Trails End Fire LLC

Trails End Fire LLC, a Native American-owned, minority-owned small disadvantaged business based in Charlo, Montana, provides water handling services and fire suppression support to the U.S. Forest Service and Department of Interior as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The sole proprietorship operates exclusively in the fire-suppression and all-hazard incident-response domain, competing entirely under set-aside vehicles rather than full-and-open procurements.

Trails End Fire's customer footprint is concentrated with two USDA Forest Service entities. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center accounts for 2 awards with $750 thousand in combined potential value, while the Department of Agriculture Forest Service R1-Northern Region (the Northern Region operating center in Montana) holds 1 award valued at $22 thousand. These three awards represent 100% of the vendor's recent federal activity.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on water handling equipment, materials, supplies, and trained personnel capable of supporting up to 16-hour daily shifts in fire suppression and prescribed burn operations. Representative work includes a $500 thousand indefinite-delivery contract awarded February 6, 2026, by the National Interagency Fire Center under the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system for water handling services across U.S. Forest Service East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9, running through May 30, 2030; a $250 thousand multiple-award VIPR I-BPA for the same service scope awarded May 30, 2025; and an August 9, 2026, delivery order from the Northern Region with a ceiling of $21,543.58 due August 19, 2026. Combined potential value across all awards is $772 thousand, with only $22 thousand obligated to date (3% of potential value), indicating early-stage contract utilization.

Activity spans one year across two awards in 2025 and 2026, with all three awards under firm fixed-price terms. NAICS 541712 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC 79 (Natural Resources/Conservation – Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression) classify the entire portfolio.