George Wurlitzer

George Wurlitzer, a for-profit sole proprietorship based in Chico, California, operates as a prime contractor providing heavy equipment operation and wildfire suppression support services to the U.S. Forest Service under a Total Small Business set-aside posture, exclusively in that capacity across its active footprint. The vendor competes under Total Small Business set-asides on the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) program indefinite delivery contracts and associated delivery orders; all 31 recent awards are prime awards, with no subcontract activity in the source.

George Wurlitzer specializes in heavy equipment operation — including dozers, excavators, feller bunchers, mulchers, masticators, road graders, and skidders — for wildland fire suppression, prescribed project work, and all-hazard incident response across U.S. Forest Service regions. Representative awards include a $72,774 firm-fixed-price delivery order from the Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region on September 3, 2025, for equipment operation in Clovis, California; an $89,568 delivery order from the same region on August 30, 2026, for Solvang-based operations; and a $145,406.35 delivery order from August 20, 2023, for northern California land and wildfire management activities. The vendor holds six active indefinite delivery contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center and the Forest Service, all structured as Total Small Business set-asides with $250,000 to $500,000 ceilings and completion dates spanning 2028 to 2030, supporting heavy equipment procurement across U.S. Forest Service Regions 3, 5, and 6.

Customer concentration is extreme and single-agency. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service — split across the Pacific Southwest Region (18 awards, $1.2 million combined potential value), the National Interagency Fire Center (6 awards, $2.3 million), and Federal Fire and Aviation Management (6 awards, $505 thousand) — accounts for 97% of recent awards and 99% of combined potential value. Place of performance is consistently northern California, primarily Solvang, Clovis, Redding, and Eureka.

The vendor places work under five primary indefinite delivery contracts and blanket purchase agreements: IDC 12569R23T7623 (5 task orders, $406 thousand), IDC 12569R25T7339 (4 task orders, $239 thousand), IDC 12569R26T7138 (3 task orders, $246 thousand), BPA AG9J61B147487 (3 task orders, $77 thousand), and BPA AG9J61B167090 (2 task orders, $54 thousand). All vehicles are Forest Service VIPR program contracts reserved for small business participation, firm fixed-price, and located in the west zone.

Recent activity shows recovery after a period of relative flatness: two awards annually in 2023–2024, rising to six awards each in 2025 and 2026 year-to-date. Combined potential value across all 31 awards is $4 million, with $1.1 million obligated (28% realization). The vendor has been registered in SAM.gov since 2008, reflecting sustained participation in Forest Service emergency procurement. All categorization aligns to NAICS Support Activities for Forestry (31 awards) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation — Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression (30 awards), with one other-conservation award.