Whitewater, LLC

Whitewater, LLC, a for-profit limited liability partnership headquartered in Juntura, Oregon, supplies water tenders, firefighting equipment, and incident-response logistics to federal land management agencies as a prime contractor on firm fixed-price delivery orders and indefinite delivery contracts, exclusively under Total Small Business set-asides. The vendor operates a prime-only footprint with no subcontract exposure and specializes in Type 1, 2, and 3 water tenders, support and tactical engines, and personnel deployment for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response across federal forests and public lands.

Customer concentration reflects geographic specialization in the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service dominates the portfolio — the Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6) and the Fire and Aviation Management program at the National Interagency Fire Center together account for 29 awards and $1.9 million in combined potential value. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington region represents the second-largest customer with 19 awards ($101 thousand combined potential value), followed by isolated task orders from the Southwestern Region (Region 3) and Intermountain Region (Region 4). These five customer entities account for 98% of recent awards. Top NAICS coding reflects the capability mix: Support Activities for Forestry (35 awards), Specialized Freight Trucking Local (12 awards), and Equipment Rental and Leasing categories together account for the bulk of work.

Whitewater holds multiple indefinite delivery contracts anchoring its vehicle position. Three IDCs carry $500 thousand, $250 thousand, and $250 thousand ceilings respectively, with the newest $500 thousand contract awarded February 6, 2026, through the National Interagency Fire Center running through May 30, 2030, under Total Small Business set-aside. Earlier IDCs from 2022 and 2025 are expiring or recently expired. Against these vehicles, the vendor places task orders: Indefinite Delivery Contract 1204H119T7364 carries 9 task orders ($183 thousand combined potential value); Blanket Purchase Agreement AG04H1B167376 holds 7 task orders ($139 thousand combined potential value); and Indefinite Delivery Contract 1202SB22T8170 shows 6 task orders ($192 thousand combined potential value). Recent representative work includes a $32,800 delivery order from Forest Service Region 6 on August 12, 2026, for water tenders and fire-suppression logistics in Wenatchee, Washington; a $54,600 order from the Intermountain Region on September 2, 2024, for water handling services; and a $13,650 purchase order from the Idaho Region on June 1, 2025, for Type 2 tender water support.

Activity has fluctuated across the past five years, with 3 awards in 2021, 7 in 2022, a pause through 2023, then 3 in 2024, 2 in 2025, and 5 in 2026 through August, reflecting the episodic nature of wildland fire suppression procurement and seasonal demand patterns. Combined potential value across all 54 awards sits at $2.2 million, with $768 thousand obligated to date (35% draw-down). The vendor's narrowly focused capability — water handling for federal wildland fire and incident response — and exclusive prime positioning on Total Small Business set-aside vehicles limits exposure to broader federal IT, logistics, or services markets but anchors durable relationships with land management agencies across Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, and Idaho.