The federal contract IDV awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, is for the provision of nationwide single engine air tanker (SEAT) flight services and amphibious scooping aircraft services to support wildland fire suppression efforts. The prime contractor, Henry's Aerial Service Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation based in Brinkley, Arkansas, has received multiple delivery order contracts under this IDV, valued from $361,667 to $5.2 million, to deliver aerial firefighting capabilities from its locations in Arkansas, Arizona, and Minnesota. While most of the contracts do not utilize set-asides, Henry's Aerial Service has benefited from at least one total small business set-aside IDV, valued at up to $400 million, to provide SEAT flight services to the BLM, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Forest Service, and other federal and state agencies for wildland fire management activities across the United States.
The original solicitation, which was set aside for total small businesses and targeted service-disabled and women-owned small businesses, sought to award multiple hybrid on-call and exclusive use IDIQs for SEATs, support vehicles, and personnel to support nationwide wildland fire suppression operations. Offerors were required to propose unit rates for aircraft availability and flight hours over a five-year period, with all equipment and personnel meeting specified certification, equipment, staffing, and experience requirements. Awards up to $1.5 million were expected to be made by June 2018 to provide services through June 2019, with four additional one-year options.
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