Western Pilot Service Inc.

Western Pilot Service Inc., a Phoenix-based veteran-owned small business and service-disabled veteran-owned small business certified through November 24, 2027, operates exclusively as a prime contractor (272 awards, 100% prime split) delivering specialized Single Engine Air Tanker flight services and fuel tender support for wildland fire suppression and emergency response operations to the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture across the western United States. The company competes predominantly under total small business set-asides — VOSB and SDVOSB designations recur throughout its prime footprint — with recent awards spanning firm fixed-price and fixed-price-with-economic-adjustment delivery orders.

Western Pilot's customer concentration is extreme: the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region accounts for 110 awards with $1.1 billion in combined potential value (74% of awards covered by the top five customers, and 97% of combined potential value resides within the top five funding entities). The remaining named customer agencies — the Interior Departmental Offices (Interior Business Center and Office of Policy Management and Budget), the U.S. Forest Service, and the National Interagency Fire Center — together represent roughly $44 million in additional combined potential value but remain minor relative to the BLM Idaho Region anchor. Western Pilot's portfolio spans 272 awards since 1997, though recent activity has moderated: four awards in 2026, five in 2025, and seven in 2024. Only one award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, with combined potential value of $749 thousand, indicating minimal recompete cliff exposure.

Western Pilot holds position on five parent IDIQs. The largest is a single-award $400 million indefinite delivery contract with the BLM Idaho Region (awarded February 8, 2024, running through April 30, 2029) for nationwide SEAT flight services under total small business set-aside; 26 task orders under vehicle 140D8019D0017 carry $34.8 million in combined potential value. Smaller regional fuel tender IDIQs with the National Interagency Fire Center — multiple-award contracts at $250 thousand ceiling each covering Regions 1–6 and the West Zone (five separate IDCs awarded between April 2023 and February 2026) — support ground support operations. Representative delivery orders include a $20.5 million Competitive 8(a)-equivalent order from BLM Idaho Region (April 30, 2024) for exclusive SEAT services at Safford and Silver City, Arizona, through April 30, 2029; a $10.4 million order (May 2, 2024) for Roswell, New Mexico SEAT operations through April 30, 2029; an $8.7 million order (June 17, 2024) for exclusive-use SEAT services near Billings, Montana, exercising option year 2 through April 30, 2029; and a $4.2 million on-call order (May 9, 2025) for western region SEAT services.

Service Contract Inventory data shows Western Pilot delivered $70.5 million in SCI-reportable invoiced federal services across FY2022–FY2024 (FY2022: $28.5 million across 48.6 FTEs; FY2023: $21.7 million across 37.1 FTEs; FY2024: $20.3 million across 25.1 FTEs). SCI-reported invoiced activity declined year over year, reflecting the seasonal and task-order-driven nature of wildfire suppression contracting. Median government-paid hourly rates on federal services contracts ran around $281.86 per hour, with the 90th percentile at $447.24 per hour, consistent with specialized aviation pilot and crew labor. Western Pilot self-performed all SCI-reported hours with zero subcontractor engagement across those records, positioning the company as a vertically integrated aerial firefighting operator that does not subcontract core flight operations. Place of performance is Phoenix, Arizona, with field operations distributed across western states (Billings, Montana; Safford and Silver City, Arizona; Roswell, New Mexico; and multiple California sites including Clovis, Porterville, and Solvang).

We provide Fire fighting Aircraft To States and US goverment