# SAM #140D0426R0068

Exclusive-Use Type II Helicopter Services for Yosemite National Park

**Buyer:** Interior Business Center Acquisition Services Directorate
**Posted:** October 13, 2026
**Respond By:** November 13, 2026
**Identifier:** 140D0426R0068
**NAICS:** 481211, 481219

The U.S. Department of the Interior is seeking one contractor-operated Type II helicopter and supporting flight services for Yosemite National Park.
- **Government buyer:** U.S. Department of the Interior; U.S. Wildland Fire Service (USWFS); Interior Business Center, Acquisition Services Directorate.
- **Requirement:** Exclusive-use helicopter services based at Crane Flat Helibase for fire suppression and natural-resource missions, including short-haul, rappelling, external cargo, search and rescue, fire monitoring, and aerial ignition.
- **Aircraft:** One medium Type II helicopter; no aircraft manufacturer, make, or model is specified. The contractor proposes the aircraft.
  - Must have at least nine insured passenger seats, excluding the pilot, and meet a 1,500-pound non-jettisonable HOGE payload requirement under specified operating conditions.
  - Required features include a turbine engine, left-seat pilot-in-command configuration, skid landing gear, dual hydraulics, and **BLR FastFin or equivalent**.
  - Must support external loads, water/retardant bucket operations, short-haul, rappelling, and other contract missions.
- **Contractor-provided support:** Pilots and relief pilot, mechanic and relief mechanic, fuel and associated equipment, and a temporary climate-controlled office trailer for at least three people. Lower-48 operations also require a fuel-servicing vehicle and driver, with relief coverage.
- **Estimated operating quantity:** 172 exclusive-use availability days per year, with estimated additional extensions of 20 days and 20 flight hours per annual pricing schedule, if ordered.
- **Period:** Five years, comprising a base year and four one-year ordering periods; operations are expected during a seasonal period of approximately 172 days each year.
- **Set-aside:** 100% small business.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No aircraft OEM or contractor vendor is identified. BLR FastFin is named as a required feature or equivalent, but no aircraft model is prescribed.

### Description

Exclusive Use Helicopter Flight Services, Yosemite National Park, CA

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