b'PROGRAM IONA WATER SERVICE, LLCCompany location: Lodge Grass, MTIMPACTS Founding year of company: 6/29/2004Iona Water Service, LLC has been an APEX client since 2004. Roy Neal, company owner, is a rancher in Big Horn County and also contracts with the Forest Service to provide wildfire support with his water tender. Water tenders typically carry water payloads of 2,600 U.S. gallons and utilize a small pump thatcandraftwaterfromastream,lakeorhydrantfor transport to a fire incident. Other federal/state agencies can issue orders against Roys Forest Service agreement. Roy has also been called out by BIA and BLM. APEX advisors always enjoy assisting Roy and appreciate his stories about logistics and operations at the fire camps. An overview of the service(s) they used of BSEDs and the outcome that was had with the utilization ofourservice(s):Since2004,APEXhasassistedthe companywithitsSystemforAwardManagement(SAM) registration, SBA Profile, responding to solicitations through theUSFSVirtualIncidentProcurementResponse(VIPR) CONDITIONED AIR SYSTEMS, INC. (CAS) system, payment/system technical issues, self-status in the Company location: Billings, MTInteragency Resource Ordering Capability (IROC) application Founding year of company: 09/15/1997 and understanding contract requirements. Recently, APEX CAS is an HVAC company with specialties in digital andhelped Roy examine the possibility of a national contract for pneumatic systems, retrofitting older systems, preventativeportable showers. maintenance and 24/7 service response. The company was formed in 1997 by John Berns and has grown to be one ofAPEXhasbeenveryvaluableassettome.Theyarevery the top commercial HVAC providers in the region. John andprofessionalandknowledgeableandhavebeenabletoassist his team are proud that CAS is the HVAC/R service companyme with all processes/issues related to my government contract. for some of the largest telecommunications companies inWithout them, contracting with the Forest Service would have Montana.JohnsdaughterKellielefthernursingcareerbeen much more difficult. It is hard to imagine that I could have tojoinherdadinthecompany.Shemanagesbusinessgotten this level of expert assistance anywhere else.operations and works in the field. - Roy NealAn overview of the service(s) they used of BSEDs and the outcome that was had with the utilization ofourservice(s):CAS has been an APEX client since 2010. MT APEX has assisted the company with its federal/state registrations, solicitation review, finding opportunities, federal invoicing systems, market research and bidmatch.We won a contract with the state recently! To say that I am overwhelmed with the amount of paperwork associated would be an understatement. Wow! Thank you so much for all your help. - Kellie Berns, Project ManagerMontana APEX AcceleratorPROGRAM IMPACTDuringFY25,companiesassistedbyMTAPEX Acceleratorssixlocationsstatewidesecured7,894 federal, state and local contracts valued at $358,837,102. Of this, $113,116,110 million went to companies in the Yellowstone County/Eastern MT region and BSEDs SW MT satellite location. APEX advisors (statewide) held 32 training events with 601 in attendance and provided 3272 hours of advising to 1163 unique businesses. 4 BIGSKYECONOMICDEVELOPMENT.ORG'