VIPR I-BPA for Heavy Equipment Task Force (HETF) for Region 6 - Pacific Northwest Region

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service has reopened solicitation 1204H125Q7001 for an open season onboarding period to secure Heavy Equipment Task Force (HETF) services. This requirement supports local, regional, and national fire suppression and all-hazard incidents within Region 6, the Pacific Northwest Region. This onboarding phase allows for the establishment of new Multiple Award Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements (IBPAs) and enables existing awardees to revise rates or add resources. The procurement is designated as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside under the SBA acronym and explanation.

The solicitation is classified under NAICS 115310 for Support Activities for Forestry and PSC F003 for Natural Resources/Conservation - Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression. All new quote submissions must meet the original solicitation’s acceptability requirements and will be evaluated using the same factors and subfactors as the initial procurement. Resulting agreements will be identical in terms, conditions, and period of performance to those previously awarded. Once the onboarding and annual rollover processes are finalized, newly accepted resources will be eligible for dispatch and BPA calls across the United States.

Quotes must be submitted through the VIPR NextGen application by the response deadline of May 11, 2026, at 14:00 Pacific. Craig Ericson serves as the primary point of contact for this solicitation. The notice includes four attachments consisting of two versions of the solicitation and two corresponding amendments posted between March and April 2026. All operations and resource additions are conducted in accordance with the Special Contract Requirements outlined in Exhibit H of the original solicitation.