Skylark North

Skylark North, doing business as Mountain Valley Airport, operates as a sole proprietor providing professional engineering, flight training support, and aerospace curriculum services to the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command as a prime contractor under blanket purchase agreements and indefinite delivery contracts, competing full-and-open with no set-aside designations. The company is based in Tehachapi, California, and has maintained a focused federal customer base concentrated entirely within Air Force operations at Edwards Air Force Base.

Skylark North's capability portfolio centers on glider curriculum development, flight training instruction, and technical engineering support for aerospace research and development programs. Representative work includes a $956,801 single-award BPA for glider curriculum services awarded by Air Force Materiel Command in October 2022 (running through September 2027), under which the company has received four annual call orders: $104,622 for engineering and technical services (October 2022–September 2023), $17,577 for flight training support (October 2023–September 2024), $15,709 for professional engineering and flight training support (October 2024–September 2025), and $112,064 for aerospace craft and structural components (October 2025–September 2026). Award history spanning since 1980 reflects consistent, long-term engagement with Air Force Materiel Command's flight test and evaluation mission.

Customer concentration is extreme. Air Force Materiel Command accounts for 23 awards and $5.4 million in combined potential value; the Air Force Materiel Command Test Center holds 6 awards for $769 thousand; and the Department of the Air Force completes the active base, together representing 85% of all awards. The company's award portfolio breaks down as 36 awards under Education/Training general services, 8 under Support-Professional Engineering/Technical, and 7 each under Education/Training Vocational/Technical and Education/Training Training/Curriculum Development classifications. Work is performed exclusively at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Activity volume has remained flat to light across the past five years (one award per year from 2021 through 2025), with five active parent vehicles placing task orders — Indefinite Delivery Contract FA930213D0003 (6 task orders, $1.6 million combined potential value), Indefinite Delivery Contract FA930207D0009 (5 task orders, $1.5 million), Indefinite Delivery Contract F0470003D0023 (5 task orders, $653 thousand), Blanket Purchase Agreement FA930217A0004 (5 task orders, $340 thousand), and Indefinite Delivery Contract F0461185C0007 (4 task orders).

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