Indefinite Delivery Contract 140D8022D0078
- The Department of the Interior Interior Business Center awarded an Indefinite Delivery Contract to Brainerd Helicopters, Inc. (doing business as Firehawk Helicopters) on May 1, 2022, for on-call Type III helicopter flight services with a $49.5 million ceiling and ultimate completion date of April 30, 2027. This is a Total Small Business set-aside, multiple-award contract. Brainerd Helicopters is a veteran-owned and woman-owned small business headquartered in Leesburg, Florida. The IDIQ...
- The federal contract IDV award is for the provision of helicopter services to support wildland firefighting operations by Brainerd Helicopter Services Inc., a woman-owned small business based in Brainerd, Minnesota. The contract, with a ceiling value of $3,500,000, is an Indefinite Delivery Contract awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center, a civilian agency, to provide Type III helicopter flight services, personnel, and equipment for fire suppression, monitoring, and aerial...
- The federal contract IDV award is for Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) 1202SA22T9820, awarded to Brainerd Helicopter Services Inc., a woman-owned small business based in Brainerd, Minnesota. The contract is a single-award IDC with a ceiling value of $3,500,000.00 and an ultimate completion date of October 10, 2022. It was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management, a civilian agency, to provide helicopter services in support of wildland...
- The National Interagency Fire Center awarded a $30 million multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Vehicle contract to Brainerd Helicopter Services Inc., a woman-owned small business based in Brainerd, Minnesota, for Type 3 helicopter support services. The contract, effective from April 12, 2023 through December 31, 2032, was established pursuant to a Department of Agriculture Forest Service solicitation posted in July 2022 seeking qualified operators to provide helicopters and crews for wildland...
- The Department of the Interior awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract to Mountain Air Helicopters Inc., a minority-owned, small disadvantaged, and veteran-owned business, on May 1, 2022, with a $49.5 million ceiling under a total small business set-aside. The contract extends through April 30, 2027. The IDIQ procures fully contractor-operated and maintained Type III helicopter flight services across the continental United States to support wildland fire suppression, prescribed...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region awarded a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract to Brainerd Helicopters, Inc., doing business as Firehawk Helicopters, with a ceiling of $4,746,150 and an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2027, on May 1, 2022. The contract is a Total Small Business set-aside. Brainerd Helicopters, Inc. is a veteran-owned and woman-owned small business. Place of performance is Las Vegas, Nevada. The IDIQ was solicited for Type III...
- The Department of the Interior awarded a multiple-award, total small business set-aside indefinite-delivery contract to Minuteman Aviation Inc. for $49.5 million on May 1, 2022, with an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2027, for on-call Type III helicopter flight services. This IDIQ supports wildland fire operations, search and rescue missions, prescribed burns, and other resource activities across the continental United States. Place of performance spans multiple Interior agencies and...
- The Department of the Interior awarded a multiple-award indefinite-delivery contract to Heloair, Incorporated on May 1, 2022, for on-call Type III helicopter flight services, with a ceiling value of $49.5 million and an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2027. This is a total small business set-aside contract. Work is performed across the continental United States for the Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and National Interagency Fire Center. Services include wildland fire...
- The Indefinite Delivery Contract awarded by the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management to Brainerd Helicopters, Inc. is a single award set aside for total small businesses. The contract provides helicopter services to support wildland firefighting efforts for a potential value of $3.5 million through December 2022. Specifically, the IDV enables the agency to issue task orders for legacy helicopter services under contract number 12024B19C9201. As the prime...
- The Department of the Interior awarded a multiple-award indefinite-delivery contract to Air Resources Helicopters, Inc. on May 1, 2022, for on-call Type III helicopter flight services with a $49.5 million ceiling and a completion date of April 30, 2027. The contract carries a total small business set-aside. Performance spans the continental United States, supporting wildland fire operations, search and rescue missions, prescribed burns, law enforcement surveillance, and other resource management...
- 140D8022D0078Indefinite Delivery Contract
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The Department of the Interior awarded a multiple-award IDIQ to Brainerd Helicopter Services Inc., a woman-owned small business, for on-call Type III helicopter flight services on May 1, 2022, with a contract ceiling of $49.5 million. The contract is set aside for total small business. Performance occurs across multiple locations including Brainerd, Minnesota; Rolla, Missouri; Pocatello, Idaho; and Beckley, West Virginia. The IDIQ covers comprehensive helicopter services for wildland fire management and emergency response operations, including fire monitoring, bucket work, prescribed burns, aerial ignition, rappel, and short-haul capabilities. The period of performance runs through April 30, 2027. Recent task orders issued under this IDIQ include a $53,703.74 delivery order awarded May 7, 2025, to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and Department of the Interior for on-call Type III helicopter flight services for fire suppression with performance in Bemidji, Minnesota and completion by November 30, 2025. An earlier delivery order valued at $94,168.27 was awarded December 8, 2023, to support the Department of the Interior's fire suppression activity with performance in Beckley, West Virginia and completion by November 6, 2024. Both orders are firm fixed price.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P00004 | Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | 5/26/26 | |
| P00003 | Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | 11/17/25 | |
| P00002 | Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | 1/12/24 | |
| P00001 | Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | 6/7/23 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $0 | 3/7/22 |
Name | Description | Awardee | Potential Value | AwardDate | CompletionDate | Updated At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Delivery Order 140D8022D0078-140D0424F0136 | Brainerd Helicopter Services Inc. | $94.2k | 12/8/23 | 11/6/24 | 12/26/24 | |
Delivery Order 140D8022D0078-140D0425F0509 | Brainerd Helicopter Services Inc. | $53.7k | 5/7/25 | 11/30/25 | 5/7/25 |