TL Ranch LLC

TL Ranch LLC, doing business as ACE Black Ranches, is a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Bruneau, Idaho that provides heavy equipment rentals and related personnel services for wildland fire management and all-hazard incident response across the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, competing as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) primarily under total small business set-asides through the Virtual Incident Procurement program.

The company's service portfolio centers on firm fixed-price heavy equipment rentals — dozers, excavators, tractor plows, feller bunchers, mulcher/masticators, and road graders — supplied with trained, certified personnel, transportation, and lodging for managed staff, with equipment available up to 16 hours daily. Recent representative work includes a $146,190 delivery order from Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest) awarded August 23, 2026, for wildland fire management support in Sandy, Oregon; a $128,936.65 delivery order from Region 6 issued July 31, 2026, for equipment rental and personnel services; and a $192,338.67 delivery order from Region 4 (Intermountain) issued September 8, 2024, for fire suppression equipment rentals. Work performance spans western Forest Service regions including Idaho, Utah, New Mexico, and Oregon.

Customer concentration reflects heavy Forest Service clustering. The top five funding offices account for 93% of awards by count and 98% by combined potential value. The National Interagency Fire Center dominates the dollars: eight awards worth $2.5 million combined potential value anchor the portfolio. Forest Service Region 4 (Intermountain Region) places the highest volume (10 awards, $707 thousand) but smaller individual values. Regions 6, 3, and the Rocky Mountain Research Station round out the active set with smaller commitments.

TL Ranch holds six active indefinite-delivery vehicle positions, all structured as total small business set-asides through the National Interagency Fire Center's Virtual Incident Procurement system. Three IDCs awarded February 6, 2026, each carry $500,000 ceilings and run through 2028–2030, covering East Zone Regions 1, 2, and 4 (and one including Region 9). Two earlier IDCs awarded in 2025 and 2023, each with $250,000 ceilings, serve the same geographies through 2030 and 2028 respectively. Task orders flow regularly against these vehicles: nine task orders ($213 thousand combined potential value) against one IDC, and seven task orders ($833 thousand) against another.

Activity has remained modest but steady across a five-year window: three awards in 2022, two in 2023, four in 2024, four in 2025, and six in 2026. Combined potential value across all 27 awards stands at $3.8 million, with $1.2 million obligated to date. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint. Primary NAICS is Support Activities for Forestry (27 awards); PSC coding splits between Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression (26 awards) and Fire Fighting Equipment (1 award).