The federal contract IDV is a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) awarded by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Contracting Division to D.H. Helicopter, Inc., a woman-owned small business doing business as North American Helicopter. The $1,271,936.10 multiple-award BPA is for helicopter support services, with a period of performance through February 2, 2029. The BPA was competitively procured through a Small Business Set-Aside solicitation issued under FAR Part 12 for commercial items. North American Helicopter has been awarded several other significant federal IDV contracts for aerial services, including a $50 million multiple-award contract with the U.S. Forest Service and a $3.5 million single-award contract with the National Interagency Fire Center. The contracted services encompass a range of helicopter-based operations to support critical government missions, such as aerial firefighting, infrastructure inspection, data collection, and emergency response across multiple states.
The solicitation sought a Master BPA for helicopter support services, allowing the CBP Air and Marine Contracting Division to issue task orders for various aerial operations as needed. The procurement was structured as a competitive Request for Quote (RFQ) conducted through an online reverse auction on the Unison Marketplace platform. Interested small business vendors were required to submit their bids electronically, with the agency emphasizing fair competition and prohibiting any artificial price manipulation or collusive practices.
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