Taggart Transport LLC

Taggart Transport LLC, a sole-proprietor limited liability company and self-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in Nevada City, California, supplies water-handling equipment and trained personnel for wildfire suppression and emergency response to the National Interagency Fire Center under total small business set-aside contracts.

The vendor's entire three-award footprint (combined potential value $1 million) consists of multiple-award indefinite-delivery contracts held with the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center, awarded between June 2025 and August 2026. All three awards are classified under PSC Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression, with two awards also reflecting support activities for forestry. Taggart's customer concentration is absolute: 100% of recent awards fund a single customer — the National Interagency Fire Center — and the vendor operates exclusively in the small business set-aside space.

The three vehicles reflect Taggart's operating scope across two regions. An initial $250,000 ceiling contract awarded June 5, 2025, covers water-handling equipment (Type 3 and 6 Engines and Support Water Tenders Type 1, 2, and 3) for Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) through June 5, 2030. A second $500,000 contract, awarded February 6, 2026, expands that scope with personnel, transportation, and lodging provisioned at up to 16-hour daily shifts through the same June 2030 completion date. The Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management Regional Program Office retains the right to add new contractors or resources annually during the contract term, and optional usage by interagency cooperators including the Department of Interior, National Park Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs is permitted subject to their administrative terms. A third vehicle, awarded August 18, 2026, carries a $250,000 ceiling for "VIPR I-BPA Vehicle with Driver Regions 5 & 6 West Zone" with an ultimate completion date of August 18, 2026, extending Taggart's water-handling and driver services into Region 6 (West Zone).

Activity is nascent — one award in 2025 and two in 2026 — with the most recent award placed one month ago. The vendor carries no subcontractor history in federal work.