BLUF: The U.S. Forest Service obligated $11,328,521.21 on a fiscal year 2026 on-demand fire retardant blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Perimeter Solutions LP, awarded through competition rather than sole-source.

Task order 1202SC26K2601, signed January 1, 2026, funds the "Retardant On-Demand BPA" with Perimeter Solutions LP under the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service incident procurement program. USASpending records the award as full and open competition after exclusion of sources, negotiated proposal procedures, with total obligation of $11,328,521.21.

Why it matters: This BPA sits alongside a separate $50 million sole-source retardant task order to the same vendor (1202SC26K2503, also signed January 1, 2026) — but with a materially different competitive posture. For contractors tracking Forest Service retardant procurement, the split shows the agency runs at least two distinct acquisition paths for the same commodity from the same supplier: a large sole-source "full service" order and a smaller, competed "on-demand" BPA.

By the numbers:

• Total obligation: $11,328,521.21
• Award date: January 1, 2026
• Competition: Full and open competition after exclusion of sources
• NAICS: 325998 (All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing)
• PSC: 6850 (Miscellaneous Chemical Specialties)
• Awarding office: USDA Forest Service, Incident Procurement Logistics
• Contract type: Firm fixed price

Modification history on the BPA shows four subsequent actions (P00001 through P00004, running June 26 through August 2, 2026), each explicitly labeled "Retardant On-Demand BPA Perimeter FY26 ADD $15M" but recorded at $0 in incremental obligation in USASpending's transaction feed — consistent with ceiling or administrative adjustments rather than new funded obligations beyond the original $11,328,521.21.

Source: USASpending.gov