Helicopter Maintenance for Aircraft Operating in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas

The United States Department of Agriculture's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services program is seeking to establish a contract for helicopter inspection, maintenance, and repair services for their Bell 206 and Hughes/MD369 series aircraft operating throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas. The procurement will result in a firm fixed price indefinite delivery indefinite quantity commercial services contract with an anticipated effective date of September 25, 2025. The contract structure consists of five ordering periods, with each period lasting twelve months in duration. The solicitation and related documents will be available on sam.gov on or about August 26, 2025, and interested parties are responsible for monitoring the site for solicitation details and any amendments. Questions regarding this synopsis should be directed to Amanda Barbosa, Contracting Officer, at Amanda.Barbosa@usda.gov, with responses due by September 9, 2025.

This opportunity is designated as a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 488190 (Other Support Activities for Air Transportation) with a size standard of $40 million. No incumbent contractors or current service providers are identified in the pre-solicitation notice. The contract will span a total of five years through the five twelve-month ordering periods, providing helicopter maintenance services across the three-state region of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas. The indefinite delivery indefinite quantity structure indicates that specific work orders and quantities will be determined as needed throughout the contract performance period. While no specific budget range is disclosed in this pre-solicitation notice, the small business size standard of $40 million provides an indication of the anticipated contract scale.