Terry Bishop

Terry Bishop, operating as Bishop Grading, a veteran-owned sole proprietorship based in Carmel Valley, California, provides heavy equipment for wildland fire suppression and incident response to the National Interagency Fire Center under four Total Small Business set-aside indefinite delivery contracts as a prime contractor.

Bishop Grading's entire federal footprint consists of four multiple-award IDCs awarded by the USDA Forest Service through the National Interagency Fire Center, all under the Total Small Business set-aside and all carrying firm fixed-price structures. The vendor holds no subcontract positions; 100% of revenue derives from prime IDC awards. The four contracts span two geographic and temporal cohorts: two IDCs for heavy equipment supporting West Zone Regions 5 and 6 (one awarded June 11, 2023, with ultimate completion June 11, 2028; one awarded February 6, 2026, with ultimate completion June 11, 2028), and two IDCs for miscellaneous heavy equipment in Region 5—Pacific Southwest Region (one awarded May 22, 2025, with ultimate completion May 22, 2030; one awarded February 6, 2026, with ultimate completion May 22, 2030). Each contract carries a $250,000 ceiling. The equipment portfolio includes feller bunchers, mulchers, masticators, road graders, dozers, excavators, and skidders, procured through the Virtual Incident Procurement system on an as-needed basis for daily shift support up to 16 hours annually for fire suppression, all-hazard incident response, and prescribed project work.

Customer concentration is absolute: the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center accounts for all four awards and the combined $1 million potential value. Award activity shows one award in 2023, one in 2025, and two in 2026, with no prior-year trajectory data to establish direction. Three of the four IDCs remain active beyond 2028, creating potential recompete opportunities in 2028 and 2030, though the combined value at risk remains modest at $1 million across the portfolio.