Helo Maintenance - Montana USDA WILDLIFE SERVICES

The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's Wildlife Services program in Montana seeks rotary-wing flight services and helicopter inspection and maintenance under a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity commercial services contract, set aside for Total Small Business, with quotes due December 4, 2026 at 1200 CST. Questions are due December 1, 2026 at 1200 CST, and the awardee must be registered in SAM.gov.

Place of performance is Billings, Montana, supporting the Montana Wildlife Services program. Flight services primarily support wildlife damage management and may also include disease monitoring, invasive species removal, and emergency response. Flight requirements may fluctuate, and the contractor must be available on a minimum of 72 hours notice. Work may also support interagency or cooperative agreements with state and federal agencies and private landowners.

The flight-services scope requires turbine-engine aircraft with a minimum 100-knot cruise speed and seating for the pilot plus three non-crewmembers, with telemetry receiving systems furnished as government-furnished equipment. Pilots must hold Commercial Pilot Certificates with instrument ratings, first- or second-class FAA medical certificates, 1,500 total flight hours, 250 pilot-in-command hours, and 100 PIC hours in the preceding 12 months.

The maintenance scope covers 100-hour, 300-hour, and annual inspections, scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, repairs, and mission-equipment installation on Government-owned rotary-wing aircraft assigned to or transiently supported by the Montana program. Field maintenance is required when aircraft cannot be flown to the contractor's facility. The contractor must provide FAA-certificated Airframe and Powerplant mechanics, hold an FAA Repair Station certificate or equivalent authorization, provide 24/7/365 emergency support, and complete inspections and routine maintenance within five calendar days of aircraft delivery unless authorized otherwise.

The period of performance runs January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2031, across five one-year ordering periods. The Service Contract Act applies, with compliance to applicable wage determinations. Award goes to the highest technically rated offeror with fair and reasonable pricing and acceptable or neutral past performance. Flight-services quotes include three past performance references. Todd K. Bierl is the contracting officer at the USDA APHIS Montana State Office in Billings.