Magic Valley Heli-Arc & Mfg., Inc.

Magic Valley Heli-Arc & Mfg., Inc., doing business as Aqua-Life Products, manufactures specialized fish pumps and aquaculture transfer equipment for the Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service as a small-business prime contractor, competing across mixed set-aside and full-and-open purchase orders. The company is a for-profit manufacturer based in Twin Falls, Idaho, with a niche footprint anchored entirely in federal contract work for fishery hatchery operations and fish transport systems spanning four decades of federal procurement history.

Fish and Wildlife Service regional offices dominate the customer base. The top five customers account for 71% of combined potential value: Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 leads with 20 awards worth $476 thousand, followed by Region 3 ($317 thousand across 8 awards), Region 6 ($315 thousand across 6 awards), Region 5 ($136 thousand across 4 awards), and the Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters organization ($133 thousand across 8 awards). Award volume concentrates on small-business set-asides (total small business designations on roughly half the recent portfolio) and full-and-open purchase orders; the source reflects no 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or WOSB certifications. The vendor's 82 total awards span NAICS 333914 (Pump and Pumping Equipment Manufacturing) and PSC 2060 (Commercial Fishing Equipment), with secondary categories including Measuring, Dispensing, and Other Pumping Equipment Manufacturing and Miscellaneous Special Industry Machinery.

Recent named work exemplifies the capability set: a $77,419 sole-source May 2026 delivery order from Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 for a HeliArc Fishpump supporting the Lower Snake River Compensation Plan at Irrigon, Oregon, justified on the basis that the Aqua-Life design minimizes handling stress and scale loss while competing pumps risk injury and incompatibility; an $80,847 May 2024 small-business purchase order from Fish and Wildlife Service for a cart-mounted electric pumping system with wireless remote controls and integrated generator at Saratoga National Fish Hatchery in Wyoming; and a $74,091 April 2026 small-business award for a mobile Model BP60G-P1 fish pump unit destined for Ennis National Fish Hatchery in Montana. Awards across the recent footprint range from $22,602 to $80,847.

Activity has remained modest and flat over the past five years (three to five awards per year in 2020–2026), with only two awards (combined potential value $97 thousand) reaching ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of awards); no subcontract footprint appears in the source. Combined obligated dollars ($2.2 million) exceed combined potential value ($1.9 million), indicating invoiced work somewhat exceeding original contract ceilings. The vendor maintains a single IDV vehicle reference (an indefinite delivery contract), reflecting reliance on spot purchase orders rather than standing blanket agreements or multi-year vehicles. Aqua-Life Products has maintained continuous Fish and Wildlife Service supplier status since SAM registration in 2004 and occupies a specialized, low-volume niche supplying technical fish transport and hatchery equipment to federal fish management operations nationwide.

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