Bluesky Helicopters Inc.

Bluesky Helicopters Inc. is a self-certified small disadvantaged business and for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in La Verne, California, that specializes in providing aerial firefighting and aviation support services to federal land management agencies. The company was registered in the System for Award Management on July 30, 2010, and maintains an active SAM registration through December 9, 2026. Bluesky Helicopters serves as a prime contractor to the federal government, delivering critical rotorcraft capabilities essential to wildland fire suppression and emergency response operations across the continental United States.

Bluesky Helicopters has secured numerous firm fixed-price delivery orders through the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), with contract awards ranging from approximately $56,000 to over $900,000 in ceiling value. The company's service offerings include water and retardant drops, aerial reconnaissance, transportation of firefighters and equipment, prescribed burn support, and general wildland fire suppression operations on National Forest System lands and other public domains. All delivery order awards were made without small business set-aside designations, indicating the company's competitive strength in open-market federal procurements. Bluesky Helicopters operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no identified subcontractor involvement across its federal contract portfolio. The vast majority of the company's recent federal awards have been issued by the National Interagency Fire Center, a civilian agency under the U.S. Department of Agriculture, with awards concentrated in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Notable delivery orders include contracts valued at $903,752 (July 2024), $917,930.79 (July 2024), and $904,368.30 (July 2024), demonstrating consistent engagement in substantial aerial firefighting support missions. The company has also received a single delivery order from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region in May 2021.

Bluesky Helicopters maintains three significant indefinite delivery vehicles that form the foundation of its federal contracting capacity. The company holds a $49.5 million On-Call Type III Helicopter Flight Services Indefinite Delivery Contract with the U.S. Department of the Interior, awarded on May 1, 2022, with a completion date of April 30, 2027, issued under a 100% total small business set-aside utilizing NAICS code 481211. Additionally, Bluesky Helicopters was awarded a $20 million Master IDIQ contract by the National Interagency Fire Center on April 12, 2023, for Type III helicopter support services, designated as HSS MATOC TYPE 3, valid through December 31, 2032, under which the majority of recent delivery orders have been issued. Most recently, the company secured a $50 million Indefinite Delivery Contract with the National Interagency Fire Center, effective January 1, 2025, designated as TYPE 1 HELICOPTER SUPPORT SERVICE MATOC, extending through December 31, 2034, representing a multiple-award vehicle. These three IDVs, totaling $119.5 million in ceiling value, enable federal agencies to rapidly procure Bluesky's specialized Type III helicopter services through competitive task orders to address unpredictable wildfire events and other emergency response scenarios. The cumulative contract portfolio positions Bluesky Helicopters as a primary provider of aerial firefighting capabilities to the Department of Interior, National Interagency Fire Center, and U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service agencies.