Regional Helicopters LLC

Regional Helicopters LLC, an Anchorage-based self-certified small disadvantaged business limited liability company, provides on-call helicopter flight services to Department of the Interior agencies across Alaska and Hawaii as a prime contractor operating a fleet of Robinson R44 helicopters. The vendor competes primarily under small-business set-asides on its core IDIQ vehicles but has issued delivery orders without set-aside designations, reflecting the mixed procurement posture across its customer base.

Regional Helicopters holds two active indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts with the Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center valued at a combined $30.9 million — a $16.47 million small-business-set-aside IDIQ awarded March 1, 2022, and expiring February 28, 2027, and a second vehicle with a $14.42 million ceiling — that anchor the vendor's federal footprint. Under these vehicles, Regional Helicopters delivers on-call helicopter services including personnel and cargo transport, wildlife survey support, remote camera repair, aerial geology work, and field access for research operations. Recent representative work includes a $53,145.40 delivery order from the Alaska Science Center for lithium assessment support at Eielson Air Force Base (March 7, 2025), a $41,345.50 order from Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 for the Goose Banding Project in Bethel, Alaska (July 21, 2025), a $23,520 small-business-set-aside delivery order from Alaska Science Center for lithium assessment in Anchorage (June 8, 2026), and a $72,437.88 order from Fish and Wildlife Service for polar bear DNA survey fieldwork in Kotzebue (December 22, 2023).

Customer concentration is heavily tilted toward Interior agencies. The Department of the Interior Departmental Offices Interior Business Center accounts for the overwhelming dollar share at $30.9 million across two awards (the two core IDIQ vehicles), while Fish and Wildlife Service carries seven awards worth $246 thousand combined potential value and the Geological Survey Alaska Science Center carries six awards worth $202 thousand. Five additional agencies — Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1, National Park Service Alaska Region, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service — round out the customer roster. Across the top five customers, 90% of awards and 100% of combined potential value is accounted for.

Activity has been episodic: six awards in 2022, six in 2023, one in 2024, three in 2025, and one in 2026. The $30.9 million IDIQ ceiling dominates potential value; excluding that vehicle, the vendor's outstanding delivery-order portfolio carries approximately $530 thousand obligated dollars against roughly $500 thousand in task-order potential value. Only one award (a $24 thousand delivery order) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete pressure in the near term; the core IDIQ vehicle does not expire until February 28, 2027. Regional Helicopters operates solely as a prime contractor (100% of awards) with no subcontract footprint, performing all work directly using company-owned aircraft and personnel.

Regional Helicopters flies Robinson R-44 helicopters, contracting out for the purposes of passenger transportation, wildlife tagging/capture/tracking, cargo movement, internal/external load, and search & rescue. We have also provided support for remote construction projects including pipeline, powerline, utility work, concrete pouring, steel placement, and specialty projects such as mineral/mining exploration and remote site support. Additionally, we are available for disaster response and crash recovery. Our chief pilot as been flying professionally since 2007 and maintains our fleet as a certified, licensed mechanic. We hold FAA Part 135 and 133 Operating Certificates and are proud of our excellent safety record, high customer performance ratings/reviews, and strong audit record.