The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center awarded Salmon River Helicopters, Inc. an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity multiple award basic ordering agreement to provide national call-when-needed helicopter services for wildland firefighting from January 2020 through December 2024 with a potential value of $2,000,000. Salmon River Helicopters is a certified HUBZone small business located in Riggins, Idaho. Under the basic ordering agreement, the contractor may receive future task orders for aviation services in support of wildfire suppression operations across US jurisdictions.
The award records provided show Salmon River Helicopters has received multiple firm fixed price delivery orders against this basic ordering agreement from September 2022 through September 2023 valued between $84,872 and $457,077 to conduct aerial firefighting activities such as water bucket drops and airlifts out of Riggins, Idaho. The original July 2019 solicitation sought heavy and medium helicopters for call-when-needed wildland fire management support on a national basis through multiple agency agreements under the National Interagency Fire Center. Evaluation criteria included technical acceptability and price reasonableness.