0701-071526 N419BT PKG-71965
Ended Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- 1202SA26M0653
- Awardee
-
Bridger Air Tanker LLC UEI J8MRKB47KE59
- Awarding agency
-
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
- Obligated
- $1,764,468
Award facts
- Contract value 100% obligated
- $1,764,468.00 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 100% complete
-
- Current, with exercised options
- Potential, with all options
- Funding agency
- National Interagency Fire Center Fire and Aviation Management, Department of Agriculture
- NAICS code
- 481212 Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources · 1 offer Multiple Award, Fair Opportunity
- Pricing
- Firm Fixed Price
- Place of performance
- Belgrade, MT, USA
- Legislative mandates
-
- Service Contract Inventory FAR subpart 4.17
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
About this award
The National Interagency Fire Center issued a $1.76 million delivery order to Bridger Air Tanker LLC on July 1, 2026, under a total small business set-aside, with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2026.
Bridger Air Tanker is a specialized aerial firefighting services provider operating from Belgrade, Montana. The vendor's federal work anchors on two major IDVs: a $75 million small-business-set-aside Call-When-Needed Water Scooper 2.0 contract with the USDA Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management, and a $400 million National Single Engine Air Tanker Flight Services contract with the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management. Bridger Air Tanker competes entirely as a prime contractor with no subcontractor activity and has received 241 recent awards totaling $732.8 million in combined potential value. Activity is concentrated with the USDA Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center (237 awards) and DOI BLM Idaho Region (4 awards). The vendor performs 100 percent of work directly and invoiced $86 million across 19.5 FTEs in fiscal year 2024 at a median government-paid hourly rate of $2,139 per hour on SCI-reportable federal service contracts. Place of performance is Belgrade, MT. The order is priced firm fixed price.
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract 1202SA26M0653?
1202SA26M0653 was awarded to Bridger Air Tanker LLC by Forest Service (Department of Agriculture) on July 1, 2026.
How much is contract 1202SA26M0653 worth?
The government has obligated $1,764,468 on 1202SA26M0653.
Which agency awarded contract 1202SA26M0653?
Forest Service (Department of Agriculture) awarded 1202SA26M0653, with funding from National Interagency Fire Center (Fire and Aviation Management).
Is contract 1202SA26M0653 an order under another contract?
Yes. 1202SA26M0653 is a delivery order under 1202SA21T9009, an indefinite delivery contract.
Was contract 1202SA26M0653 competed?
The extent of competition for 1202SA26M0653 was full and open competition after exclusion of sources. The government received 1 offer. It was set aside: Total Small Business.
On GovTribe
See this award's full record
- Every transaction and funding action
- The awardee's other awards and teaming partners
- Similar awards and recompete opportunities
- Ask GovTribe AI about this award