Water Scooper Multiple Award IDIQ
Open Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 1202SA26R9100
- Agency
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Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 481212 Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation
- Place of performance
- Boise, Idaho 83716, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Forest Service intends to solicit a multiple-award IDIQ contract for water scooper services, with solicitation release anticipated within 15 days of the May 8, 2026 posting and responses due by October 29, 2026. The procurement is set aside for total small business. The Forest Service seeks contractor-operated and contractor-maintained turbine-powered, multi-engine amphibious fixed-wing aircraft capable of water scooping. Aircraft must hold full or interim Interagency Airtanker Board approval as a multi-engine water scooper. Primary use covers initial attack and extended attack of wildland fires. The NAICS code is 481212 (Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation) and the PSC is F003 (Natural Resources/Conservation–Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression).
Notice text
The USFS intends to issue a solicitation for Water Scooper Services in or around 15 days. We intend to award multiple IDIQ contracts.
The intent of this acquisition and the resultant contract(s) are to obtain Contractor operated and
maintained Turbine powered, Multi-engine, Amphibious, Fixed-Wing, Water Scooping Aircraft services.
The aircraft shall have full or interim Interagency Airtanker Board (IAB) approval as a multi-engine water
scooper. The primary use of water scooping aircraft under this contract will be for initial attack (IA) and
extended attack of wildland fires.
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