Regional Helicopters LLC

Regional Helicopters LLC, an Anchorage-based self-certified small disadvantaged business, operates as a prime contractor providing on-call helicopter flight services to Department of the Interior agencies across Alaska and Hawaii. The company is a for-profit limited liability company that performs all work directly using company-owned Robinson R44 helicopters and internal personnel with no subcontract footprint; it competes predominantly under small-business set-asides on its core IDIQ vehicle but accepts full-and-open delivery orders as well.

Regional Helicopters holds two primary indefinite-delivery contracts with the Interior Business Center: a $16.47 million small-business set-aside IDIQ (ceiling through February 28, 2027) and a second DOI IDIQ valued at approximately $14.42 million, together anchoring the vendor's $31.5 million combined potential-value portfolio. The company's capability portfolio centers on remote-area aviation support—aerial surveys, wildlife research transport, geological field operations, cargo hauling, and personnel access to Alaska's challenging terrain. Representative delivery orders include a $72,437.88 fixed-price contract with Fish and Wildlife Service for a polar bear DNA survey in Kotzebue (December 2023), a $53,145.40 order from the Alaska Science Center for lithium assessment support at Eielson Air Force Base (March 2025), and a $45,734.45 order from Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 for the Bethel Goose Brant Band Project (July 2026).

Customer concentration is heavily tilted toward the Department of the Interior: the top five customer line items account for 86% of awards by count and 100% of potential value by the portfolio analysis. The two rankings diverge sharply—the Interior Business Center holds 2 awards but carries $30.9 million (98% of potential value), while Fish and Wildlife Service holds 7 awards but only $246 thousand in combined potential value. This pattern reflects the vendor's seat on two large DOI IDIQs from which task orders flow to FWS, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the National Park Service. The 18 task orders placed under IDIQ 140D8122D0020 carry $570 thousand in combined potential value; a second IDIQ generated 2 task orders valued at $49 thousand.

Award activity has remained relatively flat—6 delivery orders in 2022, 6 in 2023, 1 in 2024, 3 in 2025, and 3 in 2026 through mid-August—with only $619 thousand in combined dollars obligated against the $31.5 million combined potential value, indicating a backlog of task-order work. One award carrying $43 thousand in potential value reaches completion inside the next twenty-four months, representing minimal recompete cliff exposure. The vendor's service area spans Anchorage, Bethel, Dillingham, Kotzebue, Cold Bay, Circle, Fairbanks, and Eielson Air Force Base, with Alaska as the dominant operating theater and Hawaii listed as secondary coverage under the IDIQ scope.

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.