Calvin D Whetzel

Calvin D Whetzel, a sole proprietorship based in Canyonville, Oregon, provides vehicle-with-driver services for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. Whetzel operates exclusively as a prime on federal work (100% of recent awards) and competes solely under small business set-asides, with no full-and-open competition in the award record.

Whetzel's customer base is entirely within the Forest Service. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region accounts for 24 awards valued at $689 thousand, while the Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center holds 6 awards valued at $1 million in combined potential value, representing 100% of Whetzel's federal customer base. The two rankings diverge by source of contracting authority rather than by volume or dollars — NIFC, which manages the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, anchors the potential-value ranking, while R6's regional procurement structure generates the higher award count.

Whetzel holds three active indefinite delivery contracts: two VIPR I-BPA vehicles for Regions 5 and 6 (West Zone) with $250 thousand ceilings each, awarded February 6, 2026 and June 7, 2023 respectively, and a third VIPR I-BPA vehicle for Regions 5 and 6 (West Zone) with a $250 thousand ceiling awarded August 17, 2026. Task orders under these vehicles total $104 thousand, $113 thousand, and combined amounts across the parent vehicles, with individual delivery orders ranging from approximately $3,775 to $58,315. Whetzel also places work under Forest Service Blanket Purchase Agreements, including AG04H1B177342 (6 task orders, $41 thousand combined), AG04H1B157160 (2 task orders, $14 thousand), and AG04T1B096034 (1 task order, $1 thousand).

Recent awards reflect seasonal and incident-driven demand. Five awards appeared in 2026: a $11,905 Total Small Business delivery order for wildland fire suppression vehicle and driver services in Lakeview, Oregon (August 12, 2026); a $7,231.75 order for Fossil, Oregon operations (August 5, 2026); and a $4,953 order for Pendleton, Oregon (July 27, 2026). Earlier awards from 2024 and 2023 include a $58,315 non-set-aside delivery order (July 21, 2024) and an $18,610 non-set-aside order (September 11, 2023), both supporting wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response across Regions 5 and 6 in the Pacific Northwest and California. Whetzel's work involves furnishing pickup trucks, stake-side trucks, passenger vans, and sport utility vehicles with embedded drivers to Forest Service operations in locations including Roseburg and Archie Creek, Oregon, and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Combined potential value across all awards is $1.7 million, with $272 thousand obligated to date.