North River Air, LLC

North River Air, LLC, a small business based in Fairbanks, Alaska, provides fixed-wing on-call aircraft services to federal agencies operating across Alaska as a prime contractor on a Department of the Interior $18.6 million total small business set-aside Indefinite Delivery Contract (effective April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2031) and holds a predecessor $20 million IDC through March 31, 2026. The vendor competes under total small business set-aside designation across its prime footprint and operates under NAICS 481211 (nonscheduled chartered passenger air transportation) with FAA certifications under 14 CFR Parts 121 or 135.

North River Air's capability portfolio centers on on-call fixed-wing aerial transportation and survey support for wildlife census operations, interior Alaska sheep surveys, sea otter monitoring, resource management, and fire support across Alaska's remote regions. Representative work includes a $40,500 delivery order from the National Park Service Alaska Region (awarded May 13, 2026) for fixed-wing flight services supporting interior Alaska sheep surveys under the predecessor IDC; a $70,834 task order (awarded June 15, 2024) for on-call flight services supporting multiple Interior agencies; and a $59,467 fixed-price delivery order (awarded June 1, 2025) for the Interior Alaska Sheep Survey 2 with performance in Fairbanks. Since 2015, the vendor has accumulated approximately $530,000 in prior task orders across the National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to Department of the Interior regional offices in Alaska. The top five funding entities (by award count) account for 85% of awards, led by the National Park Service Alaska Region (20 awards, $526 thousand combined potential value) and the USGS Alaska Science Center (12 awards, $203 thousand combined potential value), followed by Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7, USGS Office of Acquisitions and Grants, and NRCS Western Region. By potential value, the concentration inverts: the Interior Business Center anchors three IDC awards representing $58.6 million combined potential value, while task order work distributed across regional and field offices totals approximately $1.6 million. The vendor operates 100% as a prime contractor with no subcontract exposure.

North River Air places task orders under the Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center IDC (19 task orders under the earlier 140D8121D0039 vehicle and 9 under 140D0426D0024), a DOI Fixed Wing Flight Services Alaska/Hawaii 2017–2018 vehicle (17 task orders), and a Blanket Purchase Agreement (3 task orders). Activity has grown in recent years, rising from 2 awards in 2022 to 11 in 2026 year-to-date. Nine awards totaling $223 thousand in combined potential value reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, representing modest recompete exposure relative to the $18.6 million IDC ceiling effective through 2031. The vendor's footprint is exclusively Alaska-based, with place of performance across Fairbanks, Anchorage, Kotzebue, Port Alsworth, Prudhoe Bay, King Salmon, and other remote Alaska locations.

Nonscheduled Chartered Air Transportation