Utting Construction LLC

Utting Construction LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in Raymond, Washington, supplies water handling equipment, heavy equipment rentals, and construction services for wildland fire suppression and natural resource management to the USDA Forest Service and Department of the Interior as a prime contractor operating entirely under total small business set-asides. The company competes predominantly through multiple-award Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements (I-BPAs) under the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, which structures work as firm-fixed-price delivery orders against $250,000 to $500,000 ceiling IDIQs.

Utting Construction's customer footprint is heavily concentrated in wildland fire management. The USDA Forest Service dominates both volume and dollars: the Forest Service Regional 6 Pacific Northwest office places 40 awards valued at $2.6 million combined potential value, while the National Interagency Fire Center (which coordinates VIPR I-BPA ordering across western regions) holds 14 awards valued at $3.6 million. Together these two customer entities account for 91% of recent awards and 97% of potential value. The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management contributes a minor footprint through small orders in the Idaho and Oregon-Washington regions. Award category concentration is extreme: 66 of 69 awards fall under NAICS 541330 (Support Activities for Forestry), with 65 awards coded to PSC Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression.

Recent activity shows sustained engagement. The vendor received nine awards in 2025 and nine through August 2026, maintaining steady order flow across its VIPR portfolio. Concrete recent examples include a $194.8 thousand delivery order from USDA Forest Service Region 6 issued 23 August 2026 for wildland fire suppression support (Baker City, Oregon), a $193.9 thousand delivery order issued 13 August 2026 for water handling and equipment services (Sandy, Oregon), and a $132.4 thousand delivery order from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued 8 August 2026 for construction and equipment services (also Sandy, Oregon). Earlier work included a $96.2 thousand delivery order from Forest Service Region 6 for water handling equipment (September 2025, Wenatchee, Washington) and smaller Type 3–6 fire engine and equipment purchases of $16.8 thousand and $75 thousand respectively from the Idaho Region in June 2025.

Utting Construction holds nine active IDIQ vehicles, all total-small-business-set-aside I-BPAs issued through the National Interagency Fire Center with performance extending through 2028–2030. The five highest-utilization vehicles carry ceiling values of $250,000 to $500,000 and generate the bulk of task-order activity: IDC 1204H119T7355 supports 7 task orders ($252 thousand combined), IDC 1204H124T7312 supports 5 task orders ($295 thousand combined), and BPA AG04H1B167473 supports 5 task orders ($242 thousand combined). These vehicles procure heavy equipment with water for regions 3, 5, and 6; water handling equipment (Engines Types 3–6, Support Water Tenders Types 1–3, Tactical Water Tenders Types 1–2); and miscellaneous heavy equipment for fire suppression, all-hazard response, and prescribed project work. Awards are competitively issued to multiple small-business contractors on a cost or rate-based basis, with dispatch prioritized to vendors geographically positioned near regional dispatch centers.

Combined potential value across all 69 prime awards totals $6.7 million, with $2.7 million obligated to date (40% coverage). The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint. Award trajectory remains active but modest in dollar magnitude, reflecting the small-order character of VIPR emergency-response ordering rather than large integration or system-design work.