Tub Springs Equipment, LLC

Tub Springs Equipment, LLC, a small-business limited liability company based in Antelope, Oregon, operates as a prime contractor providing heavy equipment rentals with trained operators, water handling equipment, and wildland fire support services to the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management across the Pacific Northwest and western regions. The vendor competes predominantly under total small business set-asides on indefinite delivery contracts and blanket purchase agreements managed through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system and the National Interagency Fire Center.

Tub Springs' capability portfolio centers on wildland fire equipment and incident response logistics. The vendor supplies water tenders (Type 1, 2, and 3 variants), tactical water tenders, heavy equipment including dozers and excavators, engines, and trained operators to support fire suppression, prescribed burning, suppression repair, and post-fire remediation activities. Representative work includes a $30,000 delivery order from the Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region issued September 2, 2026, for wildland fire equipment and services; a $34,017.85 delivery order for wildland fire equipment rentals and operators issued September 7, 2023; and a $36,570 delivery order for equipment support issued September 8, 2022. The vendor also holds multiple indefinite delivery contracts with ceilings ranging from $250,000 to $500,000, awarded under total small business set-asides through the National Interagency Fire Center for water handling equipment (Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10) and heavy equipment (West Zone Regions 5 and 6), running through 2029 and 2030.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed to Forest Service operations. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service accounts for 95% of the award count and 99% of combined potential value: the R6 Pacific Northwest Region alone anchors 35 awards worth $820,000, while the Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center adds 8 awards worth $1.8 million. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (Idaho Region and Oregon-Washington) represents the remaining 4 awards and approximately 1% of dollars. This concentration reflects the vendor's geographic and operational niche—Tub Springs does not compete for work outside the Forest Service fire-management and equipment-rental domain.

Tub Springs operates exclusively on Forest Service-managed vehicles: the five highest-value parent vehicles are all indefinite delivery contracts or blanket purchase agreements administered through VIPR, with the largest single vehicle (IDC 1202SB22T8147) carrying 20 task orders and $305,000 combined potential value. No commercial GSA Schedules, GWACs, or government-wide vehicles appear in the footprint. All 47 prime awards are delivery orders or task orders issued against these regional Forest Service vehicles; the vendor carries no subcontract exposure and does not appear as a sub on any federal awards in the source.

Activity has been episodic rather than growing. The vendor received 6 awards each in 2022 and 2023, 10 in 2024, then dropped to 5 awards each in 2025 and 2026. Combined potential value across 47 awards totals $2.7 million, with only $514,000 obligated (19% of potential), indicating a portfolio of task orders that have not yet fully executed. The most recent activity (September 2, 2026) is a $30,000 delivery order with a completion date of September 16, 2026. The vendor's footprint is classified almost entirely under NAICS 541512 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC code Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression. Tub Springs Equipment operates no visible teaming relationships and has not appeared as a prime contractor or recipient on federal grants in the source.