Niklas Hemlin

Niklas Hemlin, doing business as Freefall Techniques LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business sole proprietorship based in Casa Grande, Arizona, provides professional 4-way formation skydiving instructor training to the Department of the Army as a prime contractor on purchase orders without set-aside designation.

Freefall Techniques operates a narrow, specialized capability portfolio focused entirely on competitive and military skydiving instruction. The vendor has secured four purchase orders from the Army since 2021, totaling $290 thousand in combined potential value. Recent awards include a $153,960 firm fixed-price purchase order from the Office of the Secretary of Defense (April 2026) for 75 days of professional 4-way parachute instructor training delivered across three locations — Raeford, North Carolina; Eloy, Arizona; and Laurinburg, North Carolina, with completion targeted for April 2028; a $61,500 purchase order (April 2025) for professional formation skydiving instruction in support of the U.S. Army Parachute Team's 4-way competition team, performed at Fort Liberty, North Carolina; and a $33,984 purchase order (March 2024) for 4-way instructor camps. All four awards derive from a single customer — the Department of the Army Headquarters Office of the Secretary — representing 100% of recent award volume and potential value.

Activity has remained sparse and episodic, with one award placed in each of 2021, 2024, 2025, and 2026. The vendor carries no subcontract footprint, competes exclusively as a prime, and operates entirely outside federal contract vehicles (GWACs, IDIQs, or BPAs). One award (the April 2026 purchase order, $154 thousand potential value) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and faces recompete. Obligated dollars across all awards total $213 thousand (73% of combined potential value).