Tom Vranizan Contracting, Corp.

Tom Vranizan Contracting, Corp., a HUBZone-certified small business headquartered in Troy, Montana, operates as a prime contractor specializing in mechanical thinning, excavator piling, fuels reduction, and heavy equipment operations for federal land management and wildfire mitigation. The company competes predominantly full-and-open with no set-aside emphasis, though it holds HUBZone certification that provides preferential consideration and qualifies for total small business set-asides on applicable procurements.

The company's federal footprint is highly concentrated within USDA Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region), which accounts for 45 awards and $21.9 million of the company's $24.7 million combined potential value across 55 prime awards. Concrete recent work includes a $112,285 delivery order awarded in September 2025 for 173 acres of thinning and 240 acres of excavator piling on the Rexford and Fortine Ranger Districts near Eureka, Montana; a $79,537.50 September 2024 order for 5 Creeks mechanical fuels reduction and site preparation on the Kootenai National Forest; and a $44,835 May 2024 order for 70 acres of slashing and excavator piling in the Pinkham Tenmile Talus area on the Rexford Ranger District. Work spans the Kootenai and other national forests in Montana and Idaho, with place of performance centered at Eureka, Montana and subordinate locations across Regions 1 and 4. The company also carries eight awards from the National Interagency Fire Center (combined potential value $2.8 million) for heavy equipment dispatch and operator services across the East Zone covering Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9.

Tom Vranizan holds a single-award IDIQ with USDA Forest Service Region 1 valued at $12.5 million through September 2027 for mechanical thinning and fuels reduction services, which serves as the parent vehicle for the bulk of recent delivery orders. Additional parent vehicles include two Forest Service BPAs and three smaller IDCs with the National Interagency Fire Center, each carrying $250,000 to $500,000 ceilings and established through the Virtual Incident Procurement system for rapid deployment of heavy equipment to fire suppression and all-hazard response. The company's capability portfolio centers on mechanical thinning, excavator piling, slashing, feller buncher operations, and site preparation for forest health and wildfire risk reduction, with equipment including excavators, dozers, feller bunchers, and skidders. Award data shows performance primarily under NAICS 54 (Support Activities for Forestry) with PSC codes spanning forest-range fire suppression/presuppression and tree thinning. Activity remained modest at two to seven awards per year over the past five years; only two awards (combined potential value $148 thousand) carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal near-term recompete exposure.