Lohman Helicopter, Llc.

Lohman Helicopter LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Hayden, Idaho, operates exclusively as a prime contractor providing Type 1, 2, and 3 helicopter support services and ground-based infrastructure work to federal land management agencies. The vendor competes on a full-and-open basis with no set-aside designation applied to most task orders, though it has received Total Small Business set-asides on selected Forest Service regional deliveries and a Department of Interior ACETA/Wild Horse and Burro contract.

Lohman's capability portfolio centers on wildland firefighting, aerial fire suppression, aerial support, and natural resource management services. Representative work includes a $3.24 million delivery order from the National Interagency Fire Center for Type 3 helicopter fire suppression and aerial support services (HSS MATOC Redding, completion December 31, 2028); a $2.09 million purchase order from Air Mobility Command for Navy ICEX Arctic Exercise helicopter mobility and demobilization support at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska (completion March 25, 2026); and a $691,933 delivery order from the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region for Type III helicopter services supporting the Billings, Montana operations under a Total Small Business set-aside (completion September 30, 2025). The vendor also performs ground-based work: a $139,500 Forest Service Region 1 contract for road maintenance on the Bonners Ferry Ranger District under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act program (completion July 31, 2026), and a $27,000 definitive contract for spider-excavator heavy maintenance on the Fordyce Jeep Trail in the Tahoe National Forest (completion November 1, 2024).

Customer concentration is acute and stable. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center drives 46% of all awards (34 awards, $99.6 million combined potential value), while the Department of Agriculture Forest Service R1-Northern Region contributes 15% (11 awards, $54.3 million). Together these two Forest Service entities account for 78% of recent awards and 97% of combined potential value. The Department of the Interior Interior Business Center, Bureau of Land Management (Idaho, Alaska, Nevada regions), and Fish and Wildlife Service account for the remainder. The vendor serves 13 distinct customer agencies total, but USDA Forest Service exposure dominates both volume and dollars.

Lohman holds a portfolio of eight active parent vehicles totaling roughly $177 million in combined ceiling value. The Type 3 Helicopter Support Services 2023–2032 IDIQ (National Interagency Fire Center, multiple award, $50 million ceiling) is the largest vehicle by design and anchors the portfolio with 22 task orders totaling $5.4 million combined potential value. A $50 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with Forest Service Regions 1–4 for forest engineering and road maintenance (awarded January 30, 2024, completion September 30, 2033) and a $11 million single-award BPA with the Department of Interior Interior Business Center for on-call Type III helicopter flight services supporting animal capture, eradication, and tagging programs (awarded May 1, 2025, completion April 30, 2030) round out the high-value vehicles. Additional parent vehicles include a $6.3 million single-award IDC with BLM Idaho Region for Type III helicopter services in the Billings area (awarded April 8, 2025, completion April 30, 2030) and a $5.6 million single-award IDC with BLM Alaska Region for exclusive-use Type III non-fire helicopter services in the Arctic District (awarded April 1, 2024, completion January 15, 2025, now expired).

Activity has grown substantially. The vendor received three awards in 2022, 13 in 2023, 14 in 2024, five in 2025, and 13 in 2026 year-to-date. Combined potential value across 74 recent awards is $182 million, with $15.8 million obligated (9% realization). However, only 17 awards (combined potential value $1.5 million) face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four-month recompete window, suggesting most of Lohman's active delivery orders and IDC vehicles extend into 2027 or later. Place of performance spans the western United States and Alaska, with primary helicopter operations concentrated at Lewiston, Idaho and Redding, California for firefighting missions, and dispersed regional support across BLM, Forest Service, and Interior facilities.

Lohman operates as a 100% prime contractor with no subcontract activity in the source data. The vendor's NAICS footprint emphasizes nonscheduled chartered passenger air transportation (29 awards), support activities for forestry (14 awards), and nonscheduled chartered freight air transportation (11 awards). PSC coding aligns with natural resources and conservation—forest-range fire suppression and presuppression (34 awards) is the dominant category. Obligated dollars are modest relative to ceiling values, reflecting the task-order structure of parent vehicles and the seasonal, incident-driven nature of wildland firefighting work; the vendor invoices against task orders as fire seasons dictate rather than on a steady recurring basis.

Aerial Forestry Spraying, Seeding, Fire Fighting.

Animal & Powerline Survey, HEC, Heavy Lift

Aerial Ag Spraying.

Aerial External Load-Utility

Sock Line Pulling

Fire Fighting

Hurricane Disaster Relief

Civil and Earth Moving Equipment

Charter on Demand

Excavation Equipment