Timberman, Inc.

Timberman, Inc., doing business as Timber Man Inc., is a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Mt. Hood, Oregon, that delivers wildland fire suppression and emergency-response equipment, personnel, and transportation services to the federal government exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates as a Subchapter S corporation focused on forestry support services and incident-based resource mobilization across Forest Service Regions 5 and 6 in the Pacific Northwest and West Zone.

Timberman's customer footprint is concentrated with the Department of Agriculture, which accounts for all recent awards. The National Interagency Fire Center anchors the portfolio with 16 awards valued at $4.8 million in combined potential, while the Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6) has placed 10 awards totaling $614 thousand. A single award from the Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Rural Business Cooperative Services rounds out the customer base. The vendor's capability profile aligns tightly with the VIPR (Virtual Incident Procurement) system — a multiple-award blanket purchase agreement vehicle through which the Forest Service pre-qualifies small-business vendors for rapid deployment. Timberman holds active IDCs across timber falling, heavy equipment (dozers, excavators, chippers), vehicle-with-driver services, and miscellaneous equipment for Regions 5 and 6, with contract ceilings ranging from $250 thousand to $500 thousand and periods of performance extending through 2029 and 2031. Representative recent orders include a $51,776 delivery order issued July 26, 2026, for incident-based services under a total small business set-aside (completion August 17, 2026); a $64,800 firm fixed-price delivery order from July 25, 2024, supporting wildland fire management across Regions 5, 6, and the West Zone through June 2028; and a $38,400 purchase order from September 20, 2022, for log truck services in Kalama, Washington.

Activity has grown modestly — one award in 2021, one in 2022, three in 2023, three in 2024, and seven in 2026 — reflecting the episodic, incident-driven nature of wildland fire procurement. Combined potential value across all 27 prime awards stands at $5.4 million, with only $351 thousand obligated to date (6% of potential value), indicating that most IDC ceilings remain unexercised. The vendor operates exclusively under VIPR and does not hold positions on government-wide GWACs or agency-wide IDIQs outside the incident-response ecosystem. Service Contract Inventory data shows minimal SCI-reportable activity — one sub record in FY2022 with zero FTEs reported — suggesting that Timberman's federal work is structured as equipment rentals, incident-dispatch services, and purchase orders below or outside the SCI reporting threshold, rather than labor-intensive service contracts. Timberman does not operate as a subcontractor and does not bring subcontractor teams to its prime awards; its model centers on company-owned equipment and personnel deployed on an incident-availability basis through VIPR's pre-qualified vendor pool.