Heli-1 Corp

Heli-1 Corp Heli-1 Corporation Division, a self-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in Reno, Nevada, operates as an exclusive-use and on-call helicopter aviation services provider for federal agencies, competing 100 percent as a prime contractor across full-and-open and Total Small Business set-aside procurements. The vendor specializes in fire suppression, aerial ignition, initial attack, cargo operations, prescribed burn support, search and rescue, law enforcement surveillance, and administrative aviation missions using a diverse fleet of Type 1, 2, and 3 helicopters across the continental United States, Canada, and Mexico. Heli-1 Corp self-performs all contracted work with no subcontractor engagement on its federal services portfolio.

Customer concentration is extreme and highly concentrated in wildfire and natural resource management. The National Interagency Fire Center (Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management) dominates, accounting for 71 awards and $220.9 million of combined potential value—representing 66 percent of Heli-1 Corp's total award portfolio by count and 66 percent by potential value. The Department of the Interior Interior Business Center (on-call Type III helicopter services) places 5 orders valued at $56 million (17 percent of potential value). The Bureau of Indian Affairs Western Region (7 awards, $22.7 million), Bureau of Indian Affairs Rocky Mountain Region (6 awards, $3.2 million), and Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region (5 awards, $4.5 million) round out the top five, together representing 85 percent of awards and 96 percent of combined potential value. This concentration reflects the vendor's positioning as a specialized fire-season and wildland-resource aviation operator; there is minimal diversity beyond Interior and Agriculture natural-resource bureaus.

Heli-1 Corp holds positions on multiple large parent indefinite delivery vehicles anchoring its federal footprint. The vendor is awardee on the Type 1 Helicopter Support Services 2025-2034 IDIQ (National Interagency Fire Center, $50 million ceiling through 2034, multiple award, with 14 task orders and $17.6 million combined potential value in recent activity). The Helicopter Support Services - Type 2 IDIQ (National Interagency Fire Center, $50 million ceiling through 2033, multiple award, 8 task orders, $29.1 million combined value) supports exclusive-use operations in Missoula, Montana ($12.6 million), Ketchum, Idaho ($4.138 million), Quincy, California ($5.66 million), and Springville/Porterville, California ($6.19 million). The Type 3 Helicopter Support Services 2023-2032 IDIQ (National Interagency Fire Center, $10 million ceiling, multiple award, 8 task orders, $2 million combined value) addresses smaller rotary-aircraft requirements. Heli-1 Corp also holds single-award exclusive-use contracts with the Bureau of Indian Affairs for Type III helicopter services at Crow Agency, Montana ($6.5 million ceiling through May 2027, Total Small Business set-aside) and with the Department of Interior for Double Eagle, New Mexico ($13 million ceiling through April 2030, Total Small Business set-aside) and Apple Valley, California ($13 million ceiling through April 2030, Total Small Business set-aside). The On-Call Type III Helicopter Flight Services IDIQ (Department of Interior Interior Business Center, $49.5 million ceiling through April 2027, multiple award, Total Small Business set-aside) and an indefinite-delivery contract under the National Interagency Fire Center ($15.75 million ceiling through December 2024) round out the vehicle stack. Heli-1 Corp reports approximately $160 million in aggregate indefinite-delivery-vehicle ceiling value across Department of Interior bureaus and Department of Agriculture Forest Service through the early-to-mid 2030s.

Activity has been consistent across the past five years—19 awards in 2022, 18 in 2023, 18 in 2024, 13 in 2025, and 21 in 2026—reflecting steady ordering from a stable set of fire-season customers. However, only 7 awards (combined potential value $2.8 million) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited recompete exposure in the near term; most delivery orders extend through 2027–2029. SCI-reportable service contract activity shows growth: FY2022 invoiced $2.2 million across 3.5 FTEs; FY2023 invoiced $2.5 million across 3.7 FTEs; FY2024 invoiced $7.9 million across 8.6 FTEs; and FY2025 invoiced $15.5 million across 14.7 FTEs. Government-paid hourly rates across SCI-reportable prime contracts run a median of $308.51 per hour, with the 10th percentile at $237.46 per hour and the 90th percentile at $651.35 per hour, reflecting a mix of pilot, crew, and maintenance labor. Heli-1 Corp self-performed 100 percent of SCI-reportable hours across all fiscal years with zero sub-engagement, consistent with the vendor's exclusive-use, contractor-operated aircraft delivery model. Representative recent task orders include a $8.755 million exclusive-use Type 1 delivery order for Grants Pass, Oregon (May 2025, Total Small Business set-aside, extending through December 2029) and a $6.385 million exclusive-use Type 1 delivery order for Altoona, Florida (March 2025, Total Small Business set-aside, extending through December 2029), both issued by the National Interagency Fire Center.

Helicopter air transportation