, for incident management and fire suppression services; and a $45,000 delivery order from Region 1 on August 21, 2025, for emergency response support. T Bench also filled a $40,000 purchase order from the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region on May 1, 2026, for T-Bench Engine Type 4 equipment, the only award outside the VIPR system.

Customer concentration is absolute. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center accounts for 7 awards and $2.5 million (89%) of combined potential value. The remaining four awards split between Forest Service regional offices (Regions 1, 5, and 6 combined: $270 thousand) and the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region ($40 thousand). Awards per year show acceleration from two in the first three years (2022–2023, one award each) to five in 2025 and six in 2026, though the dollar volume obligated remains modest ($310 thousand of $2.8 million combined potential, or 11% drawdown). The vendor holds two active IDC parent vehicles under VIPR — IDC 1202SB25T7784 with four task orders totaling $261 thousand, and IDC 1202SB25T7192 with one task order of $9 thousand. The portfolio is classified entirely under NAICS 238990 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression, reflecting a completely vertical specialization in federal wildland fire response rather than horizontal diversification across multiple customer agencies or service lines.