DOI Alaska On Call Helicopter Flight Services 2016-2017

The Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center awarded this Master IDIQ for contractor-operated and maintained on-call reciprocating helicopter flight services to transport personnel and cargo in support of DOI natural resource missions in Alaska, with ordering closing on August 31, 2017. Ordering has been closed for approximately eight years and ten months; this vehicle is no longer active.

The vehicle was established on October 3, 2016, and superseded a predecessor vehicle (DOI Alaska On Call Helicopter Flight Services 2013-2016). A successor vehicle, DOI Alaska On Call Helicopter Flight Services 2017-2021, was awarded June 7, 2017, and became the active contract family continuation.

During its ordering window, the vehicle generated 45 task orders issued between November 25, 2016, and August 24, 2017, with ordering activity concentrated in the final months (one order in 2016; 44 orders in 2017). The combined potential value of awarded task orders reached $745 thousand, with all dollars obligated; the vehicle's shared ceiling was $600 thousand. Task-order values ranged from under $3 thousand to roughly $71 thousand, reflecting brief, ad-hoc helicopter missions for field operations. Representative mission types included personnel and cargo transport, wildlife research support (bison genetic sampling, caribou collar retrieval), search-and-rescue operations, and wolf project logistics.

Competition was distributed across six prime contractors. Pollux Aviation, LTD. held the largest share with 11 orders totaling $276 thousand in potential value (37% of all obligated dollars). Quicksilver Air, Inc. and Hermens Helicopters Inc. followed with 10 orders/$153 thousand and 6 orders/$111 thousand respectively. Chena River Aviation Incorporated and Alpine Air Alaska, LLC. held smaller shares, collectively accounting for the remaining activity. No single prime dominated the vehicle; the top three primes captured roughly 71% of potential value.

Funding concentrated within Interior. The National Park Service Alaska Region placed 19 orders totaling $248 thousand; the U.S. Geological Survey and Bureau of Land Management Alaska Region together accounted for 15 orders and $348 thousand. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 and the Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Western Region placed the remaining 11 orders.

All 45 task orders were issued under unrestricted, competitive conditions with no set-aside designations. All work was performed in Alaska, with firm fixed-price pricing on individual flight missions and ultimate completion dates typically coinciding with the vehicle's order-close date of August 31, 2017.

The Department of the Interior, Interior Business Center, Acquisition Services Directorate, Division IV, Branch III, Anchorage Office has awarded a Master IDIQ for fully Contractor-operated and maintained On Call (OC) reciprocating helicopter flight services to transport personnel and/or cargo in support of Government natural resource missions in Alaska.