Van Arsdale Air Service, L.L.C.

Van Arsdale Air Service, L.L.C., a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Bentonville, Arkansas, operates as a prime contractor providing fixed-wing on-call charter flight services to federal wildland fire management and resource operations under Total Small Business set-asides. The company operates under 14 CFR Part 121 or 135 certifications as a nonscheduled charter passenger and freight air transportation provider, competing exclusively under small-business set-asides across its entire prime footprint (26 awards, 100% prime).

Van Arsdale's customer concentration is acute and concentrated on fire and natural-resources missions. The top three funding agencies account for 81% of awards by count and 98% of combined potential value: the National Interagency Fire Center within the Department of Agriculture Forest Service (17 awards, $22.7 million combined potential value), the Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center (2 awards, $18.6 million combined potential value), and the Department of Agriculture Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region (2 awards, $19 thousand). The NIFC drives both award volume and dollars; its 17 delivery orders against Van Arsdale span fire suppression support, resource management, and general transportation.

Van Arsdale holds two active IDIQs and places the majority of work against them via delivery orders. The National Light Fixed Wing Services single-award IDIQ with the National Interagency Fire Center, valued at $18 million and running through December 31, 2033, has seeded 14 task orders totaling $2.4 million in combined potential value since July 2025, with orders issued in July, August, and September 2026 ranging from $56,719 to $295,408 per delivery order. A second IDIQ with the Interior Business Center's Fixed Wing On Call Flight Services contract, a $18.6 million multiple-award vehicle awarded April 1, 2026 and running through March 31, 2031, covers fire and resource management, law enforcement support, general transportation, and special-use flights across Alaska with no task orders issued as of award. A third, expired single-award IDIQ from the NIFC (May 7, 2022, $2 million ceiling, expired March 23, 2024) represents earlier vehicle activity.

Recent activity has accelerated sharply: one award in 2025 followed by fifteen awards in 2026, all delivery orders under the active NIFC single-award IDIQ issued between June 23 and September 1, 2026. Only three awards (combined potential value $451 thousand) face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. Van Arsdale's capability portfolio is narrow and specialized — the 24 awards in the source carry NAICS 481211 (Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation, 21 awards) or 481212 (Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation, 3 awards) — with place of performance consistently Bentonville, Arkansas, and ordering patterns reflecting seasonal or surge demand for fire season support.

Provide fire recon and initial attack for State Forestry,USFS and other government depts.. Provide Air Attack Platform Type I aircraft. Provides on call aircraft charter Faa 135 certificate.