Billings Flying Service LLC

Billings Flying Service LLC, a for-profit Montana subchapter S corporation based in Billings, Montana, operates as a prime contractor providing Type 1 helicopter support services and aerial firefighting operations to the National Interagency Fire Center and other federal land management agencies on a full-and-open basis, with no set-aside designations across its recent federal footprint.

The company's federal work concentrates overwhelmingly on aerial firefighting and wildland fire suppression. Billings Flying Service delivers fire suppression, monitoring, aerial ignition, short-haul and rappel operations, law enforcement surveillance, reconnaissance, and administrative missions across the entire United States, leveraging a fleet of single-engine air tankers, very large air tankers, and Type 1 helicopters. Representative recent work includes a $1.23 million delivery order from the National Interagency Fire Center on September 1, 2025 for Type 1 helicopter support services, a $16.57 million Total Small Business set-aside delivery order to the Grangeville, Idaho billing unit on May 6, 2025, and a $50 million indefinite delivery contract with the National Interagency Fire Center effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2034 (the Type 1 Helicopter Support Services 2025-2034 vehicle).

Customer concentration is extreme: the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center accounts for 232 of the vendor's 272 prime awards (93% of award count) and $445.3 million of $459.4 million in combined potential value (97% of dollars). Ten awards to the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and smaller work with the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management and Department of Agriculture Forest Service make up the remainder. The vendor competes exclusively in the full-and-open landscape with no small-business set-asides across the bulk of its portfolio, except for one notable 2025 award designated Total Small Business.

Billings Flying Service holds two primary contract vehicles. The Type 1 Helicopter Support Services 2025-2034 IDIQ—a $50 million multiple-award indefinite delivery contract with the National Interagency Fire Center effective through December 31, 2034—carries 73 task orders worth $73.2 million combined potential value, with firm fixed-price delivery orders spanning from January 2025 through September 2026, most with ultimate completion on December 31, 2029. The Basic Ordering Agreement 12024B20G5007, a longer-standing vehicle, carries 151 task orders worth $103.1 million combined potential value. Both vehicles fund Type 1 helicopter operations and related aerial firefighting work performed in Billings, Montana, with the exception of the Grangeville, Idaho billing unit order noted above.

Recent activity shows moderate decline from peak volume. The vendor received 58 awards in 2022, declining to 50 in 2023, 42 in 2024, 35 in 2025, and 39 in 2026. Over 272 total awards in the source data, the vendor has obligated $327.8 million against a combined potential value of $459.4 million (71% obligation rate), indicating active contract execution. The primary NAICS coding is Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation (244 awards); the primary PSC is Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression (248 awards).

Billings Flying Service operates as a 100% prime contractor across its federal footprint, with no subcontract activity appearing in the source data. The vendor's entire business model rests on direct delivery of helicopter and air tanker services to NIFC and allied federal fire management agencies, concentrating risk on a single funding customer and single mission set.