Wendt Gary L

Wendt Gary L, doing business as Wendt Trucking, is a sole proprietorship based in Newell, South Dakota, that provides water tenders and wildland firefighting support services to the U.S. Forest Service and Department of Interior agencies as a prime contractor operating exclusively under small business set-asides. The vendor competes entirely as a prime — no subcontract footprint — across total small business delivery orders and indefinite delivery contracts for fire suppression and all-hazard incident response.

Wendt Trucking's customer base concentrates on federal wildland fire management. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center accounts for 4 awards and $601 thousand of the combined $996 thousand potential value, while the Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region (Region 2) accounts for 9 awards and $371 thousand. The Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management Wyoming Region and the Forest Service Northern Region (Region 1) round out the active customer set with minimal exposure. The portfolio splits NAICS coding between Support Activities for Forestry (15 awards) and equipment rental, with the PSC profile dominated by natural resources conservation and forest-range fire suppression work (10 awards).

The vendor holds two active indefinite delivery contracts awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center under the Virtual Incident Procurement system: a February 6, 2026 contract with $250 thousand ceiling value running through May 30, 2030 for water handling services across East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9, and a May 30, 2025 contract with matching structure and ceiling. A $33.25 thousand delivery order under the Rocky Mountain Region contract is scheduled for completion September 6, 2025. Historical activity is sparse — one or two awards per year from 2018 through 2020, then a two-year gap, resuming with two awards in 2025 and one in early 2026. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $246 thousand, representing 25% of the $996 thousand combined potential value, indicating that most work remains to be drawn down on existing vehicles.