Verlench Sandra K

Verlench Sandra K, a woman-owned small business sole proprietorship based in Oakhurst, California, operates as a prime contractor providing ground transportation and logistics support—specifically pickup trucks with drivers—to federal wildland fire management operations across the Western United States. The vendor competes exclusively under Total Small Business set-asides on its two active Indefinite Delivery Contracts and holds one additional woman-owned small business designation. All fourteen recent awards are prime contracts or IDIQs; the vendor has no subcontract footprint.

Verlench Sandra K's entire customer base and capability portfolio center on the Department of Agriculture Forest Service's fire and aviation management operations. The National Interagency Fire Center accounts for eight awards with $1 million in combined potential value, anchored by two multiple-award IDIQs with $250,000 ceilings each under the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) I-BPA system for vehicle-with-driver services across Forest Service Regions 5 (Pacific Southwest) and 6. The Forest Service Region 5–Pacific Southwest Region rounds out the active customer base with four awards totaling $56 thousand in combined potential value. Representative delivery orders under the VIPR framework include a $15,513.80 firm fixed-price order from Forest Service Region 5 awarded August 27, 2025, for performance in Clovis, California through September 14, 2025; a $11,898.50 order issued September 3, 2026, for Solvang, California performance through September 15, 2026 under Total Small Business set-aside; and a $6,966.50 order from August 12, 2026, for Solvang, California with completion by August 23, 2026. All work is classified under NAICS All Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression.

The vendor's two primary IDCs are the VIPR I-BPA for Vehicle with Driver (Regions 5 & 6–West Zone) awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center on August 18, 2026 (ceiling $250,000, completion August 18, 2031, Total Small Business set-aside) and an earlier VIPR vehicle-with-driver contract from the same center awarded June 8, 2023 (ceiling $250,000, completion June 8, 2028, Total Small Business set-aside). Award activity has accelerated sharply in 2026 (four awards to date) following single-award years in 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $1.2 million, with $92 thousand obligated to date (7% draw-down). Verlench Sandra K's capability portfolio is narrowly specialized: rapid-mobilization vehicle transportation and logistics for fire suppression, prescribed burn management, and all-hazard incident response on federal lands, with performance spanning Western U.S. regions and occasional out-of-region deployment (Albuquerque, New Mexico on a 2021 order).