Valley Farm Service, Inc.

Valley Farm Service, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in Dinuba, California, provides wildland fire suppression and emergency incident response equipment and services to the U.S. Forest Service as a prime contractor, operating exclusively under small business set-asides on four active indefinite delivery contracts (IDCs) with combined ceilings of $1.5 million running through 2030.

Valley Farm Service operates across PSC Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression and NAICS 541712 (Support Activities for Forestry), with a capability portfolio centered on water handling equipment, heavy machinery, and trained operators. The company supplies Type 1, 2, and 3 water tenders; heavy equipment including feller bunchers, mulchers, masticators, road graders, and skidders; and personnel for fire suppression, all-hazard incident response, and prescribed burn work. Recent representative work includes a $103,455 Total Small Business delivery order from Forest Service Region 5 (awarded August 12, 2026, place of performance Solvang, California) for wildland fire suppression equipment and services with ultimate completion September 13, 2026; a $94,262 firm fixed-price delivery order (August 19, 2025) under the Virtual Incident Procurement program for water tenders, road graders, feller bunchers, mulchers, masticators, skidders, and operator services; and multiple smaller delivery orders ranging from $6,650 to $44,650 issued across 2024 and 2025 for water handling services and heavy equipment rental supporting Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10.

Customer concentration is extreme and monolithic. All 24 awards in the source serve the Department of Agriculture Forest Service, with the National Interagency Fire Center accounting for 10 awards and $2.2 million combined potential value (78% of all dollars), and Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) accounting for 11 awards and $425 thousand. The two rankings track identically — Forest Service fire and aviation management programs represent 100% of the customer base. Valley Farm Service holds four active IDCs with the National Interagency Fire Center: two $500,000 multiple-award contracts awarded February 6, 2026 (one for water handling, one for miscellaneous heavy equipment, both running through 2029–2030 and set aside for total small business), one $250,000 contract awarded June 5, 2025 for water handling (completion June 5, 2030), and one $250,000 contract awarded June 13, 2024 for miscellaneous heavy equipment (completion June 13, 2029). A fifth IDC for $250,000 expired June 6, 2025 but generated significant task-order volume in 2024 and early 2025.

Activity shows recent growth: one award in 2022, five in 2024, nine in 2025, and three in 2026 year to date. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $2.8 million, with $599 thousand obligated (21% utilization). The top four parent vehicles by task-order placement are indefinite delivery contracts 129J6125T7300 (7 orders, $228 thousand), 1202SB22T8154 (5 orders, $112 thousand), 129J6120T7066 (4 orders, $156 thousand), and 129J6126T7193 (1 order, $103 thousand). Valley Farm Service operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract activity in the source data. The company's business model is characterized by rapid-deployment emergency incident response under the Forest Service's Virtual Incident Procurement and Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements framework, with quotes submitted electronically and daily shift-based rates up to 16 hours per day. Optional usage by Department of Interior, National Park Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs is contractually permitted under the IDCs.