Henderson Aviation Co

Henderson Aviation Co is a for-profit corporate entity that provides helicopter services to the federal government through contract awards. Based in Oregon, the company specializes in providing fully operated and maintained rotary wing aircraft to support missions such as wildland firefighting, search and rescue, law enforcement surveillance, and administrative transportation.

Through recent prime contract awards, Henderson Aviation Co has provided Type III helicopter services on an on-call basis to the U.S. Forest Service and Department of the Interior across multiple states in the Pacific Northwest region. These contracts have been set aside for small businesses and allow the agencies to issue task orders for qualified contractor-operated helicopters in support of wildfire suppression, prescribed burns, natural resource management, and emergency response activities. Henderson Aviation Co has held firm-fixed-price contracts valued up to $49 million to facilitate these types of flight services over multi-year periods of performance. The company has also received direct contract awards worth several million dollars from the U.S. Forest Service to provide similar call-when-needed helicopter support specifically across Oregon and Washington.

Henderson Aviation Co currently holds two active federal indefinite delivery vehicle (IDV) contracts for helicopter services. Under the $49.5 million On-Call Type III Helicopter Flight Services 2022-2027 multiple award IDV awarded by the Department of the Interior, Henderson Aviation Co can receive task orders through April 2027 to provide qualified aircraft and personnel for a range of missions including wildfire operations, search and rescue, law enforcement assistance, and administrative flights across the continental United States. The company is also performing on a $3.5 million single award IDV awarded by the U.S. Forest Service in 2021 to provide Type III light helicopter services specifically focused on wildland fire and resource management needs in Oregon and Washington through January 2024. These IDVs establish the pricing and terms by which Henderson Aviation Co can be issued task orders by federal agencies to fulfill their rotary wing mission requirements.