This federal contract award is for NRCS-AK AIR CHARTER SERVICES FOR 2025 SNOTEL, provided by Alaska Land Exploration, LLC, a small disadvantaged and woman-owned business based in Fairbanks, Alaska. The $34,200.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract was awarded on March 24, 2025 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) West Region. The contract provides charter helicopter services to support snow surveys and access remote SNOTEL (snow telemetry)...
This is a firm-fixed price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to HOC Services, Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation based in Homer, Alaska. The $78,400.00 contract is for the charter of a U.S. Coast Guard-certified oceanographic research vessel to support marine bird surveys in Prince William Sound, Alaska over a 10-day period from July 10-19, 2025. The vessel charter requirement was originally solicited through Request...
The National Resources Conservation Service, Western Region of the US Department of Agriculture awarded a $2,941.06 firm fixed price purchase order to Maritime Helicopters, Inc. to provide flight access to Anchor River Divide for maintenance of the SNOTEL site in Homer, Alaska. The contract has a period of performance from August 9, 2023 through October 31, 2023. It was set aside for total small businesses. Under this contract, Maritime Helicopters will deliver aerial transportation services...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to Island C Enterprises LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to provide vessel charter services in Prince William Sound, Alaska. The contract has a potential value of $119,616.00 and a completion date of September 30, 2018. The contract was set aside for small businesses. Based on the vendor's past performance, Island C Enterprises LLC has provided vessel...
This is a $9,000 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's West Region to Babkin Charters, LLC, a woman-owned small business, for SNOTEL boat charter services in Alaska from August 1, 2024 to October 31, 2024. The contract was set aside for small businesses. Babkin Charters has previously provided vessel charter services to support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of Agriculture in Alaska, demonstrating expertise in...
This is a $39,900 firm-fixed-price service contract awarded by the U.S. Forest Service's Alaska Region to ABC Coastal Excursions, LLC, a woman-owned small business, to provide boat charter and accommodation services to the Petersburg Ranger District (PRD). The contract requires transporting up to 6 passengers from Petersburg to the Tebenkof Bay Wilderness Area and West Kuiu Island, transporting crews ashore daily for monitoring visits, collecting and hauling marine debris back to Petersburg, and...
This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce, to Babkin Charters LLC, a woman-owned small business. The $108,000.00 contract is for non-personal vessel charter services to support the Alaska Fisheries Science Center's Auke Bay Laboratory in Juneau, Alaska. The contract includes a base year from June 30, 2024 to June 29, 2025, with two one-year option periods. The...
The USDA Forest Service, Alaska Region awarded a $323,750 firm fixed price purchase order to Bay Welding Services of Girdwood, Anchorage, Alaska. Bay Welding will deliver one 29-foot aluminum cabin cruiser to the Chugach National Forest to safely operate across open waters in Prince William Sound with winds up to 33 knots. The solicitation sought a vessel between 28-29 feet long and 9-10.5 feet wide that maximizes fuel efficiency while allowing shallow draft beach landings, meeting all...
This is a $79,995.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Region 7 to Boat Works of Alaska LLC, a small business. The contract is for the purchase of a used watercraft with specific requirements, including an enclosed cabin, V-berth, twin 150HP outboard engines, 150-gallon fuel capacity, and other electronics and equipment. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation. The purchased boat will be used by the USFWS...
The U.S. National Park Service awarded a $180,384 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Island C Enterprises LLC, a small business based in Seattle, to provide a vessel charter to support marine monitoring activities along the outer coasts of Glacier Bay and Wrangell St. Elias National Parks in Alaska. This 16-day charter, which will depart from Seward, Homer, or Auke Bay in June 2025, is part of the Southeast Alaska Inventory and Monitoring Network's (SEAN) efforts to conduct oceanographic...