Region 3 Exclusive Use Type III Helicopter Services

The U.S. Forest Service Region 3 is seeking proposals for exclusive use Type III helicopter services to operate out of two single helibases in Tijeras, NM and Los Alamos, NM and one shared helibase in Tucson, AZ and Helena, MT. The resultant contract will be a fixed price contract with economic price adjustment for the daily availability rate and have a one base year and three option periods. Proposals are due by January 30, 2021. The helicopters must be available for a minimum of 1,000 flight hours annually distributed between the locations and will be used for fire support, project, law enforcement, and administrative flights to also support interagency partners.

This is a total small business set-aside designated under NAICS code 487210 with a PSC code V2X. The contract number is 12024B20Q9300 and has a potential value of $30 million over the base year and three option periods. The flight rate will be an indefinite quantity with no guaranteed minimum hours. Proposals are due by January 30, 2021 and evaluation will be based on technical and price factors.