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The Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), requires one (1) Contractor-operated and maintained fixed wing aircraft, at Boise, Idaho to support the Department of Interior’s, Bureau of Land Management fire suppression mission in the contiguous 48 States. Contractor services will include the provision of an airplane, pilot(s), fuel, aircraft maintenance support and all other associated equipment, as prescribed in the solicitation. Mission activities may include, but are not limited to transporting and dropping smokejumpers, transporting and dropping paracargo, reconnaissance, testing of parachutes and other aerial equipment, natural resource missions, and other administrative and related resource activities as directed by the Government. Aircraft will be required to perform low level flights (below 500 feet) for the purpose of paracargo operations. Offered aircraft must have an Air Operable Side Door (capable of opening and closing in-flight). The Government will direct the aircraft to support its missions and objectives 24 hours per day, 7 days per week during the exclusive use period at each base.

The resulting Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract performance period will be for one year with four individual option years. The Government will elect to award a contract with an annual exclusive use period of 90 days under which the payment for daily availability is guaranteed subject to aircraft unavailability. After the 90-day exclusive use period expires, aircraft services may be extended by mutual agreement of the parties. Any extension of aircraft services will be on a day-by-day basis, at the sole discretion of the Government. The anticipated issue date of the solicitation is approximately August 18, 2020. Offers will be due on September 17, 2020 unless an extension for submission of offers is authorized by an amendment to the solicitation.

This solicitation is set aside for small businesses. The NAICS code is 481211, Nonscheduled Chartered Air Passenger Transportation, and the small business size standard is 1,500 employees. The apparent successful offeror must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM, www.sam.gov) to be awarded a contract.