Basic Ordering Agreement 1202SA21G5509

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center awarded a multiple award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with a potential value of $7,500,000 to provide Region 5 Type III helicopter services. Guardian Helicopters Inc. was identified as an awardee. Ten firm fixed price delivery orders were subsequently awarded to Guardian Helicopters against this IDV contract to provide aerial firefighting services from their base in Fillmore, California. The delivery orders ranged in value from approximately $6,000 to $155,000 and had periods of performance from March 2023 through September 2023. The Forest Service utilized these delivery orders to support its wildland fire management programs through aerial fire suppression activities during peak fire seasons. No set-aside designations were applied to any of the awards.

The delivery orders awarded to Guardian Helicopters called for the contractor to mobilize helicopters and flight crews from their Fillmore facility to assist the Forest Service and National Interagency Fire Center in responding to wildfires. The orders continued the agencies' practice of leveraging commercial aviation assets through competitive contracting vehicles to bolster aerial firefighting capabilities nationwide. The contracted services aimed to aid wildland fire management and emergency response efforts through aerial fire suppression operations in California and other western regions.