NSF Rotary wing flight services in Antarctica

The Interior Business Center, on behalf of the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs, will issue a solicitation on or after June 15, 2023 seeking exclusive use rotary wing flight services in Antarctica to support the United States Antarctic Program for approximately four months each year. Interested parties should monitor sam.gov as the solicitation, numbered 140D0423R0058, will require one light helicopter and one medium helicopter stationed at McMurdo along with pilots, mechanics, and helotechs for each aircraft. Responses will be due on or around July 15, 2023 with award anticipated in October 2023.

The services are designated under NAICS code 481211 and will be set aside for small businesses including small disadvantaged, 8(a), woman-owned, economically disadvantaged woman-owned, HUBZone, veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. The solicitation will provide helicopters and related services for approximately four months each year to support operations in Antarctica, requiring one light and one medium helicopter stationed at McMurdo along with necessary personnel for maintenance and operation of the aircraft.