Federal contractor · GERBER, CA

BACKWOODS EQUIPMENT , INC.

BACKWOODS EQUIPMENT , INC. received $318.2K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (+13% vs FY2025). Since FY2023: $845.1K. Its largest customer was Forest Service ($248.5K).

Obligations · FY2026
$318.2K
New awards
4
Sole-source
22%
Single offer
78%
UEI
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Small businessVeteran-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 113.1KFY2023
  2. 132KFY2024
  3. 281.9KFY2025
  4. 318.2KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Forest Service$248.5K78%
    3 awards
  2. Bureau of Land Management$69.7K22%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$248.5K78%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$69.7K22%

Where the work was performed

  1. Clackamas County, OR$156.8K49%
  2. Ada County, ID$69.7K22%
  3. Washoe County, NV$51.7K16%
  4. Nevada County, CA$40.1K13%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition100.0%
    US 39% · $318.2K
  • Sole-source awards22%
    US 30% · $69.7K
  • Single-offer competitions78%
    US 8.7% · $248.5K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Bureau of Land Management$69.7K
    Department of the Interior · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. BACKWOODS EQUIPMENT , INC. ORMHF000688 E207$156.8K
    Forest Service· Clackamas County, OR· Facilities & utilities· Jul 31, 2026 – Jul 31, 2026· 129J6126M7253
  2. SUVH FOX E-174 BACKWOODS EQUIPMENT INC DOZER$69.7K
    Bureau of Land Management· Ada County, ID· Other equipment & supplies· May 1, 2026 – May 1, 2026· 140L3726K0051
  3. BACKWOODS EQUIPMENT , INC. NVTMFX030739 E205$51.7K
    Forest Service· Washoe County, NV· Facilities & utilities· Aug 30, 2026 – Aug 30, 2026· 12024B26M1479
  4. BACKWOODS EQUIPMENT , INC. CATNF001154 E101$40.1K
    Forest Service· Nevada County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Jul 17, 2026 – Jul 17, 2026· 12569R26M0251

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. BISON RIDGE FIRE SUPPORT LLC$759.9K−63% in FY2026
    BOISE, ID · 99.6% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Support activities for forestryBureau of Land Management · Support activities for forestry
  2. III PEAKS CONTRACTING LLC$692.1K−73% in FY2026
    MOUNT VERNON, OR · 94% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Support activities for forestryBureau of Land Management · Support activities for forestry
  3. BILL PAULTON$684.5K−42% in FY2026
    EDGEMONT, SD · 94% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Support activities for forestryBureau of Land Management · Support activities for forestry

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.