The Department of Agriculture Forest Service has awarded a firm-fixed-price delivery order contract to Bighorn Airways, Inc., a for-profit aviation services company, for the 2024 extension of the Smoke Jumper Aviation North Cascades Smokejumper Base. The $1,370,850.00 contract does not have a set-aside designation and will run through December 31, 2024. Bighorn Airways, which is headquartered in Sheridan, Wyoming, specializes in providing fixed-wing aircraft and crews to federal agencies for...
This federal contract award is for EXCLUSIVE USE SMOKEJUMPER FLIGHT SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF BLM AT BOISE, IDAHO, with a ceiling value of $1,195,602.79. The contract was awarded to Bighorn Airways Inc., a for-profit aviation services company based in Sheridan, Wyoming, that specializes in providing fixed-wing aircraft and crews for specialized federal government missions, particularly wildland firefighting, smokejumper transport, aerial reconnaissance, and cargo/passenger transportation. The...
This delivery order, awarded by the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center, is for $34,870 to Colorado By Air, LLC for PKG-57373. As a firm fixed price contract with no set-aside designation, Colorado By Air will provide aerial firefighting support services out of their Salida, Colorado location by September 2022. The Forest Service utilizes both government and commercial aircraft for smokejumper operations, aerial reconnaissance,...
This federal contract award is for the delivery of CYPRES-2 2-pin smokejumper AAD (Automatic Activation Device) units with lifetime maintenance, valued at $258,379.20, to the Missoula Smokejumpers. The contract was awarded to the prime contractor, SSK Military Industries Inc., a manufacturer and supplier of advanced parachuting systems and equipment for both military and civilian applications. The contract is a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order, with no set-aside designation. SSK Military...
This federal contract award, IND12PC00376|IND15PD00556, is for "BLM - SMOKEJUMPER OPERATIONS -AIRCRAFT 2" and was awarded to Bighorn Airways Inc., a for-profit aviation services company based in Sheridan, Wyoming. The contract has a ceiling value of $981,592.83 and a completion date of September 30, 2015. The contract is a Delivery Order under the Major Program Code "SMOKEJUMPER" and is for the provision of aviation services to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Alaska...
This federal contract award is for the delivery of SMOKEJUMPER DC-7 main canopies and MT1S reserve canopies with deployment systems to the National Interagency Fire Center, a civilian agency. The $541,440 firm-fixed-price delivery order was awarded to Airborne Systems North America of NJ Inc., a subsidiary of Transdigm Group Incorporated, on October 1, 2023, with a completion date of June 1, 2025. This award is not designated as a set-aside contract. Airborne Systems is a major supplier of...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region awarded a $1.03 million firm fixed price delivery order contract to Bighorn Airways, Inc. for exclusive use smokejumper flight services in support of wildland fire operations. Bighorn Airways will provide aircraft and flight services from April 2020 through October 2021 to transport smokejumpers, who are wildland firefighters that parachute into remote areas to combat wildfires, as well as cargo for the Bureau of Land...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region awarded a $1.1 million delivery order contract to Bighorn Airways, Inc. for exclusive use smokejumper flight services in support of wildland fire operations. Bighorn Airways will provide aircraft and flight services from January 2020 through October 2020 to transport smokejumpers, who parachute into remote areas to combat wildfires, as part of the BLM's fire management program. The fixed-price contract with economic price...
This is a firm fixed price delivery order contract awarded by the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Alaska Region to Bighorn Airways Inc., a for-profit aviation services company headquartered in Sheridan, Wyoming. The contract provides multi-engine fixed wing smoke jumper services in support of the BLM Alaska Fire Service, utilizing a CASA 212-200 aircraft, with a potential value of $1,131,072.36. This delivery order is issued under a larger, single award indefinite delivery...
This contract was awarded by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to Airborne Systems North America of NJ Inc., a subsidiary of Transdigm Group Incorporated, for the purchase of 85 MT1S-8305 smokejumper reserve parachutes and associated freebag/pilot chutes. The $306,545 firm-fixed-price contract supports the USFS National Technology & Development Program (NTDP) in Missoula, Montana. This sole-source award is based on the MT1S-8305 being the only reserve parachute approved for use with the Ram Air...