Indefinite Delivery Contract 140D8019D0004

This federal contract IDV, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Region, is for the provision of Single Engine Air Tanker (SEAT) flight services to support wildland fire suppression operations across the Western United States. The prime contractor, Aerial Timber Applicators Inc., a small business Subchapter S corporation based in Cooperstown, North Dakota, has received multiple delivery order contracts under this IDV, including both exclusive use and on-call services. The contract award values range from $25,591.60 to over $400 million, with the larger awards being small business set-asides. The performance locations are primarily in Idaho, Montana, and New Mexico, with the actual flight services being conducted from Aerial Timber Applicators' base in Cooperstown, North Dakota. This IDV demonstrates the federal government's continued reliance on Aerial Timber Applicators to supply critical aerial firefighting assets and rapid response capabilities to manage public lands and natural resources.

The original solicitation sought proposals from total small businesses, with a focus on service-disabled and women-owned small businesses, to provide a hybrid of on-call and exclusive use SEAT flight services, support vehicles, and personnel for nationwide wildland fire suppression operations. Offerors were required to propose unit rates for aircraft availability, flight hours, and other operational requirements over a potential five-year period. The BLM intended to make multiple awards up to $1.5 million each to support wildland fire management programs across the contiguous United States through June 2019, with four additional one-year option periods.