CWN Very Large AIrtanker Basic Ordering Agreements

Amendment #3 posted on July 25, 2018 making corrections and updating conformed copy of RFP.

Please find Amendment #2 incorporating the Q&A's and a conformed RFP incorporating all of the changes highlighted in the Q&A's.

The proposal due date has been extended to July 27, 2018 at 2PM (MST)

This is a request for proposals for Call When Needed (CWN) Basic Ordering Agreement(s) (BOAs) and any resulting orders for Next Generation (NG) Very Large Airtanker (VLAT) services for large fire support wildland firefighting on a nationwide basis. VLATs are used for large fire support where greater amounts of retardant can be used to support existing ground operations.

The Government intends to have BOAs with multiple vendors for CWN NG VLAT services. The BOA contains the terms and clauses applying to future orders, a description of the requirement and methods of pricing, issuing and delivering orders. The BOA is not a contract. The placement of any orders is not guaranteed. The effective period of the resultant agreement(s) will be from date of award to December 31, 2020. This procurement will be 100% set aside for small business concerns.

We anticipate releasing the request for proposals on or about June 15, 2018.

This notice replaces the previously posted synopsis for CWN Very Large Air Tanker Services (https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/FS/024B/12-024B-18-R-9015/listing.html).

The RFP has been posted to this listing.


Questions are due no later than July 2, 2018.


Proposals are due July 25, 2018 by 2PM MT.

The proposal due date will be extended appropriately pending the posting of the responses to the submitted questions to allow adequate time for review from all interested parties.

The RFP has been posted to this listing.


Questions are due no later than July 2, 2018.


Proposals are due July 16, 2018 by 2PM MST.

This is a request for proposals for Call When Needed (CWN) Basic Ordering Agreement(s) (BOAs) and any resulting orders for Next Generation (NG) Very Large Airtanker (VLAT) services for large fire support wildland firefighting on a nationwide basis. VLATs are used for large fire support where greater amounts of retardant can be used to support existing ground operations.

The Government intends to have BOAs with multiple vendors for CWN NG VLAT services. The BOA contains the terms and clauses applying to future orders, a description of the requirement and methods of pricing, issuing and delivering orders. The BOA is not a contract. The placement of any orders is not guaranteed. The effective period of the resultant agreement(s) will be from date of award to December 31, 2020. This procurement will be 100% set aside for small business concerns.

We anticipate releasing the request for proposals on or about June 15, 2018.

This notice replaces the previously posted synopsis for CWN Very Large Air Tanker Services (https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/FS/024B/12-024B-18-R-9015/listing.html).