Work Horse, Inc.

Work Horse, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation based in Enterprise, Oregon, delivers federal land management services—trail construction and maintenance, water handling and fire suppression support, infrastructure repair, and emergency response—to the U.S. Forest Service and other natural-resources agencies as a prime contractor under small-business set-asides and full-and-open procurement.

Work Horse operates entirely as a prime contractor (100% of awards); the company holds no subcontract positions. The vendor competes under Total Small Business set-asides on its Indefinite Delivery Contracts and selected delivery orders, though many task orders and purchase orders are issued full-and-open without set-aside designation. The company is registered in the System for Award Management since October 2003 and operates across the Pacific Northwest and Alaska regions.

Customer concentration is acute and regional. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service dominates the portfolio: the Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6) accounts for 48 awards and $4.5 million of combined potential value (55% of the total vendor portfolio), while the broader Forest Service—including the National Interagency Fire Center, the Northern Region (R1), the Alaska Region (R10), and the Washington Office—adds another 20 awards and $2.5 million. The top five customer organizations represent 64% of awards and 84% of combined potential value. The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission appears in the award count with six awards but carries minimal dollar value. Outside the Forest Service ecosystem, Work Horse has minimal federal footprint.

Work Horse holds three primary Indefinite Delivery Contracts that anchor the vendor's federal business. A $500,000 water-handling IDC with the National Interagency Fire Center (awarded February 6, 2026, through May 30, 2030) procures Engines Type 3–6, Support Water Tenders Type 1–3, and Tactical Water Tenders Type 1–2 for fire suppression and all-hazard incident response across Region 6. A $250,000 water-handling BPA with the National Interagency Fire Center (awarded May 30, 2025, through May 30, 2030) provides similar equipment and services. A third $250,000 water-handling BPA, awarded June 7, 2022, through June 6, 2025 (now expired), supported Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10. Five additional named IDVs under Forest Service regional offices account for 33 task orders and $671 thousand in combined potential value. Recent representative prime work includes a $240,950 purchase order from the Bureau of Land Management (Oregon-Washington Region) for clearing and reconstructing the Rainie Falls Trail near Grants Pass (award May 1, 2024), a $136,000 delivery order from Forest Service R6 for infrastructure maintenance and emergency response in Baker City (August 20, 2026), and a $83,200 delivery order for trail construction and maintenance under ORWWF000012 (July 13, 2024).

Activity has remained modest but consistent: two awards in 2021, rising to four in 2025 and 2026. The vendor's total award count stands at 109 across all federal sources, with combined potential value of $8.1 million and $5 million in obligated dollars (62% of potential). Category concentration aligns with capability framing: 57 awards fall under Support Activities for Forestry (NAICS 113110), 21 under Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction, and the remainder split across soil preparation, highway construction, and agricultural regulation. By PSC code, 29 awards each cover Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression and Other Forest/Range Improvements (Non-Construction).

Work horse is a small, family, owned business specializing in wilderness horse and foot trail building. We also employ our packhorses to spray for noxious weeds in wilderness contract settings and on private acreages as well.