AVI M Farber

AVI Farber Tactical Photography is a sole proprietorship registered as a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business that provides photography and videography services, particularly in the area of wildland fire operations. Based on its name and the types of contracts held, the company appears to specialize in capturing visual media documenting fire incidents and prescribed burns for government agencies involved in fire management activities.

Over the past few years, AVI Farber Tactical Photography has been awarded several prime contracts from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service for fire photography and videography services. These firm-fixed-price calls made against existing blanket purchase agreements ranged from around $14,000 to $15,000 in value. The contracted work involved producing photo and video series to document specific wildfire events like the North Complex Fire for purposes such as situational awareness and after-action reviews. None of these contracts were set aside for small businesses.

In April 2022, the BLM Idaho Region awarded AVI Farber Tactical Photography a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement potentially worth up to $250,000 over a three-year period of performance expiring in March 2025. This BPA, which was not set aside for small businesses, enables the BLM to issue orders as needed to obtain fire photography and videography services from AVI Farber to support its wildland fire operations across Idaho. The vendor will likely capture imagery and footage of prescribed burns and wildfires to aid in situational monitoring, training, and other fire management needs. By establishing this IDV instead of conducting new solicitations for each incident, the BLM streamlines the acquisition process for securing time-sensitive visual documentation of unpredictable fire events.