Reeder Flying Service, Inc.

Reeder Flying Service, Inc., a Twin Falls, Idaho-based small business, operates as a prime contractor providing helicopter flight services and aviation fuel supply to federal agencies across the western United States, competing predominantly in full-and-open federal procurement with no systematic set-aside posture. The company's 2,864 prime federal awards over the past five years span two distinct capability domains: helicopter operations (Type III aircraft rentals, charters, and specialized aerial support) and aviation turbine fuel supply, with combined potential value of $395.1 million and recent annual volume ranging from 27 to 424 awards.

Reeder Flying Service's customer concentration centers on the Department of the Interior and Forest Service fire management operations. The National Interagency Fire Center dominates by potential value (57 awards, $119.1 million), the Interior Business Center follows ($91.6 million across 27 awards for animal capture and wild horse management), and the Office of Policy Management and Budget accounts for $81.7 million across 15 awards. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy, however, drives sheer volume—2,441 fuel delivery orders worth $23.3 million combined. The top five customer agencies account for 92 percent of combined potential value, signaling strong concentration among federal land management and fire suppression customers.

Reeder Flying Service holds two cornerstone indefinite delivery vehicles. A single-award $11 million Blanket Purchase Agreement from the Interior Business Center (awarded May 1, 2025, running through April 30, 2030) covers on-call Type III helicopter flight services for animal capture, eradication, tagging, and wild horse and burro census programs across the Lower 48 States; Reeder has issued BPA calls valued at $22,222 and $23,432 to the Bureau of Land Management for herd management area census work. A complementary $11 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (awarded April 8, 2025, through April 7, 2030) provides exclusive-use Type III helicopter services at bases in Ronan, Montana; Bemidji, Minnesota; Billings, Montana; and Double Eagle, New Mexico for fire suppression, monitoring, aerial ignition, and law enforcement support; Reeder delivered task orders valued at $738,450 (2025 fire season) and $768,560 (2026 fire season). Beyond these vehicles, the company places task orders under three Defense Logistics Agency Energy IDCs for fuel supply (SPE60722D0100 with 1,015 task orders at $4.2 million, SPE60718D0020 with 907 task orders at $2.1 million, and SP060014D0030 with 512 task orders at $2.1 million). The Department of the Interior's on-call helicopter services contract vehicle (2022–2027) supports 32 additional task orders worth $2.2 million combined.

Recent representative work includes a $633,624 delivery order from the National Interagency Fire Center (September 1, 2025, through December 31, 2029) under the Type 1 Helicopter Support Services 2025–2034 parent vehicle for on-call helicopter flight services supporting wildland fire suppression and emergency response; a $599,937 delivery order from NIFC (August 16, 2025, through December 31, 2029) under the same parent; a $768,560 Bureau of Indian Affairs task order for a 2026 exclusive-use Type III helicopter based in Ronan, Montana supporting the wildland fire season (May 19, 2026, through October 6, 2026, under IDC 140D0425D0019, total small business set-aside); and a $681,188 National Park Service Intermountain Region delivery order (April 23, 2026, through September 30, 2026) for Type III helicopter services in Moab, Utah (total small business set-aside). On fuel supply, the vendor received numerous Department of Energy fixed-price delivery orders ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands of dollars for aviation turbine fuel (JAA specification) throughout 2025 and 2026, including single awards of $17,878, $15,798, $12,072, and recurring orders below $10,000. A $18,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service purchase order (March 27, 2026, through June 30, 2026) covered snow survey flights in the Boise and Little Wood Basin regions (total small business set-aside).

The company's activity trajectory shows volatility: 228 awards in 2022, declining to 175 in 2023, then accelerating to 424 in 2024 and 378 in 2025, with only 27 awards captured through June 19, 2026 (likely a source-cutoff artifact). Four awards face recompete completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying combined potential value of $2.2 million—a modest cliff reflecting the long-term nature of Reeder's major IDC vehicles (most extending through 2029–2030).

Service Contract Inventory data covering FY2022–FY2024 shows SCI-reportable invoiced revenue of $18.3 million across 25 prime records, with no subcontractor engagement; the vendor delivered $5 million in FY2022 (9.9 FTEs), $5.3 million in FY2023 (11.9 FTEs), and $8 million in FY2024 (14.6 FTEs). Median government-paid hourly rates on SCI service contracts ran around $241/hr, with the 10th percentile at $182.69/hr and the 90th percentile at $489.13/hr. The SCI data represents only the company's service contract activity above the $150,000 threshold and excludes the bulk of Reeder's federal revenue, which comes from helicopter delivery orders, fuel micro-purchases, and goods contracts not captured in SCI reporting.

Reeder Flying Service operates as a pure prime contractor—100 percent of its 2,864 awards are prime; zero sub-awards appear in the source—and builds its own internal delivery teams, with zero subcontractor hours reported across SCI records. The company competes across both full-and-open and set-aside vehicles, though most recent helicopter work carries total small business set-asides. Place of performance is Twin Falls, Idaho for fuel and administrative functions, with helicopter services performed across designated western U.S. locations including Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Minnesota, and Wyoming.