The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (DOI-BLM) has awarded a multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract, valued up to $47 million, for Alaska Type 2 Wildland Fire Hand Crew Services. The prime contractor is Rural/Metro Fire Dept., Inc. Specialty Fire Division, a for-profit organization that provides specialized wildland firefighting and emergency response services.
Under this IDIQ, Rural/Metro Fire is tasked with furnishing DOI-BLM's National Office with Type 2 wildland fire hand crews to support fire suppression, initial and extended attack, and other emergency response operations across Alaska and the western United States. The contract is on a time and materials basis and does not have any set-aside designations. Rural/Metro Fire has received numerous task orders against this IDIQ, with individual orders ranging from $85,000 to over $470,000, to rapidly deploy critical firefighting resources in support of the BLM's land management and fire suppression mission.
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