Bode Aviation, Inc.

Bode Aviation, Inc., a for-profit company headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, provides aerial firefighting, personnel and cargo transport, aerial reconnaissance, advanced mapping, and aircraft rental services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (99% of awards), competing predominantly on full-and-open and total small business set-aside designations. The company operates a subsidiary, Shadow Mountain Group LLC, certified as a self-certified small disadvantaged business and veteran-owned.

Bode Aviation's customer base concentrates almost entirely on wildland fire management. The Department of Agriculture's Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center dominates the award portfolio—89 awards (61% of total) worth $136.5 million combined potential value, and the agency accounts for substantially all invoiced dollars. Secondary customers by dollar magnitude include the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (two awards, $22 million), the Interior Business Center (four awards, $19.3 million), and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (one award, $10 million). The five largest customers by award count represent 80% of awards, with NIFC alone anchoring the footprint.

Bode Aviation holds multiple large indefinite delivery vehicles. An $83 million single-award IDIQ with the National Interagency Fire Center for National Light Fixed Wing Services (awarded January 1, 2024, extending through December 31, 2033) is the primary delivery platform, generating 37 task orders worth $22.6 million. A $22 million multiple-award IDV with the Bureau of Land Management for on-call air attack flight services (awarded May 1, 2023, extending through April 30, 2028) represents the second largest vehicle. Supporting vehicles include a $10 million Bureau of Indian Affairs IDV for on-call air attack with camera sensor and airborne remote sensor operator capabilities (awarded August 4, 2023, extending through December 31, 2026), a $9.98 million Interior Business Center BPA for on-call fixed-wing aircraft rental (awarded January 1, 2023, extending through December 31, 2027), and a $3.67 million Forest Service IDV for national infrared mapping end products for fire mapping (awarded October 1, 2021, extending through June 14, 2026). A legacy $1 million Forest Service IDV running through July 2023 and two small $3,500 ASTRO platform-related services vehicles with GSA FEDSIM round out the portfolio.

Activity has remained steady with seasonal volatility characteristic of fire management operations—19 awards in 2022 rising to 27 in 2023, then declining to 10 in 2024, recovering to 16 in 2025, and 14 year-to-date in 2026. Thirty-four awards (combined potential value $4.9 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete. Bode Aviation invoiced $37.1 million (20% of combined potential value) across the portfolio, indicating substantial unexercised optionality on its IDVs.

Bode Aviation's work spans fixed-wing and rotary-wing platforms for aerial firefighting, transport, reconnaissance, mapping using infrared technology, and aircraft rental. Representative recent awards include a $10.71 million delivery order for National Incident Awareness and Assessment operations from Boise (issued May 18, 2024), a $6.29 million order for pilot and aircraft services supporting Advanced Tracking and Geolocation Services missions (issued March 29, 2024), a $724,872 order for Region 3 Forest Health Protection light fixed-wing services (issued June 12, 2024), and numerous task orders ranging from $26,000 to $398,000 issued monthly through June 2026. Most delivery orders are priced firm fixed-price with economic price adjustment. Bode Aviation subcontracts minimally—the source names one sub award, a $115 thousand total aviation support service contract to Vertex Aerospace LLC on an unspecified prime.

Place of performance is Albuquerque, New Mexico for the vast majority of work. The portfolio aligns with NAICS 488111 (Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation) and 488112 (Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation), reflecting the on-call nature of fire management aviation support. PSC coding centers on natural resources and conservation fire suppression (91 awards) and passenger air charter transportation (37 awards).

aircraft maintenance, aviation flight operations, air transportation