The Campbell Corporation

The Campbell Corporation, a veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned small business based in Sutter Creek, California, provides wildland fire suppression and emergency incident response equipment and personnel to the Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor exclusively through small-business set-aside IDIQs. The company holds no subcontracting relationships and operates 100% as a prime under the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system administered by the National Interagency Fire Center.

The Campbell Corporation delivers heavy equipment, vehicles, water-handling apparatus, and trained certified operators and support personnel for rapid deployment to fire suppression, all-hazard incident response, and prescribed project work across the western United States. Representative delivery orders include a $70,041.14 order in August 2024 for dozers, excavators, and chippers with operators in Regions 5 and 6; a $41,834.50 order in August 2025 for miscellaneous heavy equipment and personnel in Clovis, California; and a $29,689 order in September 2025 for similar equipment in the Pacific Southwest region. The company also provides specialized services including water tenders (Types 1, 2, 3, and 6 engines), vehicles with drivers (pickups, stakesides, passenger vans, sport utility vehicles), chippers and crews, fallers, and miscellaneous machinery such as feller bunchers, mulchers, masticators, road graders, and skidders.

Customer concentration is extreme. The National Interagency Fire Center accounts for 17 awards and $6 million of the combined potential value ($6.4 million total); the broader Forest Service organization captures 100% of awards through the NIFC and regional entities (Region 5 and Region 4). The company holds 18 active IDIQs valued at $250,000 to $1,000,000 each, all set aside for small business and carrying ultimate completion dates ranging from 2028 to 2030. These IDIQs cover vehicle with driver services, miscellaneous heavy equipment, water handling, chippers, fallers, and equipment-specific categories for Regions 5 and 6 (Pacific Southwest and Northwest). Activity has accelerated sharply — two awards in 2023, five in 2024, six in 2025, and eleven in 2026 — indicating sustained Forest Service demand. Eleven awards totaling approximately $370 thousand in ceiling value are scheduled for completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure on those vehicles. Despite $6.4 million in potential value across the footprint, only $393 thousand has been obligated year to date, reflecting the typical usage pattern for VIPR blanket purchase agreements where task orders are drawn against standing IDIQs as fire season and incident demands materialize.