Mountain Air Helicopters Inc.

Mountain Air Helicopters Inc. is a minority-owned, small disadvantaged, and veteran-owned business headquartered in Los Lunas, New Mexico, with additional operations in Mescalero, New Mexico. The company specializes in providing Type III helicopter services to federal land management and emergency response agencies throughout the Western United States, with a core focus on supporting wildland fire management, aerial reconnaissance, search and rescue operations, cargo transport, and surveillance activities. Mountain Air Helicopters has established itself as a versatile aviation support provider across multiple federal agencies, leveraging its expertise in specialized rotary-wing aviation services to meet critical federal land management and emergency response requirements.

Mountain Air Helicopters has received extensive prime federal contract awards totaling millions of dollars through delivery orders issued under various indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity master contracts. The company has provided Type III helicopter flight services to the National Interagency Fire Center, U.S. Forest Service, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service across multiple regions and locations including Los Lunas, Sandia Park, Los Alamos, Mescalero, Double Eagle, and various areas throughout the Western United States. Delivery order awards have been structured as firm fixed-price contracts ranging from approximately $2,700 to $798,900, supporting fire suppression missions, prescribed burns, aerial reconnaissance, cargo transport, search and rescue operations, and resource management activities. The company has fulfilled contracts with no set-aside designations on a competitive basis, as well as delivery orders under total small business set-asides, demonstrating its competitive capability across diverse federal procurement vehicles. Additionally, Mountain Air Helicopters has served as a subcontractor to Peraton Inc., providing flight hours in support of federal operations. The contract awards span from 2021 through December 2025, with ultimate completion dates extending through December 31, 2029, reflecting the company's sustained role as a critical aviation service provider for federal agencies.

Mountain Air Helicopters Inc. holds two major indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts. The first is a $30 million Type 3 Helicopter Support Services multiple-award contract awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center on April 12, 2023, with performance extending through December 31, 2032. This contract establishes a vehicle for procuring specialized helicopter services for wildland fire management and resource protection operations across the Western United States, with no small business set-aside applied. As of October 2025, over twenty delivery orders totaling more than $3.3 million have been exercised against this contract, with task orders issued for fire suppression, aerial reconnaissance, search and rescue, cargo transport, prescribed burn support, and surveillance operations. The second is a $49.5 million On-Call Type III Helicopter Flight Services multiple-award contract awarded by the Department of the Interior on May 1, 2022, under a total small business set-aside, extending through April 30, 2027. This master contract provides a vehicle for fully contractor-operated and maintained Type III helicopter services across the continental United States, supporting wildland fire operations, search and rescue missions, prescribed burns, law enforcement surveillance, and resource activities. To date, three delivery orders have been issued under this Department of the Interior contract, including awards to the U.S. Forest Service's Idaho Region, Bureau of Land Management for wild horse surveys in New Mexico and Arizona operations, with values ranging from $0.00 to $392,266.90 and performance periods extending through November 2025 and January 2024 respectively.

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