USDA Forest Service of Forest Service posted this Presolicitation on Sep 22, 2026. Responses were due Oct 29, 2026; this notice is closed. NAICS 481212 (Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation), product or service code F003 (Natural Resources/Conservation - Crop Services/Production/Protection). Set-aside: Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5). Place of performance: Idaho 83716. Solicitation number 1202SA26R9100.
The USFS intends to issue a solicitation for Water Scooper Services in or around 15 days. We intend to award multiple IDIQ contracts.
The intent of this acquisition and the resultant contract(s) are to obtain Contractor operated and
maintained Turbine powered, Multi-engine, Amphibious, Fixed-Wing, Water Scooping Aircraft services.
The aircraft shall have full or interim Interagency Airtanker Board (IAB) approval as a multi-engine water
scooper. The primary use of water scooping aircraft under this contract will be for initial attack (IA) and
extended attack of wildland fires.