PAK West Airlines, Inc.
Oakdale, CA Doing business as Sierra West Airlines
- UEI
- EBDKHW5E6K48
- CAGE
- 3GP62
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 1435 E G St #1, Oakdale, CA 95361, USA
- Website
- sierrawestairlines.com
- Founded
- 1992
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Transportation
- Airlines
- SIC code
- 45 Transportation by Air
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $323,254 |
| FY2025 | $227,958 |
| FY2024 | $352,895 |
| FY2023 | $52,971 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Justice | $323,254 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
PAK West Airlines, Inc., doing business as Sierra West Airlines, is a woman-owned small business based in Oakdale, California that provides secure inmate air charter and medical evacuation services to the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons as a prime contractor. The vendor competes across full-and-open and set-aside categories, with recent awards split between Total Small Business, Woman-Owned Small Business, and no set-aside designations. PAK West Airlines has maintained continuous federal work since 2009 and holds SAM.gov registration dating to 2003.
The company operates almost exclusively in nonscheduled chartered passenger air transportation (NAICS 481211), with 388 of its 420 recent awards in that category and the remainder in ambulance services, scheduled passenger air transport, and other air charter work. Concrete recent capability work includes a $69,795.63 SOAP flight purchase order from Federal Correctional Institution Herlong (August 7, 2026) connecting multiple Bureau of Prisons facilities across Reno, Nevada; Victorville, California; Buffalo, New York; and Fort Worth, Texas; a $50,650 air charter for inmate transfers across four states from FCI Herlong (February 3, 2026); a $51,575 medical airlift contract from FCI Terminal Island (August 15, 2025); and a $49,856.50 medical flight transfer from Federal Correctional Complex Victorville (September 19, 2025). Purchase orders range from roughly $6,500 to $69,795 per award and typically execute within days to weeks. All work is performed in Oakdale, California with service dates at Bureau of Prisons facilities nationwide.
Customer concentration sits overwhelmingly with Bureau of Prisons component facilities. The top five facilities by award count account for 30% of all awards and include Federal Correctional Institution La Tuna (35 awards, $608 thousand combined potential value), Federal Correctional Complex Coleman (26 awards, $382 thousand), Federal Correctional Institution Sheridan (23 awards, $684 thousand), Federal Correctional Complex Tucson (23 awards, $513 thousand), and Federal Correctional Complex Allenwood (21 awards, $234 thousand). When ranked by combined potential value, Sheridan, Victorville, La Tuna, Tucson, and Coleman together account for 36% of the $8 million portfolio. The Bureau of Prisons represents substantially all revenue; distinct customer agencies total 69, but work concentrates at individual Bureau of Prisons facilities nationwide.
PAK West Airlines places 295 of its 420 recent awards (70%) under two Blanket Purchase Agreements: DJBP0700BPA13007 (184 task orders, $3.7 million combined potential value) and DJBFAOBPA003 (111 task orders, $1.1 million combined potential value). One award sits on the GSA Schedule GS33F0017Y. The vendor does not hold prime seats on government-wide IDIQs or GWACs.
Activity has remained flat over recent years — thirteen awards in 2022, declining to six awards through 2026 — with combined obligated dollars of $8.5 million slightly exceeding the combined potential value of $8 million across the entire portfolio. The vendor operates as a prime contractor on all awards; no subcontractor relationships are present in the source data. The business model rests on high-volume, low-value purchase orders for specialized point-to-point inmate and medical air transport executed through standing BPAs with individual Bureau of Prisons facilities.
SBA capabilities narrative
SIERRA WEST AIRLINES IS A FAA PART 135 ON-DEMAND AIR CHARTER CARRIER SPECIALIZING IN AD-HOC REQUESTS FOR URGENT TIME-SENSITIVE AIR TRANSFERS. WE BOAST A DEDICATED AND EXPERIENCED 24/7 OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT WITH BASES SPREADING ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, AND OHIO. SIERRA WEST IS ABLE TO SERVE SMALL RURAL AIRPORTS TO LARGE INTERNATIONAL DESTINATIONS, AND CAN SPAN THE ENTIRE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. WE HOLD DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN ALL FACETS OF PASSENGER AND CARGO FLIGHTS IN OUR DIVERSE AND CAPABLE FLEET, ALLOWING US TO QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY MEET A WIDE VARIETY OF AIR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS.
Quick answers
Is PAK West Airlines, Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. PAK West Airlines, Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through September 15, 2027.
How much has PAK West Airlines, Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $227,958 to PAK West Airlines, Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $957,078 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does PAK West Airlines, Inc. rank among federal contractors?
PAK West Airlines, Inc. ranked #35 in NAICS 4811, #44 in PSC V211 and #57 in PSC V121 in FY2025.
What is PAK West Airlines, Inc.'s most recent federal award?
PAK West Airlines, Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is Air charter--soap flight 08/12/2026 (15B61926P00000093), from Federal Correctional Institution Herlong (BOP), on August 7, 2026.
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