Educational Services, Inc.

Educational Services, Inc., doing business as Aerie Backcountry Medicine, is a Missoula, Montana-based for-profit S-corporation that delivers wilderness medicine instruction, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) training, and paramedic services to the U.S. Forest Service and allied federal agencies as a prime contractor across 100 awards worth $4 million in combined potential value. The vendor competes exclusively under Total Small Business set-asides on its Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) and Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements (I-BPAs) issued through the Forest Service's Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, though most individual delivery orders against those vehicles carry no set-aside designation, indicating Aerie has secured competitive standing in full-and-open task order competition.

Aerie's customer concentration reflects singular reliance on the Forest Service ecosystem. The top five funding sources account for 90% of awards and 95% of combined potential value, anchored by the National Interagency Fire Center (16 awards, $1.9 million), the Forest Service's Northern Region (32 awards, $1 million), and the Intermountain Region (23 awards, $489 thousand). Minor presence extends to the Pacific Northwest Region (13 awards, $203 thousand) and unspecified Forest Service organizational units (6 awards, $150 thousand). A lone Air Mobility Command purchase order for wilderness first responder training ($12.8 thousand, February 2024) and an Idaho Region paramedic fireline purchase order series (June 2025, $108 thousand aggregate) represent the only non-USDA work in the visible portfolio.

Aerie holds multiple Total Small Business set-aside IDC vehicles through the VIPR system: a $250,000 National Interagency Fire Center contract for emergency medical responder services (Region 13, awarded February 2026, runs to June 2029); a $500,000 ALS/BLS ambulance services contract (Region 13, February 2026, runs to June 2028); and at least three Forest Service I-BPA vehicles at $250,000 ceiling each (awarded June 2023, June 2024, and June 27, 2023, with completion dates extending to June 2029). The top IDC by task-order volume is contract 12024B24T7089 with 51 delivery orders worth $870 thousand combined value. Task orders under these vehicles range from $2,226 to $68,599 and span multiple Forest Service regions—Northern, Intermountain, Pacific Northwest, and unspecified units—as well as the National Interagency Fire Center. Scope includes wilderness first responder instruction, EMT certification, on-site paramedic support, advanced and basic life support ambulance services, and medical direction oversight (a five-year, $292 thousand purchase order awarded September 2025 to provide EMS medical direction for Region 1 personnel across Montana, Idaho, North Dakota, and South Dakota).

Activity trajectory shows accelerating volume: four awards in 2022, eleven in 2023, thirty-two in 2024, twenty-nine in 2025, and five awards through early July 2026. The vendor has been registered since at least 2003. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $1.8 million (46% of combined potential value), signaling that roughly half of the $4 million ceiling capacity remains unexercised. The portfolio concentrates on natural resources and conservation forestry services (PSC code, 94 awards) with secondary presence in education and training services (4 awards across miscellaneous schools and vocational categories). Aerie performs work nationwide across CONUS and operates primarily in western states—Montana, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington—with performance locations spanning rural and remote areas where incident response and wildfire suppression demand mobile medical capabilities.

Educational Services Inc is a Small Business located in Missoula, MT . Educational Services Inc delivers consistent and quality services to its customers with the highest level of integrity and great attention to people, products, and service. They are passionate about their business and go to extraordinary lengths to satisfy their customers. Educational Services Inc's vision is to create and strengthen relationships with their customers by providing exceptional service and consistently demonstrating their quality services. Educational Services Inc and its employees take great pride in their work and in delighting their customers.