The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service has awarded 10 Tanker Air Carrier, LLC, a small business based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide large airtanker services for wildland fire suppression. The contract has a ceiling value of $350 million and a period of performance from February 2022 through December 2023. Under this IDIQ, the Forest Service has issued numerous firm fixed price delivery orders to 10 Tanker Air...
The National Interagency Fire Center, a civilian agency under the U.S. Department of Agriculture, awarded a $1.44 billion multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) titled "Forest Service Airtanker Services 2023" to Coulson Aviation (USA), Inc. and other prime contractors. This IDC enables the Forest Service to rapidly acquire modern aerial firefighting assets, including large airtankers, heavy lift helicopters, and aerial supervision aircraft, on a call-when-needed basis to...
This Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) was awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center, a civilian federal agency, to Aero Air, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Hillsboro, Oregon. The contract has a ceiling value of $1,440,000,000 and a period of performance through December 31, 2033. It is a multiple-award IDC for large airtanker services to support wildfire suppression efforts nationwide. The contract enables the rapid deployment of Aero Air's fleet of...
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 the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), has awarded Coulson Aviation (USA), Inc. a multiple-award $50 million Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) for Next Generation Large Airtanker Services 3.0. Under this IDC, Coulson Aviation will provide the Forest Service with exclusive use of its next-generation aerial firefighting assets, including modified C-130 and Boeing 737 air tankers capable of carrying up to 5,000 gallons of fire...
This federal contract IDV is a $350 million multiple award small business set-aside contract for Airtanker Services awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center, a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The contract runs through 2033 and provides the agency with a flexible mechanism to rapidly issue task orders for aerial firefighting services as needed during peak fire seasons. The prime contractor, 10 Tanker Air Carrier, LLC, is a specialized aerial...
The federal contract IDV award is for the Next Generation Large Airtanker Services 3.0 program, a $100 million multiple-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract led by the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), a civilian agency. The contract aims to procure exclusive use of next-generation turbine-powered fixed-wing large airtankers, including Lockheed P-3 Orion and Electra models, to support wildfire suppression operations nationwide. The prime contractor, Aero Air, LLC,...
The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has awarded multiple delivery orders under a $200 million Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) to Aero-Flite, Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit aviation services provider. The IDC, titled "Next Generation 2.0 Large Airtanker", enables NIFC to rapidly procure aerial firefighting assets and services to support wildland fire management efforts across the Western United States....
The federal contract IDV is an Indefinite Delivery Contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to Coulson Aviation (USA) Inc., a prime contractor. The contract, valued at up to $25,000,000, provides for the exclusive use of Next Generation 1.0 and 3.0 large airtankers, including modified C-130 and Boeing 737 aircraft capable of carrying up to 5,000 gallons of fire retardant, as well as Sikorsky S-61 heavy lift helicopters, to support the Forest Service's wildland fire...
This Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) was awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center, a civilian federal agency, to Gold Aero Inc., a for-profit small business concern. The contract has a ceiling value of $134,000,000 and an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2033. It is a Multiple Award IDC to procure National Light Fixed Wing Services, including aerial firefighting, surveillance, and transport services using light aircraft to support wildland fire management operations for U.S....