William Tackitt

William Tackitt, a Montana-based sole proprietorship, provides water handling equipment, heavy equipment (dozers, excavators, tractor plows), and personnel services for fire suppression and all-hazard incident response to the U.S. Forest Service and interagency partners as a prime contractor operating exclusively under total small business set-asides. Based in Arlee, Montana, William Tackitt competes entirely within the Federal Emergency Management ecosystem, with all eight recent awards concentrated in two Forest Service customer centers: the National Interagency Fire Center (four awards, $1.5 million combined potential value) and the Forest Service R1-Northern Region (four awards, $103 thousand combined potential value).

William Tackitt's contract footprint centers on the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, which routes task orders through four firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery contracts awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center on February 6, 2026, and May 30 and April 30, 2025. Two IDCs cover water handling services and two cover heavy equipment supply across East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9, each with a $250 thousand or $500 thousand ceiling and performance extending through April 30, 2030 or May 30, 2030. Recent task order work includes a $44.2 thousand delivery order (August 27, 2025) for heavy equipment support at Libby, Montana; a $34.2 thousand water handling order (August 24, 2026) performed at Dillon, Montana; and two smaller delivery orders of $12.3 thousand each for emergency response services at Dalton Gardens and Missoula, Montana (August 28 and August 23, 2026). All task orders carry firm fixed-price terms and completion windows between two and twenty-one days, reflecting the rapid-mobilization nature of incident response contracting.

Activity is flat — four awards in 2025 and four in 2026 — with total combined potential value across the portfolio at $1.6 million and only $103 thousand obligated to date, representing 6% of ceiling value. The vendor holds no subcontract relationships and operates solely as a prime contractor. Concentration is complete: 100% of awards come from the Department of Agriculture (Forest Service), split between the National Interagency Fire Center (which holds the IDCs) and the R1-Northern Region (which issues task orders). The NAICS footprint is Support Activities for Forestry (8 awards), and the PSC is Natural Resources and Conservation — Forest-Range Fire Suppression and Presuppression. William Tackitt competes in a specialist niche — small business heavy equipment and water handling for federal fire suppression — with established VIPR relationships that generate steady but modest order volume tied to regional fire season demand.