Eagle Helicopters Inc.

Eagle Helicopters Inc. is a for-profit organization based in Spokane, Washington that provides specialized aviation services to support federal wildland fire management operations across the western United States. The company primarily furnishes helicopter services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and its National Interagency Fire Center for aerial firefighting, cargo and personnel transport, aerial reconnaissance, and helicopter bucket operations. Eagle Helicopters has been registered to receive federal contract awards since February 2004 and holds multiple indefinite delivery vehicles (IDVs) with the Forest Service to rapidly provide rotorcraft capabilities on an as-needed basis.

Through its federal contract awards, Eagle Helicopters provides a range of aerial services focused on wildfire suppression and emergency response. The company supplies Type III helicopters and qualified personnel to perform tasks such as aerial firefighting, cargo transport, personnel movement, reconnaissance flights, wildlife surveys, prescribed burn operations, and post-burn monitoring. These services are primarily delivered to the U.S. Forest Service's Fire and Aviation Management division and National Interagency Fire Center to support wildland fire management across Regions 1, 3, and 5. Contract awards to Eagle Helicopters are typically structured as firm-fixed price delivery orders ranging from approximately $4,000 to over $170,000 for fixed periods between 15 days and 16 months. The majority of awards do not carry set-aside designations, though the company does hold one IDV awarded as a small business set-aside.

Eagle Helicopters holds two significant federal contract IDVs with the National Interagency Fire Center. The first is a multiple-award Basic Ordering Agreement with a $5 million ceiling awarded in August 2020 to provide Type III helicopters for Regions 1, 3 and 5. This unrestricted IDV allows the Forest Service to rapidly acquire Eagle Helicopters' specialized aviation services for wildland fire suppression, prevention, and emergency response efforts on an as-needed basis through August 2024. The second is a $2 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract awarded in July 2020 as a small business set-aside specifically for Type III helicopter services in Region 1, focused on supporting the Idaho Panhandle National Forest through November 2024. Under these IDVs, Eagle Helicopters has received numerous delivery orders from the Forest Service for aerial firefighting, transportation, reconnaissance, and other specialized rotorcraft services to augment federal wildfire management capabilities across western states.

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