Zabel Enterprise LLC

Zabel Enterprise LLC, a minority-owned, Hispanic American-owned small disadvantaged business based in Eureka, California, provides logistics, transportation, and equipment support for wildland fire suppression and emergency response operations as a prime contractor exclusively on federal awards. The company operates as a for-profit limited liability company competing entirely under small business set-asides, with all thirteen recent awards designated as total small business set-asides or non-set-aside full-and-open competition. Zabel's core capability is staging water handling equipment, heavy machinery such as dozers and excavators, lowboy trailers, and personnel support services for the Forest Service and interagency fire operations across the western United States.

The vendor's customer base is concentrated entirely within the Department of Agriculture, with 100% of awards split between the Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5) and the Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center. The Interagency Fire Center anchors the dollar volume: five IDC awards carry $1.8 million in combined potential value, while Region 5's seven task orders and purchase orders total $380 thousand. Recent representative work includes a $75,056 delivery order for logistics and transportation support issued by Region 5 in August 2026, a $101,392 delivery order for logistical support from August 2025, a $91,000 purchase order for a Type 2 lowboy trailer to Six Rivers National Forest in June 2025, and a $29,868 purchase order for a vibratory roller for asphalt and gravel work in October 2025.

Zabel holds four active Indefinite Delivery Contracts awarded through the National Interagency Fire Center's Virtual Incident Procurement system. Two IDCs with $500,000 ceilings each, awarded February 2026, run through 2030 and cover water handling equipment and heavy equipment for Regions 5 and 6. Two earlier IDCs with $250,000 ceilings, awarded June 2025 and June 2022, provide water handling equipment for Region 5 and heavy equipment for Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10 respectively. Activity accelerated in 2025 and 2026 after a gap in 2024, with six awards in 2025 and four in 2026 following two awards in 2022 and one in 2023. The combined potential value across all thirteen awards is $2.1 million, with $386 thousand obligated to date, representing 18% draw-down. No recompete exposure materializes in the next twelve months; the two oldest IDCs (2022 award date, June 2025 ultimate completion) have already cycled through renewal into the newer 2026 vehicle awards.