Avcenter, Inc.

Avcenter, Inc., a for-profit small business based in Pocatello, Idaho, operates exclusively as a prime contractor providing aerial firefighting and specialized aviation services to federal land management agencies under total small business set-asides and full-and-open competitive procurements. The company competes predominantly under small-business set-aside vehicles and holds no subcontractor relationships; all federal service work is self-performed.

Avcenter's federal footprint is concentrated in wildland fire suppression and aerial firefighting operations. The company operates Air Tractor AT-802A air tankers and light fixed-wing aircraft to deliver fire detection and mapping, retardant and water dropping, aerial attack flights, air tactical group supervisor services, and on-call air attack support to Department of Agriculture and Department of Interior land management agencies. Representative work includes a $5.8 million total small business delivery order awarded May 20, 2024, by the National Interagency Fire Center for pilot and aircraft services supporting the Aerial Firefighting Technology and Service mission through December 31, 2028 (SCI-reported invoicing of $997 thousand in FY2024 and $528 thousand in FY2025); a $1.9 million fixed-price delivery order awarded April 20, 2022, by the National Interagency Fire Center for aerial attack services in Wenatchee, Washington through April 2025; and a $1.3 million fixed-price delivery order awarded May 28, 2024, by the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region for air attack flight services in the Boise area through April 30, 2025.

Customer concentration aligns tightly with the source funding agencies. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center dominates both volume and dollars at 40 awards and $99.5 million in combined potential value; the Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region places 24 awards worth $57.1 million. These two agencies account for 64% of all prime awards and 98% of combined potential value across Avcenter's federal portfolio. The remaining customer set includes the Interior Business Center ($7.7 million across ten awards), the Pacific Northwest Region of the Forest Service, and minor activity with the Defense Logistics Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

Avcenter holds four active indefinite delivery contracts anchoring its federal work. The National Interagency Fire Center awarded a $57.1 million multiple-award IDIQ for national light fixed-wing aircraft services through December 31, 2033, under total small business set-aside (18 recent task orders visible in source data); the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region awarded a $9 million single-award IDIQ for on-call air attack flight services in the Boise area through April 30, 2029, under total small business set-aside (two delivery orders shown); the Interior Department awarded a $22 million multiple-award IDIQ for on-call air attack flight services through November 30, 2028, under total small business set-aside (two delivery orders visible); and the Forest Service awarded a $3 million single-award IDIQ for aerial attack lightweight fixed-wing aircraft services nationally, completed February 9, 2024. Task orders issued under these vehicles carry fixed-price pricing with economic price adjustment provisions and range from sub-$100 thousand to over $6 million.

Activity has been volatile across the past five fiscal years—eight awards in 2022, two in 2023, twelve in 2024, six in 2025, and seven in 2026 year-to-date. Eleven awards with completion dates inside the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $3.2 million and face recompete exposure. The vendor's NAICS footprint is heavily concentrated in Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation (94 awards) and Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation (20 awards), reflecting the specialized nature of wildland fire response. SCI-reported invoicing totaled $11.3 million across FY2022 through FY2025 (FY2022: $2.5 million across 2.4 FTEs; FY2023: $2 million across 1.7 FTEs; FY2024: $4.6 million across 1.1 FTEs; FY2025: $2.2 million across 0.9 FTEs). On federal services contracts captured in SCI, government-paid rates ran around $697/hr median, with a spectrum from $412/hr at the 10th percentile to $3,573/hr at the 90th percentile, reflecting the high cost of specialized aircraft operations. All reported SCI hours were self-performed by Avcenter with zero subcontractor engagement.