The United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center awarded a multiple award indefinite delivery contract to Aero-Flite, Inc. doing business as Aeroflite. The contract has a potential value of $50 million and a period of performance through December 31, 2022. Two firm fixed price delivery orders have been awarded against the contract to date. The first, awarded May 19, 2022, is valued at $8 million for one EU NEXT GEN 1.0 large...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management awarded a single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to Aero-Flite, Inc. to provide call-when-needed large airtanker services from date of award through December 2022. The contract has a total estimated value of $349.2 million. Aero-Flite will utilize eight aircraft identified by tail numbers to provide services including aerial firefighting, airborne fire detection, and smokejumper support....
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management awarded a single-award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to Aero Air, LLC to procure Call When Needed large airtanker services to support wildland firefighting nationwide. The original solicitation sought proposals for turbine-powered fixed-wing aircraft with a capacity between 3,000-5,000 gallons, modified with approved retardant delivery systems. The contract has a 100% set-aside for small businesses, a...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center awarded a multiple award indefinite delivery contract with a potential value of $25 million to provide large air tankers for wildland fire suppression. 10 Tanker Air Carrier, LLC received a $9.3 million firm fixed price delivery order under this contract to supply ten next generation large air tankers. The delivery order has a period of performance from March 22, 2022 through December 31,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, through its Fire and Aviation Management directorate and the National Interagency Fire Center, has awarded an indefinite delivery contract to Aero-Flite, Inc. for aerial firefighting services and support. Delivery orders issued against the contract by the Forest Service total over $75M and provide aircraft, equipment, and related services from multiple locations in Washington through June 2025. The original solicitation sought proposals for...
This federal contract IDV award to Aero Air, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Hillsboro, Oregon, is for the provision of aerial firefighting services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and National Interagency Fire Center. The parent contract, known as the "Forest Service Airtanker Services 2023" multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC), has a total ceiling value of $350,000,000 and runs through December 31, 2033. Under this IDV, Aero...
The National Interagency Fire Center, a civilian federal agency, has awarded a multiple-award $100 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for Next Generation Large Airtanker Services 3.0 to Aero-Flite, Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit aviation services provider. Under this IDIQ, the agency has issued firm-fixed-price delivery orders to Aero-Flite for aerial firefighting services, including the use of large air tankers, air attack platforms, and other specialized...
The United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, through its Fire and Aviation Management directorate and the National Interagency Fire Center, awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to Aero Air, LLC known as Next Generation Large Airtanker Services 3.0. The master IDIQ, valued at up to $100M over five years from 2021-2025, aims to procure exclusive use of next generation large airtankers to support initial attack wildland firefighting on a nationwide basis....
This indefinite delivery contract was awarded by the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center to Avcenter Inc., a for-profit small business organization. The contract, valued up to $2,000,000, aims to secure specialized aerial firefighting and flight services using Air Tractor AT-802A air tankers and associated crews for rapid deployment to support wildfire response efforts nationally. The contract includes a $1,546,222.87 delivery...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service has awarded a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) to Gold Aero Inc., a small business concern, to provide light fixed-wing aircraft and related services for wildland fire management operations. The IDC has a potential value of $10,164,251 and a period of performance through March 31, 2027. Under this IDC, the Forest Service has issued two delivery orders to Gold Aero Inc., valued at $2,233,473 and $2,160,938 respectively, to...