Croman Corp

Croman Corp, a for-profit Subchapter S corporation based in White City, Oregon, provides Type 1 and Type 3 firefighting helicopter operations, pilot training on the Sikorsky S-61 platform, and aircraft maintenance services to federal agencies as a prime contractor on full-and-open competitive basis with no SBA set-aside designations. The company competes entirely on capability and pricing, holding a dominant position on the National Interagency Fire Center's $50 million Type 1 Helicopter Support Services 2025-2034 multiple-award IDIQ and a legacy single-award contract valued at $1.5 million, both authorizing task orders through the federal wildland fire suppression ecosystem.

Croman's federal footprint is heavily concentrated in aerial firefighting support. The top five customer agencies by award count represent 86% of all recent awards, with the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) alone accounting for 330 awards valued at $393.3 million in combined potential value. Secondary customers by dollar volume include the Department of the Navy Naval Air Warfare Center ($122.6 million across 16 awards) for aircraft maintenance and test services, the Department of the Interior Office of Policy Management and Budget ($40 million on a single award, likely a research or procurement vehicle), and the Department of the Interior Interior Business Center ($12.9 million across 7 awards). The U.S. Forest Service, Federal Aviation Administration, and Department of Transportation round out active customers. Croman's work sits almost entirely within two NAICS categories — Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation (362 awards) and Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation (23 awards) — reflecting its core business of furnishing equipped helicopters and flight crews on demand.

On the vehicle side, Croman places task orders under two dominant IDIQs: the Basic Ordering Agreement 12024B20G5017 (238 task orders, $91.2 million combined potential value) and the Type 1 Helicopter Support Services 2025-2034 IDIQ (83 task orders, $42.9 million). The BOA represents Croman's primary vehicle for routine NIFC wildfire-season orders, while the Type 1 IDIQ serves multi-year capability preservation and call-when-needed missions through December 31, 2034. Croman also holds meaningful indefinite delivery positions with the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command (contracts N0001906D0027 and N0042117D0053, six task orders each, $22.5 million and $22.8 million combined potential value respectively), where it delivers aircraft maintenance, fuel-control overhaul, and aircraft readiness support. Recent task orders under the NIFC vehicles range from $13,472.69 to $808,489.35 with most performance periods extending through December 31, 2029, all priced firm fixed price with no set-asides.

Award activity has remained consistent over recent years — 74 awards in 2022, 71 in 2023, 94 in 2024, and 52 year-to-date in 2025 — tracking seasonal fire-suppression demand. The combined potential value across all 470 prime awards sits at $636.1 million with $369 million obligated (58% utilization). Croman operates as a pure prime contractor: 469 of 470 awards are primes, with only a single sub-award to Amentum Services on fuel-control overhaul work. All work is performed by internal staff; the company delivers its own pilots, ground crews, maintenance technicians, and aircraft without routing through subcontractors.

SCI-reported invoiced revenue shows $45.7 million in service-contract activity across FY2023–FY2025, with $12.2 million in FY2023 (9.8 FTEs) and $33.5 million in FY2025 (23.8 FTEs), reflecting seasonal workforce scaling tied to fire-suppression demand cycles. Government-paid hourly rates on federal services contracts cluster around a median of $602.96/hr, ranging from the 10th percentile of $520.21/hr to the 90th percentile of $687.87/hr — consistent with skilled aviation personnel (pilots, mechanics, crew chiefs) on federal fire-management programs. Croman has no named subcontractors in SCI records, confirming internal delivery across all reportable service contracts.