Tj's Mechanical Cutting, LLC

Tj's Mechanical Cutting, LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Washougal, Washington, operates as a prime contractor exclusively, delivering mechanical cutting and heavy equipment support for wildland fire suppression, fuels reduction, and incident response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The vendor competes entirely under small-business set-asides on multiple Indefinite Delivery Contracts through the Forest Service's Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system and across firm fixed-price delivery orders. All 62 awards in the source represent prime work with zero subcontract footprint.

Tj's Mechanical Cutting specializes in concrete capabilities grounded in Pacific Northwest forest and fire operations: mechanical vegetation removal, excavator and dozer rental, personnel staffing, and logistics support for wildland fire suppression, prescribed burn work, fuels reduction, and all-hazard incident response. Representative recent work includes a $161,079.99 delivery order awarded August 4, 2026, under a small-business-set-aside IDIQ through the VIPR system for mechanical cutting and heavy equipment support at Vancouver, Washington, with completion by September 5, 2026; a $150,000 delivery order issued August 21, 2026, for mechanical cutting and personnel staffing under a total small-business-set-aside contract with ultimate completion September 14, 2026; and a $324,000 delivery order from September 2024 for mechanical cutting and heavy equipment support across the Pacific Northwest. Across the entire footprint, the vendor holds six distinct Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) awarded between February 2026 and July 2025, each carrying $250,000 to $1,000,000 ceilings under total small-business set-asides, running through 2028–2030, structured to enable rapid competitive award of Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements for equipment and personnel deployment.

Customer concentration is singular and decisive. Tj's Mechanical Cutting serves three Forest Service entities representing 100% of awards: the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 6–Pacific Northwest Region (43 awards, $4.4 million combined potential value), the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center (13 awards, $4.3 million), and the Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a parent entity (6 awards, $388 thousand). The first two ranking metrics align entirely—no tension between award count and dollar concentration.

Vehicle position concentrates on five primary VIPR IDCs. The Indefinite Delivery Contract 1204H124T7303 carries 15 task orders totaling $1.8 million potential value; 12569R23T7929 holds 13 task orders for $1.1 million; 1202SB21T7919 supports 8 task orders valued at $1 million; 1204H118T7142 anchors 6 task orders at $449 thousand; and 1204H120T7357 includes 4 task orders at $80 thousand. All vehicles operate under firm fixed-price terms as multiple-award contracts within the VIPR system, permitting task-order competition across Forest Service regions and the National Interagency Fire Center.

Activity trajectory shows growth through 2024—four awards in 2022, seven in 2023, seventeen in 2024—followed by a temporary dip to six in 2025 and recovery to fourteen in 2026. Combined potential value across all 62 awards is $9.1 million; obligated value stands at $4.8 million (53% of potential). Work is performed at operational locations across Oregon and Washington, including Wenatchee, Springfield, Vancouver, and Sandy. All 62 awards classify under NAICS Support Activities for Forestry with PSC Natural Resources/Conservation–Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression.

The vendor operates with no recompete cliff signaling in the source, but the concentration of work across time-bound VIPR IDCs with ultimate completion dates between 2028 and 2030 implies sustained recompete risk tied to Forest Service regional and national incident response planning cycles. The $9.1 million footprint reflects a specialist vendor anchored to a single federal customer and geographic region, with no diversification into other agencies or service lines.

Mechanical and hand log falling capabilities & mechanical log processing