Pacific Islands Water Science Center

The Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey Pacific Islands Water Science Center procures helicopter and aviation services to support hydrologic and water-resource research and monitoring across Pacific island territories, with the most recent recorded award dated June 2026.

The Center is a sub-agency component of the USGS, the federal scientific research arm within Interior, and operates a small but steady contract portfolio focused on specialized air support for field operations in remote Pacific locations. The Center has executed 31 federal contract awards cumulatively since 2011, with recent activity averaging 4 to 6 awards per year; 2022 saw 5 awards, 2023 saw 6, 2024 saw 4, 2025 saw 4, and 3 awards have been recorded year-to-date in 2026. Combined award potential value across the portfolio stands at $464 thousand, with all obligated dollars expended.

Competition for recent awards is highly concentrated by count but moderately concentrated by value. Airborne Aviation Inc. leads by award frequency with 8 recent awards worth $112 thousand combined potential value, followed by Windward Aviation Inc. with 7 awards totaling $42 thousand and K & S Helicopters, Inc. with 6 awards worth $60 thousand. Manuiwa Airways, Incorporated holds the single largest contract at $193 thousand but has secured only one award. The top five vendors account for 100 percent of award count and 93 percent of combined potential value over the last five years; the remaining 3 awards across the portfolio span 3 other distinct primes. Eight distinct prime contractors have been awarded contracts across the full portfolio history.

Seventy-seven percent of awards carry no set-aside designation; small-business set-asides account for 23 percent of awards. The portfolio shows no 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, or other category-specific set-asides.

The source provides no recent contract opportunities or grant activity. No grant-award or grant-opportunity data is reported against the Center.