Blanket Purchase Agreement 140D0423A0048

This federal contract IDV is a $3 million Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) awarded by the Office of Policy Management and Budget, a civilian agency within the Department of the Interior, to Caron East, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation based in Cumberland, Maryland. The BPA enables various Interior bureaus, including the U.S. Geological Survey, to efficiently acquire Wingtra unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and related geospatial technologies and services to support natural resource monitoring, infrastructure assessment, and research activities. Caron East is an experienced federal contractor, holding multiple IDVs with agencies such as the FBI, Army Corps of Engineers, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection for a range of surveying equipment, positioning technologies, and UAS. The BPA has a period of performance through May 2026 and is not set aside for any specific business category, though Caron East has been awarded some individual BPA calls as small business set-asides. The original solicitation did not provide additional details, but the contracted products and services aim to deliver specialized geospatial capabilities to support Interior's mission areas.

The provided task orders under this BPA cover a variety of Wingtra UAS deliveries, valued between $35,000 and $269,000, to be performed at Caron East's facilities in Cumberland, Maryland, and Boise, Idaho. The contracts utilize Firm Fixed Price pricing and have completion dates ranging from late 2023 through 2026. Several of the task orders have small business set-aside designations, reflecting the agency's efforts to leverage small businesses like Caron East to meet its technology needs efficiently.