Solicitation for AK Helo On Call

The Department of the Interior Interior Business Center seeks on-call helicopter flight services in Alaska under an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract, with proposals due November 5, 2026. The procurement is a 100 percent Women-Owned Small Business set-aside with a NAICS code of 481211 and a small business size standard of 1,500 employees.

Place of performance is Alaska. The contractor must provide and maintain helicopter aircraft to transport government personnel and cargo in support of natural resource missions, including fire suppression, fire monitoring, initial attack, prescribed fire and aerial ignition, rehabilitation seeding, search and rescue, aerial capture/eradication/tagging of animals, overwater operations, vessel landings, and law enforcement surveillance. The contract spans five ordering periods from March 1, 2027, through February 29, 2032.

The solicitation offers nine aircraft item categories with payload requirements ranging from 500 to 6,000 pounds. All aircraft must hold FAA Part 135 Air Carrier and Part 133 External Load Operations certificates, maintain current airworthiness certificates, and include emergency locator transmitters, VHF communications, GPS navigation systems compatible with the government's Automated Flight Following program, transponders, ADS-B equipment, and radar altimeters. Contractor pilots must hold FAA commercial pilot certificates with helicopter ratings, minimum 1,500 total helicopter flight hours with specified recency and type-specific requirements, current medical certificates, and completion of government-required online fire operations training modules. Mechanics must hold FAA A&P certificates with 12 months helicopter maintenance experience, including three months within the preceding 24 months. Contract personnel are subject to 14-hour duty limitations per 24-hour period with mandatory rest requirements. Pricing includes daily availability rates, hourly flight rates, animal capture/eradication/tagging rates, per diem, fuel servicing vehicle services with mileage rates of $2.39 to $4.60 per mile, fuel charges at actual cost, mechanic and co-pilot support, and miscellaneous contractor costs. Kelly Gordon is the contracting officer and point of contact.