Maritime Helicopters, Inc.

Maritime Helicopters, Inc., a Homer, Alaska-based for-profit Subchapter S corporation, operates as a prime contractor providing rotary-wing air transportation and aerial support services to federal agencies across Alaska's remote terrain, competing predominantly on small-business set-asides and full-and-open vehicles with the Department of the Interior, U.S. Coast Guard, and National Interagency Fire Center. The vendor maintains a fleet of Bell 206L and Bell 407 helicopters and competes almost exclusively as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards), delivering personnel and light cargo transport, facility inspections, emergency wildfire support, geologic mapping, and search and rescue operations.

Maritime Helicopters' recent activity spans 488 federal awards over the past several years, with 22 awards issued in 2026 alone and most recent work dated August 27, 2026. Combined potential value across the full footprint reaches $174.8 million, though only $43.2 million has been obligated to date (25%). The vendor's customer base concentrates heavily within the Department of the Interior's regional offices. By award count, the top five customers account for 44% of all awards: the BLM Alaska Region (63 awards, $2.2 million), Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 (51 awards, $776 thousand), Interior Departmental Offices (42 awards), USGS Alaska Science Center (36 awards, $2.6 million), and NOAA (23 awards, $378 thousand). By potential value, the picture skews toward larger vehicles: Interior Departmental Offices' Interior Business Center leads at 22 awards worth $63.9 million combined, followed by the U.S. Coast Guard at 22 awards worth $52.8 million, the National Interagency Fire Center at 15 awards worth $7.7 million, Forest Service Region 10 at 16 awards worth $5.4 million, and Air Force Pacific Air Forces at 5 awards worth $5.4 million. The divergence signals that Interior Departmental Offices and Coast Guard anchor most of the dollar value through larger vehicles, while regional Interior offices generate higher award volume at smaller per-task-order values.

The vendor holds three primary vehicle positions. The $16.47 million Department of Interior on-call IDIQ (total small business set-aside, awarded March 1, 2022, through February 28, 2027) has generated 89 task orders totaling $4.3 million in combined potential value and serves as the foundation for work across multiple Interior bureaus including USGS, BLM, Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service. A prior DOI vehicle (2017–2021) yielded 70 task orders worth $1.9 million. The Coast Guard Blanket Purchase Agreement for helicopter transportation in western Alaska villages (June 16, 2025, through June 15, 2030, $250,000 to $350,000 ceiling depending on the specific BPA iteration) has generated 38 task orders worth $415 thousand combined potential value, with recent calls in August 2026 supporting round-trip transportation of USCG personnel to remote villages and facility inspections. A $6.5 million National Interagency Fire Center basic ordering agreement supports wildland firefighting and emergency response operations. Recent task orders under these vehicles include a $62,850 BLM delivery order for Ruby Mine operations near Fairbanks (August 19, 2026), a $220,000 Coast Guard BPA call for USCG personnel transportation and facility inspection in western Alaska (August 1, 2026), a $789,142 National Interagency Fire Center delivery order for the 100-Day Map for Anchorage project (June 2, 2025), and a $483,231 USGS delivery order for the research drilling program (May 23, 2024).

Activity has remained relatively flat over the past five years — 29 awards in 2022, declining to 22 in 2026 — with 13 awards (combined potential value $760 thousand) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore facing recompete exposure. The vendor operates almost exclusively as a prime contractor; SCI-reported invoiced revenue totaled approximately $1 million across FY2022–FY2025, with FY2025 showing $929 thousand across 0.1 FTEs. Government-paid rates on SCI-reportable service contracts ranged from a 10th percentile of $1,065.48 per hour to a median of $1,936.93 per hour and a 90th percentile of $3,107.43 per hour, reflecting specialist aviation labor. Sub-engagement on SCI-reportable prime contracts averaged 0%, indicating Maritime Helicopters builds and delivers its own flight operations rather than teaming with specialist subcontractors. The vendor's subcontractor footprint, while minimal in the prime awards, includes named subs to larger defense and research contractors: helicopter transport support to Battelle Memorial Institute on Arctic research activities and Buma/Huryn helicopter studies (2022–2024); helicopter support to ASRC Consulting & Environmental Services on National Petroleum Reserve Alaska legacy well remediation (2023); and remote site refueling and communications support to TDX International on the Alaska Range Combat Training Integrated Communications and Support contract (May 2025). The award portfolio centers on NAICS 488111 (Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation; 361 awards) and PSC H215 (Passenger Air Charter; 383 awards), with secondary activity in forest fire suppression and facilities support, reflecting the vendor's core capability as a specialized aviation services provider to federal land and resource management missions in Alaska's remote geography.