On Call Type III Helicopter Flight Services

The Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center seeks on-call Type III helicopter flight services in the Lower 48 States, with proposals due October 27, 2026. This is a total small business set-aside, and per the SF 1449 it is set aside 100% for Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB).

Place of performance spans the Lower 48 States. This is an indefinite-quantity, on-call IDIQ contract with a five-year performance period from May 1, 2027 through April 30, 2032.

Contractors must provide a minimum of one light helicopter with three to seven insured passenger seats, turbine engine with minimum 317 horsepower, and jettisonable payload capacity of 550 pounds. The aircraft must hold FAA Air Carrier or Operating Certificates under 14 CFR Parts 135, 133, and 137, Standard Airworthiness Certification, and comply with specified avionics, safety, and maintenance requirements. Contractors must also provide a pilot-in-command and fuel servicing vehicle for interagency fire operations. Services include wildland fire suppression, fire monitoring, initial attack, prescribed fire and aerial ignition, rehabilitation seeding, search and rescue, and law enforcement surveillance.

Pricing includes daily availability rates (pay item AV, paid per day) and project flight rates with and without fuel truck (P30 and P31, paid per flight hour), both subject to economic price adjustments for fuel. Optional equipment offerings include longline/remote hook systems, AgNav GPS mapping, concrete buckets, seeders, helitorch services, and offshore/vessel landing capabilities. The NAICS code is 481211, Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation. Proposals must be submitted in three volumes: Offer, Technical Capability, and Past Performance. The contracting officer is Austin Carter at austin_carter@ibc.doi.gov or 208-433-5032.