Petersburg Flying Service LLC

Petersburg Flying Service LLC, a for-profit aviation services company based in Petersburg, Alaska, operates as a prime contractor providing aerial firefighting, personnel transport, and logistical support to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Interagency Fire Center using light fixed-wing aircraft in remote Alaskan wildland fire management operations. The vendor competes full-and-open across all recent work; one recent delivery order carries a Total Small Business set-aside designation, but the majority of the award portfolio reflects competitive, non-set-aside awards.

Petersburg Flying Service holds 100% customer concentration with a single agency — the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), the Forest Service's fire and aviation management division — across all 47 documented prime awards totaling $13.6 million in combined potential value. This extreme concentration reflects the vendor's specialized regional role: all work centers on call-when-needed aviation support for Alaska Region 10 wildfire operations, with no diversification into other agencies or mission areas. The vendor's most recent award is a $1.1 million Total Small Business exclusive-use delivery order (March 20, 2026) running through December 31, 2029, providing firm-fixed-price call-when-needed aviation services.

The vendor operates under two parent indefinite delivery vehicles with NIFC. The primary vehicle is a $7.5 million Basic Ordering Agreement (1202SA21G5711) awarded April 1, 2021, which anchors 44 task orders with $486 thousand in combined potential value and runs through March 31, 2025 — now expired or at recompete. A second, newer national light fixed-wing indefinite delivery contract (1202SA25T9404) with a $4.5 million ceiling and a period of performance through December 31, 2033 was awarded July 1, 2025 and carries one documented task order with $1.1 million potential value. The shift from BOA to the longer-term IDC signals contract vehicle evolution and extended engagement; the older BOA's March 2025 expiration creates recompete exposure for delivery orders historically valued between $1,300 and $59,578.

Activity accelerated sharply in 2024 (20 awards) and remains elevated in 2025 (13 awards), reflecting seasonal wildfire-support demand. The vendor's footprint is entirely regional and mission-specific — 47 awards across NAICS 488290 (Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression. Combined dollars obligated are $856 thousand, or 6% of the combined potential value, consistent with delivery-order contracting where many orders may be issued but drawn against as needed rather than fully invoiced. With no subcontractor engagement and no geographic or customer diversification, Petersburg Flying Service operates as a specialized regional incumbent, vulnerable to recompete on the BOA vehicle and dependent entirely on NIFC's Alaska wildfire response demand.