Educational Services, Inc.

Educational Services, Inc., doing business as Aerie Backcountry Medicine, is a small-business-set-aside competitor that delivers wilderness medicine instruction, Emergency Medical Technician training, paramedic services, and ambulance support to the U.S. Forest Service and allied federal agencies as a prime contractor on 138 recent federal awards valued at $5.9 million combined. The vendor competes exclusively under Total Small Business set-asides across Forest Service Indefinite Delivery Contracts and Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements issued through the Virtual Incident Procurement system.

Educational Services, Inc. is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation based in Missoula, Montana. The vendor holds no SBA 8(a) certification, HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, or minority-ownership designation visible in the source data. Core capabilities center on wilderness first responder instruction, EMT certification courses, advanced and basic life support ambulance services, and on-site paramedic support for wildland firefighting operations and all-hazard incident response in remote western terrain. Representative work includes a $40,414 delivery order from Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region) for wilderness medicine instruction in Hamilton, Montana (August 28, 2026); a $114,492 Region 1 delivery order for medical support unit services in Dillon, Montana (August 8, 2026); and a $292,002 purchase order for medical direction services across a four-state region (Montana, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota) through August 31, 2027, with a medical director holding active state licenses, emergency medicine board certification, and DEA licensure.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed to Forest Service regional commands. The top five funding agencies account for 86 percent of awards by count, led by Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region) with 46 awards and $1.5 million combined potential value, followed by Region 4 (Intermountain Region) with 33 awards and $698 thousand. However, the dollars concentration diverges: the National Interagency Fire Center (Fire and Aviation Management) anchors 17 awards but carries $2.7 million combined potential value—the largest single customer by dollars despite smaller award count. Region 9 (Eastern Region) contributes 1 award worth $302 thousand. The vendor also holds a $12,831 contract from the Department of the Air Force Air Mobility Command for wilderness first responder training (February 29, 2024).

The vendor holds multiple IDV positions as a prime. Five named parent vehicles generated 66, 14, 13, 7, and 7 task orders respectively under Indefinite Delivery Contracts 12024B24T7089, 12034320T7237, 12024B26T7292, 12024B23T7057, and 12024B23T7104. The source also names six Forest Service VIPR I-BPA awards, all structured as Total Small Business set-asides with individual ceiling values of $250,000 to $750,000 and performance periods extending through 2028–2029. Recent IDV awards include a $750,000 ceiling awarded February 6, 2026, for advanced life support and basic life support ambulance services for Region 13 (National Interagency Fire Center) through June 12, 2028; a $500,000 ceiling awarded February 6, 2026, for emergency medical responder services Region 13 (National) through June 3, 2029; and a $250,000 ceiling awarded July 16, 2026, for Rapid Extraction Module Support (REMS) through July 16, 2029.

Award activity has grown sharply. Four awards in 2022, eleven in 2023, thirty-two in 2024, twenty-nine in 2025, and forty-three year-to-date in 2026 reflect accelerating task order volume from Forest Service regions, particularly during peak wildland fire season (June through September). The vendor has obligated $3 million against $5.9 million combined potential value (52 percent realization), indicating active consumption of IDV ceilings. Work is performed nationwide across CONUS, with performance locations concentrated in Montana, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington—the geographic core of western wildfire suppression and National Interagency Fire Center operations. The vendor operates from Missoula, Montana, and coordinates medical direction services from Helena, Montana.

The vendor carries no subcontract footprint in the source data and operates entirely as a prime contractor. Category concentration shows 121 of 138 awards falling under Ambulance Services NAICS; 129 of 138 under the Natural Resources/Conservation PSC for Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression. The vendor's entire business model is built on Forest Service and interagency fire-response demand, with no visible diversification into other customer agencies, mission areas, or capability sets beyond emergency medical services for incident response.

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.