Relm Communications, Inc., operating as BK Technologies, received a $61,519.97 firm fixed price purchase order award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Intermountain Region on August 26, 2025, for emergency wildland fire communications radio accessories. The contract, designated as a total small business set-aside, requires delivery of 11 line items of Bendix King Technologies accessories compatible with BKR 5000 radios, including GPS antennas, battery packs, chargers, cloning cables, microphones, and a flight helmet adapter. All items must be delivered by November 14, 2025, to support the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest's emergency wildland firefighting operations. The place of performance is West Melbourne, Florida, where BK Technologies manufactures its land mobile radio equipment and accessories.
BK Technologies is a qualified small business manufacturer based in Melbourne, Florida, with extensive experience supplying communications equipment to federal agencies involved in wildland fire management and emergency response. The company holds a significant $49.9 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the USDA Forest Service, established in May 2021, which enables the procurement of land mobile radio subscriber units and related accessories through task orders. This purchase order award represents a task order call under that larger BPA vehicle, leveraging the company's established capabilities and previously approved product specifications to expedite the delivery of critical communications accessories for active wildland firefighting operations.