Lohman Helicopter, Llc.

Lohman Helicopter LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Hayden, Idaho, provides Type 1, 2, and 3 helicopter fire suppression, aerial support, and ground-based infrastructure services to federal land management agencies as a prime contractor across 100% of recent awards, competing predominantly on full-and-open basis with no recurring set-aside posture despite its small-business designation.

The vendor's footprint concentrates heavily on wildland firefighting and natural resource management. Lohman Helicopter operates Type 3 helicopters for aerial fire suppression, monitoring, attack, and equipment transport missions, alongside ground-based road maintenance, grading, snow removal, and wildlife security work across western public lands and Alaska. Representative work includes fifteen delivery orders totaling $4.5 million potential value against the Type 3 Helicopter Support Services 2023-2032 IDIQ from the National Interagency Fire Center; a $3.24 million May 2024 delivery order with NIFC for HSS MATOC Type 3 helicopter services in Redding, California running through December 31, 2028; a $691,933 April 2025 delivery order with Bureau of Land Management's Billings, Montana operations for Type III helicopter services through September 2025 under a Total Small Business set-aside; and a $50 million Blanket Purchase Agreement with the U.S. Forest Service (Regions 1-4) for forest engineering and road maintenance services spanning January 2024 through September 2033.

Customer concentration sits with civilian land management agencies. The top five customer organizations account for 76% of award count and 98% of combined potential value. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service's National Interagency Fire Center leads with 27 awards ($98.7 million combined potential value), followed by Forest Service Region 1-Northern Region with 11 awards ($54.3 million combined potential value). The Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center, Bureau of Land Management's Idaho Region, and BLM's Alaska Region round out the high-value set, with Interior Business Center anchoring an $11 million single-award BPA (awarded May 2025) for on-call Type III helicopter flight services supporting Animal Capture, Eradication, and Tagging (ACETA) and Wild Horse and Burro programs across the Lower 48 States through April 2030.

Lohman Helicopter holds six active parent vehicles spanning helicopter fire suppression, ground infrastructure, and resource management. Beyond the Type 3 IDIQ and Forest Service Region 1-4 FERM BPA, the vendor operates an $11 million Interior Business Center BPA for ACETA/WH&B operations (May 2025–April 2030); a $6.3 million Bureau of Land Management Billings Type III helicopter IDC (April 2025–April 2030, single-award Total Small Business set-aside); a $50 million National Interagency Fire Center Type 2 helicopter MATOC (January 2024–December 2033, multiple-award, no set-aside); and a $2 million Forest Service Region 1 IDC for road grading, snow removal, and wildlife security (June 2023–April 2028, single-award Total Small Business set-aside).

Activity has remained steady with three to fourteen awards per year since 2022, most recent being a $115,799 May 2026 delivery order with NIFC under the Type 3 Helicopter Support Services 2023-2032 IDIQ running through December 31, 2027. Only sixteen awards (combined potential value $1.4 million) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, reducing near-term recompete pressure. The vendor competes exclusively as a prime contractor, with no subcontract footprint in the source data. Work is performed at multiple locations including Lewiston and Redding for firefighting operations, Billings, Montana and Arctic District Office, Alaska for BLM support, and across Regions 1-4 national forests for road maintenance and forest engineering work. Primary NAICS codes span 481211 (Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation), 481212 (Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation), and 238910 (Site Preparation and Landscape Services), with PSC concentration in natural resources conservation, forest-range fire suppression, and aerial support activities.

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