Warden-Marek, Tracy

Warden-Marek, Tracy, doing business as Tom Marek Trucking, is a woman-owned small business based in Grangeville, Idaho, that provides heavy equipment and certified operators to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and allied federal land management agencies in support of wildland fire suppression, all-hazards incident response, and prescribed project work. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of awards) and competes predominantly under total small business set-asides, holding three multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts totaling $1.5 million in combined ceiling value with the National Interagency Fire Center through 2028–2030, each set aside for small businesses.

Warden-Marek's customer base is concentrated within USDA Forest Service regional operations across the western United States. The top five funding agencies account for 95% of recent awards: the Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region) leads with 42 awards and $3.1 million combined potential value, followed by Region 4 (Intermountain Region) with 25 awards and $2.1 million, and the National Interagency Fire Center with 9 awards and $2.6 million. Regions 6 (Pacific Northwest) and the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region round out the active customer set. The vendor's equipment portfolio includes Type 2 dozers, dump trucks, excavators, tractor plows, feller bunchers, mulchers, road graders, and skidders, supplied with trained operators available up to 16 hours daily through the Virtual Incident Procurement system for rapid emergency deployment.

Activity accelerated sharply from 2023 to 2024, rising from one award to nineteen, with sustained momentum in 2025–2026 (nine and eleven awards respectively). Recent prime work includes a $172,150 firm fixed-price purchase order from Forest Service Region 1 (August 29, 2026) for logging trucks and forwarders at Montana locations supporting fire and all-hazard incident response; a $177,080 delivery order from Forest Service Region 6 (July 31, 2026) for heavy equipment under a total small business set-aside; and multiple smaller delivery orders from Region 4 in July–August 2026 ranging from $33,220 to $127,583. The vendor places task orders against five named parent vehicles, with an Indefinite Delivery Contract (1202SB24T7400) accounting for 19 task orders valued at $1.4 million combined potential, followed by IDC 1202SB23T7540 (8 task orders, $951 thousand) and two Blanket Purchase Agreements collectively supporting $534 thousand in work.

Eighty of 85 awards fall under NAICS 561730 (Support Activities for Forestry), with the remainder split among equipment rental/leasing and satellite telecommunications services. Firm fixed-price delivery orders and purchase orders dominate the contract type; most awards completed in 2024–2026 carry ultimate completion dates ranging from weeks to months after award, reflecting rapid incident-response operational cycles. The vendor's $8.2 million combined potential value across all awards includes $4.6 million obligated to date (55% realization), indicating active invoicing and delivery against the Forest Service's emergency equipment needs.

An experienced site preparation contractor specializing in road building, logging and excavation. Forestry support and wildland fire suppression.Transport heavy equipment. Transport logs.