Macy's Flying Service, Inc.

Macy's Flying Service, Inc., a woman-owned small disadvantaged business based in Newell, California, provides aerial herbicide and pesticide application services for invasive vegetation and pest management at federal wildlife refuges and protected lands as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides and full-and-open awards. The vendor operates 100% as a prime, with no subcontract footprint in the source data. Macy's Flying Service has maintained SAM.gov registration since 2003 and competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-aside designations, though recent work also includes sole-source and full-and-open awards from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service.

Macy's Flying Service's customer base concentrates heavily within the Department of the Interior. The top five customer organizations account for 77% of combined potential value across recent awards, dominated by DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 (7 awards, $175 thousand combined potential value) and DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 (3 awards, $146 thousand combined potential value), with secondary presence in DOI Fish and Wildlife Service unspecified region (5 awards, $111 thousand), the Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine (2 awards, $110 thousand), and DOI Bureau of Land Management California Region (1 award, $80 thousand). The vendor holds a seat on a Blanket Purchase Agreement (IND80ARA1530) with four task orders. Capability work centers on aerial application of herbicides for invasive grass and weed suppression—recent representative awards include a $89 thousand Total Small Business purchase order from DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 (September 2026) for invasive grass treatment covering approximately 1,578 acres at Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge through December 2028, a $13 thousand Total Small Business award from Region 8 (March 2026) for cattail suppression and wetland habitat restoration at Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge through October 2026, and a $53 thousand sole-source award from DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 (May 2024) for urgent grasshopper treatment at Tule Lake, now fully invoiced and deobligated as of the source date. NAICS concentration reflects the vendor's specialization: Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating accounts for 9 awards, Support Activities for Forestry for 8 awards.

Activity has been modest and episodic—two awards in 2021, two in 2022, one in 2023, one in 2024, and two in 2026. Combined potential value across the recent portfolio stands at $808 thousand, with $766 thousand obligated (95% realization). Only one award faces completion inside the next twenty-four months, carrying $14 thousand in potential value and minimal recompete exposure.

Aerial seeding and application of farm chemicals