Wirth Ranch Company LLC

Wirth Ranch Company LLC, doing business as Wirth Ranch, supplies heavy equipment for wildland fire suppression and emergency response to the Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides, operating as a sole proprietorship based in Wolf Creek, Montana.

Wirth Ranch is a small business limited liability company specializing in equipment rental and provision for federal fire management operations. The vendor's award footprint is concentrated entirely in USDA Forest Service procurement — 39 of 40 awards fall under NAICS 541614 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC code 1240 (Natural Resources/Conservation–Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression). The company holds multiple Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center, each valued at $250,000 to $500,000 under total small business set-aside designation, covering heavy equipment supply (dozers, excavators, graders, feller bunchers, mulcher masticators, tractor plows, skidders) and water handling services across Forest Service East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 through 2028–2030. Recent delivery orders under these IDCs range from approximately $12,000 to $65,000 per task order. Representative work includes a $46,735 delivery order from Region 1–Northern Region (August 2026) for heavy equipment wildland fire suppression, a $65,520 order from Region 1 (August 2025) for fire suppression equipment, and a $500,000 multiple-award IDIQ from the National Interagency Fire Center (February 2026) for water handling services across the East Zone.

Customer concentration is acute: the National Interagency Fire Center anchors 15 awards worth $3.6 million combined potential value (78% of total dollars), while Region 1–Northern Region accounts for 19 awards worth $975,000 (21% of dollars) — together representing 90% of all awards. The vendor also received a $115,002 grant from USDA Rural Housing Service for energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements. Activity has accelerated in 2025–2026, with nine awards in 2025 and six in 2026, compared to one award in 2023 and two in 2024. Of $4.6 million in combined potential value across all awards, $1.1 million (24%) has been obligated. Wirth Ranch operates exclusively as a prime contractor; the source does not identify subcontract relationships or work performed as a sub. The vendor's equipment is sourced and positioned in Montana and available through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, which allows the Forest Service to issue task orders for specific incident-driven equipment needs on a firm fixed-price basis.