Tri County Ambulance Service Inc.

Tri County Ambulance Service Inc., a woman-owned small business based in Wakarusa, Indiana, provides Advanced Life Support and Basic Life Support ambulance services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides and full-and-open delivery orders. The company is self-certified as a small disadvantaged business and competes predominantly under set-aside vehicles—of its 46 prime awards, the majority carry Total Small Business designations on delivery orders issued under the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system.

Tri County's customer concentration is nearly monolithic: the Department of Agriculture Forest Service accounts for all customer activity across nine regional and national offices. The Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center anchors the dollar value with four awards worth $1.8 million in combined potential value, while Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) dominates by volume with 23 awards totaling $1.7 million in combined potential value. The top five Forest Service offices account for 85% of awards and 88% of combined potential value. Representative work includes a $159,786.66 delivery order issued August 3, 2026, for emergency medical and ambulance services in Duluth, Minnesota (Region 9, Eastern Region); a $241,670.74 delivery order from September 2025 for wildland firefighting support in Medford, Oregon (Region 6); a $214,500 purchase order from August 2024 for Medical Support Unit operations in Boise, California (Region 5, Pacific Southwest Region); and a $51,000 delivery order from August 2026 for fire suppression response in Dillon, Montana (Region 1, Northern Region). The single non-Forest Service award is an $8,525 purchase order from the Department of the Army on June 4, 2026, for ALS and BLS ambulance services supporting a military training exercise in Butlerville, Indiana.

Tri County holds four active Indefinite Delivery Contracts through the National Interagency Fire Center, all Total Small Business set-asides with firm fixed-price terms and performance extending through mid-2028. Two contracts carry $750,000 and $500,000 ceilings awarded February 6, 2026, for ALS and BLS services for Region 13 (National); two earlier contracts each carry $250,000 ceilings awarded in June 2023, also for emergency medical responder and ambulance services under VIPR. Twenty-two delivery orders have been placed against the first contract (combined potential value $1.7 million), and twelve against the second (combined potential value $844 thousand). Performance locations span the western and northern United States, including Baker City, Lakeview, and Pendleton, Oregon; Duluth and Crane Lake, Minnesota; Dalton Gardens, Idaho; and Dillon and other Montana locations, with scope covering on-site emergency care, patient transportation, rescue services, and medical support for firefighting personnel during fire suppression and all-hazard incidents.

Activity has grown substantially: nine awards in 2023 to sixteen in 2024, dipped to five in 2025, and recovered to sixteen in 2026. The source data spans June 2023 through September 2026; award values are small-dollar delivery orders and purchase orders typically completing within weeks, reflecting the seasonal and incident-driven nature of forest fire response operations. Tri County operates entirely as a prime contractor—no sub-award activity appears in the record—and competes exclusively against the Forest Service customer base across NAICS 621910 (Ambulance Services) and PSC codes for forest-range fire suppression and medical services. The company does not hold positions on government-wide vehicles (GWACs, schedules, or multi-agency IDIQs) outside the Forest Service VIPR system.

Tri-County Ambulance Service, Inc., is a Woman-Owned Small business that offers 22 ambulances and 5 wheelchair vans that cover Northern Indiana. Our services include disaster response, 911 contracting, patient transfers, and event coverage. We have worked with FEMA and IDHS to respond to COVID-19 and natural disaster emergencies. We also provide ambulances and medical trailers for wildland fire incidents, with resources in Arizona, Oregon and Indiana. Our team in able to respond to any type of disaster within 48 hours or less.