The key products and services being delivered under this federal contract Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV) award to Air Resources Helicopters, Inc. are helicopter support services for the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). The $50 million multiple-award contract is for Type 1 helicopter support services to assist the National Interagency Fire Center, a civilian agency, with fire suppression, monitoring, aerial ignition, short-haul, rappel, law enforcement surveillance, reconnaissance, and other administrative missions across federal lands in the United States.
The original solicitation was an unrestricted competitive procurement, not set aside for any specific business category. The contract is an Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) vehicle with a one-year base period and nine one-year option periods, allowing the USFS to issue task orders for helicopter services as needed through 2034. Air Resources Helicopters, a for-profit Subchapter S corporation based in California, has demonstrated its qualifications to provide the required aerial capabilities and has received numerous task orders from the USFS under this IDV, with individual order values ranging from approximately $100,000 to over $700,000.
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