Single Engine Scooper (SES) Flight Services

The Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center, on behalf of the Bureau of Land Management, is soliciting proposals for Single Engine Scooper (SES) Flight Services to provide on-call aerial firefighting services using amphibious single engine water scooping aircraft for wildland fire suppression across the Lower 48 states and Alaska. Contractors must provide aircraft meeting minimum specifications including 1,600 shaft horsepower, a 799-gallon tank capacity, ability to dispense both water and fire retardant, and capability to operate from 5,000-foot gravel runways, along with primary and relief pilots and fuel service vehicles. The procurement will be awarded on a lowest price, technically acceptable basis using an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract structure with multiple awards anticipated. Evaluation will assess technical capability, organizational safety, past performance, and pricing. The original proposal submission deadline of August 1, 2025 has been extended multiple times, with the final deadline set for December 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time.

This solicitation contains no set-aside designation and is unrestricted to all qualified bidders. The contract has a shared maximum ceiling value of $237.5 million over a five-year ordering period from May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2031, with pricing based on daily availability rates and both "wet" and "dry" flight hour categories. No incumbent contractors are identified in the solicitation documents. Services will be performed nationally across the Lower 48 states and Alaska, with aircraft dispatched on an as-needed basis for wildland fire suppression operations. The contracting officer for this procurement is Angelina Clements, and the Interior Business Center's office is located at 381 Elden Street, Suite 2000A, Herndon, Virginia 20170.