Region 8 Exclusive Use Type III Helicopter Services

This pre-solicitation notice seeks nine single exclusive use Type III helicopters to be operated by qualified personnel to support fire, project, law enforcement, and administrative missions for the Forest Service and other federal and state agencies throughout USFS Region 8. The contract will have a one year base period and three option periods evaluated on daily availability rates under a fixed price with economic price adjustment contract type, with indefinite quantity flight rates having no minimum hours guaranteed. Questions regarding this solicitation are due by June 16, 2020.

The set-aside is for total small business. The NAICS code is 488190 for other support activities for air transportation and the PSC code is V2GX for aircraft charter service. Nine helicopters are required to be stationed at bases across six states- Tennessee, Arkansas, South Carolina, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Texas- to support missions on public and private lands, with aircraft available for dispatch to other agencies under cooperative agreements. The possible award value was not specified but would depend on flight hours ordered across the one year base and three option years.