Thomas Horn

Thomas Horn TT Construction Division, operating as Resource Utilization Co., is a HUBZone-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in Orleans, California, specializing in emergency response and land management support services. Registered in SAM.gov since March 2004, the company has established itself as a critical vendor for federal land management agencies, particularly the U.S. Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5), providing essential equipment, personnel, and operational support for wildland fire suppression, emergency management, and forestry activities across California's federal forests and grasslands.

Resource Utilization Co. has delivered a diverse portfolio of goods and services through federal contract awards dating from 2021 through August 2025, all issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Region and the National Interagency Fire Center. The company has provided water handling equipment including Type 1, 2, and 3 water tenders and weed washing units; heavy equipment such as dump trucks, front-end loaders, dozers, and excavators; mechanic services with support vehicles; land and facility use for incident command operations; and miscellaneous equipment rentals to support emergency response operations. Award values have ranged from $7,050 to $533,766, with a significant $342,200 purchase order for land and facility use during the 2023 SRF Lightning Complex response and a $533,766 award for dump truck and front-end loader equipment provision for the same incident. All federal contract awards have been issued as firm fixed-price contracts in the form of purchase orders and delivery orders without set-aside designations, though the underlying contract vehicles from which many delivery orders were issued are designated as total small business set-asides.

Resource Utilization Co. holds eight active Indefinite Delivery Contracts valued at $250,000 each through the Forest Service's Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, plus one major Blanket Purchase Agreement. The IDCs, awarded between June 2021 and June 2025, provide water handling equipment and personnel for fire suppression across Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10; miscellaneous heavy equipment including fellers bunchers, mulchers, road graders, and skidders for Regions 5 and 6; potable and gray water trucks with handwashing stations for Region 5; and mechanic services with service trucks for Regions 5 and 6. Additionally, the company holds a $50 million Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Pacific Southwest Region awarded in April 2023 through March 2033 for California Forest Engineering and Road Maintenance services across 19 national forests and one national grassland, representing a comprehensive long-term commitment to forest infrastructure preservation and emergency storm recovery. These IDVs enable rapid deployment of critical resources and personnel to support wildfire suppression, all-hazard incident response, and land management activities, with delivery orders issued as needed by the Forest Service and cooperating federal agencies.

Full service construction company with expertise in fire suppression, earthmoving, fire support, and remote rural communication/broadband tower construction.