Intermountain Helicopter, Inc.

Intermountain Helicopter, Inc., doing business as Intermountain Helicopters, Inc., is a for-profit aviation services provider based in Sonora, California, that operates as a prime contractor delivering helicopter support services — including Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3 helicopters with certified pilots and support crews — for wildland firefighting, fire suppression, monitoring, law enforcement, and administrative missions to federal land management agencies on a full-and-open basis without set-aside designations.

The vendor has established a deep, stable relationship with the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), which accounts for 20 of 79 total prime awards and $105.2 million of the $161.4 million combined potential value across the vendor's federal portfolio — 65% of dollars. The second-largest customer is the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions, anchored by a single $50 million Blanket Purchase Agreement (the Land Management Integrated Resources, or LMIR, BPA) awarded April 30, 2026, for professional services including natural resources consulting and restoration work. The Department of the Interior Departmental Offices and the Department of the Interior National Park Service Pacific West Region together account for $424 thousand in combined potential value across five awards; the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission holds ten awards in the portfolio without disclosed dollar values. Across eleven distinct customer agencies, 57% of awards concentrate within the top five customers by count, while the top two customers by potential value represent 98% of combined dollars — a tight concentration driven by NIFC's $105.2 million and the LMIR BPA's $50 million ceiling.

Intermountain Helicopter places task orders under five parent vehicles. The most active is a Blanket Purchase Agreement (IND80ARA6072) carrying 12 task orders; the Helicopter Support Services - Type 2 IDC (National Interagency Fire Center, $50 million ceiling, running through December 31, 2033) anchors nine task orders valued at $7.4 million combined; and three additional BOAs and an IDC together account for 12 task orders. Recent representative work includes a $6.58 million delivery order (January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2028) for exclusive-use Type II helicopter support in Lewiston, California; a $270 thousand order (April 16, 2026) for helicopter support services; a $192 thousand BPA call (July 9, 2026, under Total Small Business set-aside) from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 for native seed application operations at Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon through March 1, 2027; and routine small-value firefighting support orders ranging from $4.8 thousand to $13 thousand. The vendor's NAICS distribution reflects its core business: 40 awards under Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation and 16 under Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation, with 32 awards under Natural Resources/Conservation (Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression PSC code).

Activity has grown modestly — one award in 2018, two in 2020, three in 2023, five in 2024, and seven in 2026 — with only one award reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months ($192 thousand), indicating stable contract positions and low near-term recompete exposure. The vendor obligated $32.6 million (20% of combined potential value), reflecting task-order execution against large indefinite vehicles rather than full ceiling utilization. Intermountain Helicopter operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of awards); the source carries no subcontract activity. The vendor has been registered as a federal contractor since January 7, 2004, and has held positions across Forest Service and NIFC contracts dating back to at least the early 1990s.

InterMountain Helicopter Inc is a Small Business located in Sonora, CA. InterMountain Helicopter Inc delivers consistent and quality charter air 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. InterMountain Helicopter Inc 's vision is to create and strengthen relationships with their customers by providing exceptional service and consistently demonstrating their quality charter air services. InterMountain Helicopter Inc and its employees take great pride in their work and in delighting their customers.