Indefinite Delivery Contract 140D0426D0013

Charles D Schroth, doing business as Southeast Aerial, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract valued at $18.6 million by the Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center on April 1, 2026, with a completion date of March 31, 2031. The contract is designated as a 100% small business set-aside and procures fixed-wing on-call flight services to support federal operations throughout Alaska. The contract encompasses fire and resource management activities, law enforcement support, general transportation, and special use flights, explicitly excluding direct fire suppression or tactical fire support aircraft operations. Southeast Aerial, a sole proprietorship based in Gustavus, Alaska, holds appropriate Federal Aviation Administration certifications and operates aircraft under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 or 135 regulations. The prime contractor is registered in the System for Award Management and has maintained active federal contracting status since September 2016.

Performance of this contract has historically been funded through the National Park Service Alaska Region, the U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, with individual task orders supporting diverse federal missions including wildlife population monitoring, aerial surveys, personnel and equipment transportation to remote field sites, infrastructure access and maintenance flights, stream gauge maintenance operations, weather and climate station support, archaeological site documentation, and conservation research initiatives. Representative past delivery orders have ranged from less than $1,000 to over $29,000 per task order, with the contractor demonstrating sustained performance capacity through receipt of more than 40 delivery orders under predecessor contract vehicles. The specialized aviation capabilities provided by Southeast Aerial address mission-critical requirements that are difficult or impossible to accomplish without fixed-wing aircraft support in Alaska's remote operational areas, supporting federal land management, scientific research, and conservation activities across the state.