rfb-f-g-2026-04-award.pdf

This is a bid award document from the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department for aerial stocking services. The RFB F&G 2026-04 solicitation sought helicopter-based aerial stocking services to deliver fingerling brook trout to 43 remote ponds throughout central and northern New Hampshire, including the White Mountains region. The primary scope includes helicopter operations with a qualified pilot capable of operating in challenging mountain terrain at elevations up to 4,000 feet equipped with fixed floats for water landings, a fuel service truck for up to nine landing sites, an insulated watertight fish transport and holding tank (24"x24"x36", approximately 20 gallons) with electrically powered aeration and flexible drainage capability, and water sample collection services. The preliminary sortie scheduled for June 10, 2026, involved stocking 450 fingerling brook trout (approximately 33.1 pounds total) across three initial pond locations, with the complete operation to be executed within a single day in early June 2026. The bid submission deadline was 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 6, 2026. The award was issued on March 5, 2026, prior to the deadline, to JBI Helicopter Services of Pembroke, New Hampshire.

JBI Helicopter Services was awarded the contract for $31,500.00, representing the only submission received in response to the solicitation. The contractor is responsible for all travel expenses to and from the New Hampshire starting location at Grafton Recreation Field in Grafton, as well as all costs for meals and lodging if weather delays extend the project beyond one day. Bidders were required to be registered with the New Hampshire Secretary of State's Corporate Division unless operating as sole proprietorships. No set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises or minority-owned businesses were specified in the RFB documents, and no incumbent contractor information was disclosed.