Call When Needed Amphibious Water Scooper Aircraft Services

Call When Needed Amphibious Water Scooping Aircraft Services

The intent of this solicitation and any resultant Call When Needed BOA is to secure Contractor operated and maintained Turbine powered, Multi-engine, Amphibious, Fixed-Wing, Water Scooping Aircraft services meeting the specifications of this contract. The aircraft shall have full or interim Interagency Airtanker Board (IAB) approval as a multi-engine water scooper. The primary use of water scooping aircraft under this contract will be for initial attack (IA) of wildland fires. Water will be scooped from water sources such as lakes and rivers or loaded at ground locations. Chemical fire retardant including foam shall NOT be loaded in the Contractor's aircraft. The Water scooping aircraft is expected to carry a minimum of 1400 gallons of water at Sea Level and ISA plus 15°C to fires in the beginning stages following initiation. These immediate response actions occur in the first burning periods and are intended to support personnel either on scene or enroute to the incident in containing the fire when it is least costly to do so.

The placement of any orders is not guaranteed. The effective period of the resultant agreement(s) will be for 4 years from the date of award. This procurement will be 100% set aside for small business concerns.

Basic Ordering Agreements will be awarded to all vendors who meet the requirements of this solicitation and provide pricing that is determined to be fair and reasonable.

A pre-proposal conference will not be held for this solicitation. All questions shall be submitted in writing to the Contracting Officer, Kellen Logan at klogan@fs.fed.us. All answers will be posted to FBO.

Offers are due no later than 3:30MT on 3/21/17.

Any other questions may be directed to Kellen Logan at klogan@fs.fed.us or by calling 208-387-5361