Tail #: N991BH location: region 1, map 157 (missoula, MT) resource: PG-A1 map dates: 04.01.2025 - 09.04.2025 EST. Flight time: 100 hours
Active Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- 1202SA25K9118
- Awardee
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Bighorn Airways Inc. UEI C9G9FQRLDEV1
- Awarding agency
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Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
- Obligated
- $7,165,148
Award facts
- Contract value 70% obligated
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- $7,165,148.00 Current, with exercised options
- $10,230,370.00 Potential, with all options
- Completion date 61% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- Contracting staff
- Funding agency
- National Interagency Fire Center Fire and Aviation Management, Department of Agriculture
- NAICS code
- 481211 Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources Negotiated Proposal / Quote
- Pricing
- Firm Fixed Price
- Place of performance
- Missoula, MT 59801, USA
- Legislative mandates
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- Employment Eligibility Verification (E-Verify) FAR subpart 22.18
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Transactions
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| Funding Only Action | $241,500 | |
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| Exercise an Option | $346,976 | |
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| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $3,021,812 | |
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| Funding Only Action | $673,430 | |
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| Funding Only Action | $92,000 | |
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| Original award | $2,789,430 |
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About this award
The National Interagency Fire Center issued a delivery order to Bighorn Airways Inc. on January 1, 2025, under a Total Small Business set-aside with a ceiling value of $9.988 million and an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2027. The order is firm fixed price.
Place of performance is Missoula, MT. The delivery order provides fixed-wing aircraft services for wildland firefighting operations, including two aircraft (TAIL N991BH and N993BH, both CASA 212 equivalents designated as PG-A1 resources) positioned at Region 1, MAP 157 (Missoula, MT) with an estimated 100 flight hours allocated across the initial performance window of April 1, 2025 through September 4, 2025.
Bighorn Airways, a small business prime contractor headquartered in Sheridan, Wyoming, specializes in exclusive-use and call-when-needed smokejumper flight services, paracargo delivery, and emergency aviation support for federal land-management and wildfire-suppression agencies. The company operates a fleet of turboprops from its base in Sheridan and subordinate locations including Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
SCI reporting for FY2025 reflects $3.3 million invoiced across 0.1 FTEs with no subcontractor engagement; the prime self-performed all reported labor.
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract 1202SA25K9118?
1202SA25K9118 was awarded to Bighorn Airways Inc. by Forest Service (Department of Agriculture) on January 1, 2025.
How much is contract 1202SA25K9118 worth?
The government has obligated $7,165,148 on 1202SA25K9118. Its potential value, with all options, is $10,230,370.
Which agency awarded contract 1202SA25K9118?
Forest Service (Department of Agriculture) awarded 1202SA25K9118, with funding from National Interagency Fire Center (Fire and Aviation Management).
Is contract 1202SA25K9118 an order under another contract?
Yes. 1202SA25K9118 is a delivery order under 1202SA25T9100, an indefinite delivery contract.
Was contract 1202SA25K9118 competed?
The extent of competition for 1202SA25K9118 was full and open competition after exclusion of sources. It was set aside: Total Small Business.
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