Mission Mountain Flying Services LLC

Mission Mountain Flying Services LLC, a woman-owned, economically disadvantaged small business based in Kalispell, Montana, provides light fixed-wing aviation services to federal wildland fire management and natural resources agencies as a prime contractor operating exclusively under total small business set-asides. Structured as a Subchapter S corporation limited liability partnership, the vendor delivers aerial reconnaissance, personnel and cargo transport, aerial supervision, fire retardant application, and aerial ignition capabilities to the Department of Agriculture and Department of the Interior across multiple geographic regions.

Mission Mountain's federal footprint centers on wildland fire suppression and forest health protection work. The vendor holds two primary IDVs: a $17 million multiple-award indefinite-delivery contract with the National Interagency Fire Center (awarded January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2033) for national light fixed-wing services under total small business set-aside, and a $9.982 million blanket purchase agreement with the Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center (awarded May 19, 2023, through December 31, 2027) for on-call fixed-wing aircraft rental. Recent representative delivery orders include a $1.23 million order (June 13, 2024, through December 31, 2028) for Region 1 Forest Health Protection services with performance in Missoula, Montana; a $983,801 order (June 13, 2024, through December 31, 2028) for Region 4 Forest Health Protection services performed in Boise City, Oklahoma; a $491,560 order (February 23, 2026, through December 31, 2029) under the NLFW MATOC-R02 FHP contract; and a $53,278 call (September 8, 2025) from USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service for Food Security Act compliance flights in Kalispell.

Customer concentration is high and highly specialized. The Department of Agriculture's Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center accounts for 39 awards and $31.1 million in combined potential value (57% of the portfolio by dollars), while the Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center holds 5 awards and $22.5 million (41% of dollars). Together these two agencies represent 98% of awards and 100% of combined potential value. The vendor also serves the NRCS Western Region and Fish and Wildlife Service in smaller-value compliance and reconnaissance roles.

Activity trajectory shows cyclical seasonal demand peaking in 2023 (16 awards) and 2024 (4 awards), with nine awards recorded in 2026. Combined potential value across all 49 awards stands at $54.2 million, though only $4.4 million (8% of potential) has been obligated to date — a pattern consistent with delivery-order issuance against standing IDVs and BPAs as wildfire seasons activate. The recompete cliff window (next twenty-four months) shows minimal exposure: only 2 awards with ultimate completion dates in that window carry combined potential value of $80 thousand, with the two primary vehicles running through 2027 and 2033 respectively. Mission Mountain operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of awards), with no subcontract footprint in the source data. The vendor's three highest-volume parent vehicles are a basic ordering agreement (23 task orders, $943 thousand combined potential value), an indefinite-delivery contract (10 task orders, $3 million combined potential value), and a blanket purchase agreement (3 task orders, $109 thousand combined potential value).

Aviation Contractor for the Forest Service, Back Country Flights, Scenic Flights, Fish and Game, Charter Flights, Commercial Flight Services