Av8-Orr Helicopter Services Inc.

Av8-Orr Helicopter Services Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Hamilton, Montana, operates exclusively as a prime contractor providing helicopter-based wildfire suppression, aerial herbicide and seed application, equipment transport, and natural resource management services to federal land management agencies. The company competes predominantly in full-and-open (non-set-aside) delivery orders, though it holds multiple small-business-reserved IDIQs and BPAs with the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture Forest Service.

Av8-Orr's federal footprint is heavily concentrated in a single customer and mission set. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management division at the National Interagency Fire Center dominates the portfolio, accounting for 81 awards (58% of total awards by count) and $102.7 million in combined potential value (45% of the vendor's total). The remaining customer concentration spans Department of Agriculture Forest Service regional offices (R1-Northern Region with 24 awards, $3.6 million; R4-Intermountain Region with 10 awards, $8.5 million), Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, and Fish and Wildlife Service. The top five customers account for 93% of recent awards by count, but the dollars split differently: the Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions holds a single $50 million LMIR BPA award (22% of total potential value), Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 holds a single $49.5 million National Fuels Reduction BPA (22%), and the Interior Business Center holds a single $11 million animal capture and wild horse management BPA (5%). The gap between award-count and potential-value rankings reflects Av8-Orr's heavy reliance on large-ceiling IDIQs anchored with a few marquee customers, balanced against high-volume delivery orders from NIFC.

Av8-Orr holds five parent vehicles across Department of Agriculture and Department of the Interior. The Helicopter Support Services - Type 2 IDIQ (National Interagency Fire Center, $50 million ceiling through December 2033) has generated 44 task orders. The Basic Ordering Agreement 12024B20G5005 carries 26 task orders. The company also seats on a multiple-award LMIR BPA ($50 million, through March 2033), a single-award $49.5 million Fish and Wildlife Service National Fuels Reduction BPA (awarded September 2026), a $11 million Department of Interior animal capture and wild horse management BPA (May 2025 through April 2030, small-business set-aside), and a $10 million Type 3 Helicopter Support Services IDIQ with NIFC (December 2032). A $2 million Forest Service R4-Intermountain aerial application services IDIQ (total small business set-aside, through August 2027) has generated three task orders totaling approximately $1.1 million for post-fire invasive species control and herbicide application in central Idaho. Representative delivery orders include a $442,822 firm fixed-price order from Forest Service R4 for post-fire invasive annual grasses control in Salmon, Idaho following the 2022 Moose Fire (September 2023 through November 2024), a $249,158 delivery order from R4 for Joint Chiefs' partnership aerial application to reduce fine fuels and improve big game winter range (September 2023 through December 2025, small-business set-aside), and recurring orders from NIFC ranging from $40 thousand to $240 thousand for wildfire suppression and aerial application support.

Activity has remained relatively flat across the past five years (2022: 18 awards, 2023: 17, 2024: 19, 2025: 17, 2026: 21 year-to-date). The company's recompete cliff is minimal — only 6 awards with ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $424 thousand. Av8-Orr's narrowly specialized service portfolio and concentrated customer base (81 of 139 awards with a single funding agency) create strategic dependency on continued NIFC and Forest Service utilization, but the large-ceiling IDIQs and BPAs recently awarded signal sustained customer confidence and multi-year stability through 2033. The vendor operates with no subcontract activity and concentrates work in two primary PSC categories: Natural Resources/Conservation-Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression (82 awards) and Natural Resources/Conservation-Aerial Fertilization/Spraying (27 awards). Primary NAICS codes are Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation (76 awards) and Support Activities for Forestry (32 awards).