Indefinite Delivery Contract 140D8121D0012

This multiple award indefinite delivery contract (IDC) awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to Clearwater Air, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, provides on-call fixed-wing flight services in Alaska to support various DOI bureaus as well as the Departments of Commerce and Agriculture. The $20 million contract has a period of performance through March 2026 and allows for the issuance of delivery orders for aerial surveys, environmental monitoring, emergency response, and other mission-critical activities. Clearwater Air, a veteran provider of specialized aviation services to federal land management and conservation agencies, also holds smaller IDCs with the Bureau of Land Management for exclusive use air attack support in Alaska and Montana. The contracted flight services enable these civilian federal agencies to efficiently carry out their programs related to wildlife management, habitat assessment, climate research, and emergency preparedness across the Alaskan region.

Clearwater Air has received numerous delivery orders against the IDC to date, demonstrating its capacity to consistently deliver high-quality on-call aviation support. Recent task orders have included conducting beluga whale surveys for NOAA, providing emergency response support to the Bureau of Land Management, and assisting the U.S. Geological Survey with wildlife monitoring in the Bering and Chukchi Seas. While the majority of the IDC's task orders have not used small business set-asides, Clearwater Air's status as a self-certified small and disadvantaged business highlights its important role in enabling federal agencies to access specialized aviation capabilities from the small business industrial base.