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
Awarding agency
Obligated
$7,165,148

Award facts

Contract value 70% obligated
  • $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
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

Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.

Transactions

Action Obligated Date
Funding Only Action P00026 $241,500
Funding Only Action P00025 · Tail #: N993BH location: region 1, map 157 (missoula, MT) resource: PG-A1 $0
Funding Only Action P00024 $0
Exercise an Option P00023 $346,976
Funding Only Action P00022 $0
Funding Only Action P00021 $0
Funding Only Action P00020 $0
Funding Only Action P00019 $0
Funding Only Action P00016 $0
Funding Only Action P00015 $0
Funding Only Action P00014 $0
Supplemental Agreement for work within scope P00013 · Tail #: N993BH $3,021,812
Funding Only Action P00012 $0
Funding Only Action P00011 $0
Funding Only Action P00010 $0
Funding Only Action P00009 $673,430
Funding Only Action P00008 $0
Funding Only Action P00007 $92,000
Funding Only Action P00006 $0
Funding Only Action P00005 $0
Funding Only Action P00004 $0
Funding Only Action P00003 $0
Funding Only Action P00002 $0
Funding Only Action P00001 $0
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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