Federal contractor · POST FALLS, ID

JOE HESTER LOGGING, LLC

JOE HESTER LOGGING, LLC received $288.5K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (−85% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $10.4M. Its largest customer was Forest Service ($288.5K).

Obligations · FY2026
$288.5K
New awards
3
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 223.4KFY2017
  2. 60.5KFY2018
  3. 96.8KFY2019
  4. 274.5KFY2020
  5. 1.1MFY2021
  6. 4.2MFY2022
  7. 1.6MFY2023
  8. 567.9KFY2024
  9. 1.9MFY2025
  10. 288.5KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Forest Service$288.5K100%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Equipment maintenance$288.5K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Ravalli County, MT$189K66%
  2. Beaverhead County, MT$56K19%
  3. St. Louis County, MN$43.5K15%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $288.5K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $288.5K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $0
  • 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. Forest Service$288.5K
    Department of Agriculture · 3 awards

Largest awards

  1. E49, NORTH FORK LOST HORSE, MTBRF000255, LOGL, LOG LOADER; E50, NORTH FORK LOST HORSE, MTBRF000255, LOGL, LOG LOADER;$189K
    Forest Service· Ravalli County, MT· Equipment maintenance· Aug 4, 2026 – Aug 4, 2026· 12034326K5012
  2. E378, SAND CREEK, MTBDF266319, LOGT, TRUCK, LOGGING; E378, BOBCAT LAKES, MTBDF266313, LOGT, TRUCK, LOGGING;$56K
    Forest Service· Beaverhead County, MT· Equipment maintenance· Aug 25, 2026 – Aug 25, 2026· 12034326K5086
  3. E415, BEAR TRAP, MNSUF002394, LOGL, LOG LOADER;$43.5K
    Forest Service· St. Louis County, MN· Equipment maintenance· Aug 11, 2026 – Aug 11, 2026· 1256A126K5062

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. HYFIRE CONTRACTING LLC$1.9M−65% in FY2026
    GRESHAM, OR · 62% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasingBureau of Land Management · Support activities for forestry
  2. RENT-A-PC INC$1.9M−35% in FY2026
    HAUPPAUGE, NY · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasingBureau of Land Management · Support activities for forestry
  3. DENA NENA HENASH$1.4M−100% in FY2026
    FAIRBANKS, AK · 47% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveBureau 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.