The blanket purchase agreement (BPA) call contract was awarded by the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management to El Aero Services, LLC to provide on-call helicopter flight services across multiple regions in support of the Bureau's land and resource management operations. Task orders under the BPA provide aerial transportation services to BLM field offices in Nevada, Utah, Arizona, California, Colorado, Oklahoma and other locations with periods of performance ranging from 2021...
The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded Aeronautical Technologies Inc., a for-profit aviation firm based in Alaska, a multiple-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract worth up to $400 million to provide nationwide single-engine air tanker (SEAT) flight services in support of federal wildland fire management programs. The contract, which has a performance period through April 2029, was set aside for small businesses. Under this IDIQ, the...
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), a civilian agency within the Department of the Interior, has awarded a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to Air Shasta Rotor & Wing, Inc., doing business as North Valley Helicopters, a self-certified small disadvantaged, woman-owned small business. The $10.75 million BPA provides on-call helicopter flight services to support the BLM's wildland fire operations, wildlife management, and natural resource rehabilitation programs across the Western United...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded an Indefinite Delivery Contract to Alaska Central Express, Inc. to provide on-call fixed wing flight services in Alaska. The $20 million multiple-award contract has a period of performance through March 2026 and covers emergency fire support, fire management, and transportation services using contractor-owned fixed wing aircraft. To date, several delivery orders have been issued to Alaska Central Express under the IDC,...
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $46 million multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) to Henry's Aerial Service Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation based in Brinkley, Arkansas, for on-call amphibious scooping seat flight services to support the agency's wildland fire management program. This IDC, which runs through April 2026, is likely part of the company's broader $400 million single-award IDC for Single Engine Airtanker (SEAT) flight services awarded by...
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) to Desert Air Transport Inc., doing business as A+ Desertair Alaska, for fixed-wing on-call flight services in Alaska. The $20 million IDC, set aside for small businesses, has an ultimate completion date of March 2026. Under this contract, A+ Desertair Alaska provides critical aerial support for the BLM's wildland fire management and emergency response missions across Alaska's public lands....
This indefinite delivery contract, awarded by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Region to G B Aerial Applications Inc., provides nationwide single engine air tanker (SEAT) flight services to support the BLM's wildland fire management and suppression efforts. The $400 million, multiple-award IDV is set aside for total small businesses and has a period of performance through April 2024. Under this IDV, the BLM has issued delivery orders for SEAT flight...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region awarded a single award indefinite delivery contract to Co Fire Aviation, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, to provide Single Engine Airtanker (SEAT) flight services for wildland fire suppression. The contract has a potential value of $400,000,000 and a period of performance through April 2029. Under this IDV, the BLM has issued delivery orders to Co Fire Aviation for exclusive use SEAT flight services in Stead, Nevada...
The Department of the Interior Departmental Offices Interior Business Center awarded a multiple-award blanket purchase agreement to Hiline Helicopter, Inc. to provide on-call helicopter flight services in support of the Bureau of Land Management Wild Horse and Burro and Arizona Colorado River programs. With a potential value of $10.75 million over five years, the BPA enables the agency to issue orders for aerial transport, emergency medical evacuation, and external load operations across...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management awarded a $400 million Indefinite Delivery Contract to Bridger Air Tanker LLC, a small business based in Belgrade, Montana, for National Single Engine Air Tanker (SEAT) Flight Services. This multiple-award IDV contract enables the BLM to issue firm fixed price task orders to Bridger Air Tanker for aerial firefighting support, including the provision of SEAT aircraft to drop water or fire retardant in support of wildland fire suppression...