Torres Contracting, Inc.

Torres Contracting, Inc., a minority-owned, Hispanic American-owned small business based in Salem, Oregon, operates as a prime contractor providing wildland firefighting support, equipment, and land stewardship services to the U.S. Forest Service and related federal agencies across multiple western regions. Torres Contracting competes predominantly full-and-open rather than through set-aside vehicles, though recent IDV awards (2023 onward) carry total small business set-aside designations through the Virtual Incident Procurement system.

The vendor's capability footprint centers on wildland fire suppression and fuels reduction. Torres Contracting delivers Type 2 firefighter crews, specialized firefighting vehicles (fire engines, water trucks), heavy equipment (chippers, dozers), water handling and gray water management resources, and post-fire rehabilitation and hazardous fuels reduction services. Representative prime work includes a $172,365.53 Firm Fixed Price delivery order from the Forest Service Region 4 (Intermountain) on June 24, 2026, for wildland fire and all-hazard incident support under Total Small Business set-aside; a $397,089.47 delivery order from Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest) on September 9, 2025, for incident management and equipment support; and a $441,904.30 delivery order from Forest Service Region 1 (Northern) on August 17, 2025, for specialized firefighting equipment and crews. Across the source's visible award period, Torres has received delivery orders ranging from $4,390 to $552,123.13, most under firm fixed-price terms.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the Forest Service. The top five funding agencies account for 95% of combined potential value, with the Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest) dominating at 215 awards and $77.1 million in combined potential value, followed by Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest) at 21 awards and $53.3 million, and the National Interagency Fire Center at 39 awards and $42.1 million. The Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington places 45 awards valued at $1.8 million. The Forest Service accounts for approximately 330 of 483 total awards across all regions and functional groupings.

Torres Contracting holds a portfolio of Indefinite Delivery Contracts under the Virtual Incident Procurement system. The top parent vehicles are Indefinite Delivery Contract 1202SC21T2445 (102 task orders, $17.9 million), IDC 1202SB22T8143 (82 task orders, $4.7 million), IDC INL10PC00570 (32 task orders, $999 thousand), IDC 1204H119T7347 (29 task orders, $1.5 million), and IDC 1204H125T7472 (18 task orders, $1.7 million). Recent IDV awards (February through May 2026) include multiple-award small business set-aside Indefinite Delivery Contracts for water handling, chippers, miscellaneous heavy equipment, and potable/gray water trucks across Forest Service Regions 5 and 6, each valued at $250,000 with ceilings through 2028–2030. Torres also holds a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement for fuels reduction services on the Malheur National Forest valued at $2 million over ten years through August 2033.

Activity has fluctuated year to year. The vendor received 52 awards in 2022, 41 in 2023, 90 in 2024, 71 in 2025, and 6 in the first half of 2026. Torres operates exclusively as a prime contractor—483 awards are prime; zero are subcontract awards. The recompete cliff is minimal: only one award with combined potential value of $172 thousand completes within the next twenty-four months.

Work is performed across multiple Forest Service regions—Region 1 (Northern), Region 2 (Rocky Mountain), Region 3 (Southwestern), Region 4 (Intermountain), Region 5 (Pacific Southwest), and Region 6 (Pacific Northwest)—with performance locations spanning Montana, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Oregon, and Washington. The vendor's award portfolio is concentrated in natural resources and conservation, specifically support activities for forestry (NAICS 115310) and forest-range fire suppression and presuppression work (PSC 414-14C), which account for 381 of 483 awards, with remaining work distributed across tree thinning, land treatment practices, and forest tree planting.