Exclusive-Use Type 3 Helicopter Fire Services

The U.S. Department of the Interior is seeking a small-business contractor to provide and operate one Type 3 helicopter, crew, maintenance, and related aviation equipment for wildland fire and natural-resource missions based at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, under a five-year IDIQ contract.

United States of America > INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE > DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES > IBC ACQ SVCS DIRECTORATE (00004)


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Open (active)
140D0426R0114
Nov 17, 2026 08:00 PM
Oct 16, 2026 06:59 PM
1 year base + 4 × 1 year options
Small Business
Request for Proposal (RFP)
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lynn_herrman@ibc.doi.gov
+15713705750
381 Elden Street, Herndon, VA, USA
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Description

The U.S. Department of the Interior, through the Interior Business Center and United States Wildland Fire Service, is soliciting one fully contractor-operated and maintained Type 3 light rotary-wing aircraft for exclusive-use aviation services. The helicopter must support natural-resource and fire-suppression missions, including smokejumper retrieval, passenger and cargo transport, initial attack, fire suppression, fire monitoring, prescribed fire, aerial ignition, reconnaissance, and related resource activities. The contractor must provide the aircraft, qualified primary and relief pilots, mechanics, required avionics and communications systems, water/retardant buckets, external-load equipment, survival and first-aid kits, and associated support equipment. The designated base is Fort Wainwright, Alaska, with dispatch possible throughout Alaska and the contiguous United States. The contract is a single-award IDIQ with firm-fixed unit-price task orders, a five-year ordering period from April 1, 2027, through March 31, 2032, and a potential six-month extension. Each annual exclusive-use period is expected to be 120 days. The acquisition is a 100% small-business set-aside, and proposals are evaluated on technical capability, organizational safety, past performance, and total evaluated price.

Classification Codes
NAICS481211Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation
PSCV221Passenger Air Charter Service
Smart Codes
helicopter charter serviceswildland fire suppressionaircraft maintenance services
Specifications
Supply & Service
Timeline
Oct 30, 2026 07:00 PM-Questions Due Date
Nov 17, 2026 08:00 PM-Offers Due Date
Apr 1, 2027-Contract Period Begins
Requirements
Required
  • Aircraft liability and general public liability
  • Passenger bodily injury or death — $75,000.00
  • Passenger bodily injury or death per occurrence
  • Non-passenger bodily injury or death — $75,000.00
  • Non-passenger bodily injury or death per occurrence — $300,000.00
  • Property damage — $100,000.00
  • Workers compensation
Scored
  • Within the last 3 years
  • Client point of contact required for each reference
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