CSI Aviation, Inc.

CSI Aviation, Inc., doing business as CSI Aviation Services Inc., is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico that operates as a prime contractor providing mission-critical air transportation services — chartered passenger airlift, air ambulance and aeromedical evacuation, disaster response flights, and specialized medical patient transport — to federal agencies across Defense, civilian emergency response, law enforcement, and health security missions. The vendor competes across multiple contract vehicles including blanket purchase agreements (BPAs), indefinite delivery contracts (IDCs), and the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS), with all recent awards holding prime status (100% of portfolio).

Customer concentration is extreme and skews sharply toward two anchor agencies. Immigration and Customs Enforcement dominates potential-value rankings with 32 awards carrying $7.41 billion combined value — more than 48% of CSI Aviation's entire federal portfolio — centered on a $3.6 billion single-award BPA signed March 8, 2024, for dedicated and on-demand chartered flight services supporting ICE enforcement and removal operations through March 7, 2029. The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response ranks second with 101 awards and $658.7 million combined potential value, anchored by a $44.4 million single-award indefinite delivery contract awarded April 15, 2025, for national disaster medical system air and ground transportation including aeromedical evacuation and infectious disease patient transport. Federal Emergency Management Agency ($266.1 million across 18 awards), the Department of Homeland Security Chief Procurement Officer ($262.2 million across 29 awards), and the Department of the Air Force Air Mobility Command ($203.9 million across 17 awards) round out the top five by potential value. By award count, the Defense Logistics Agency Energy leads with 174 awards (though carrying only $11.7 million combined potential), the Department of Justice US Marshals Service with 153 awards, and ASPR with 101 awards account for 43% of total award volume but represent a smaller portion of dollars.

CSI Aviation's parent vehicles include the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (226 task orders, $7.74 billion combined potential value), the ICE Blanket Purchase Agreement DJBFAOBPA001 (243 task orders, $3.3 million combined potential), an FEMA single-award indefinite delivery contract SP060012D0033 (170 task orders, $2.3 million combined potential), and the Travel Services Solutions vehicle (142 task orders, $390.2 million combined potential). A $42 million BPA with Air Mobility Command for air ambulance services and critical care air transport runs through September 30, 2027. A $5 million FBI Blanket Purchase Agreement for worldwide passenger air charter and prisoner transfer airlift extends through December 17, 2028. A $7.5 million multiple-award BPA with ASPR for human remains transport coordination runs through January 25, 2027.

Representative work includes a $18.1 million definitive contract from Naval Sea Systems Command (awarded October 1, 2025, through January 31, 2031) under Total Small Business set-aside for fixed-wing transportation between Palm Beach International and Andros Town airports in the Bahamas supporting the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center, a $585.5 million delivery order from ICE (March 1, 2025 through February 28, 2026) for daily scheduled large aircraft and special high-risk charter flights facilitating immigration enforcement and removal operations under the existing ICE BPA, a $209.3 million single-award FEMA indefinite delivery contract (October 13, 2022 through October 11, 2027) for air transportation support services for national evacuation and disaster response across CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories, and a $1.135 million sole-source definitive contract from the National Nuclear Security Administration (August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2029) for air charter emergency services supporting Albuquerque Complex operations on a labor-hours basis.

Activity shows consolidation over the past five years: 18 awards in 2022, 14 in 2023, 15 in 2024, 7 in 2025, and 1 in 2026 to date. A single award valued at $1.6 billion reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing a recompete cliff exposure equivalent to the full annual volume of recent years. The source carries 1,197 total awards dating to 1990, with $15.42 billion combined potential value and $3.74 billion obligated (24% obligation rate), across 94 distinct customer agencies, reflecting a multi-decade federal customer base; recent activity dominates the portfolio.

SCI-reported invoiced revenue (service contracts above the $150,000 threshold) shows sustained growth: $1.2 million in FY2022, $78.8 million in FY2023, $355 million in FY2024, and $546.3 million in FY2025. Federal workforce scale on SCI-reportable prime contracts has grown from roughly 0.2 FTEs in FY2022 to 20.5 FTEs in FY2025, reflecting both increased contract volume and expanded team deployment. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable work span a median of $876.89 per hour, with specialist roles reaching $1,810.61 per hour at the 90th percentile and entry-level labor at $573.81 per hour. Across prime contracts, subcontractors account for an average of 36% of total hours, with 40 named subcontractors reported in the SCI dataset, indicating moderate reliance on subcontractor capacity for specialized or surge aviation support.

CSI Aviation operates exclusively as a prime contractor in its federal footprint with no sub-award activity in the source portfolio. The vendor's capability stack centers on nonscheduled chartered passenger air transportation (499 awards), travel arrangement and reservation services (205 awards), and ambulance services (29 awards), with secondary capacity in vehicle leasing and ground logistics. Federal scope spans domestic operations from Albuquerque, Killeen, Texas, West Palm Beach, Florida, and Mesa, Arizona, with international deployment to the Bahamas, Cuba (Guantanamo Bay Naval Station), and overseas locations as mission-driven.

CSI is the oldest air charter management company in the U.S., specializing in air charter transportation for passengers worldwide. Aircraft capabilities include turbo-props, executive jets, and airliners. 24 Hour Services.