Aerial Burn 2

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Mission and Installation Contracting Command is soliciting proposals to provide aerial burn services including a fully contractor-operated and maintained exclusion use helicopter, pilot, and aerial ignition system to support prescribed burning operations, wildfire suppression, inspection of range and woodland areas, and other forest management and administrative flights at Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia. Offerors must demonstrate technical capability by providing a helicopter equivalent to or larger than an AS350 or BH206 meeting airworthiness requirements, a pilot with at least 1,500 flight hours including 500 in air taxi and 500 in aerial application as well as 100 hours of PSD experience, and availability of a replacement helicopter within 24 hours as needed. Proposals are due by November 30, 2020 and will be evaluated using a best value determination with technical and past performance being more important than price.

The solicitation is set aside for small businesses and targets SDVOSB/8A businesses. The contract term is for one base year with one option year to provide aerial burn services from December 2020 through October 2022 with an option to extend until October 2023. Offerors must submit proposals in separate volumes for cost/price, technical, and past performance information. The NAICS code is 481211 for air transportation of passengers and the PSC code is Q2ZC for prescribed burning services. The place of performance is Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia.