# SAM #140D0426R0114

Type III Helicopter and Wildfire Support Services for Alaska Fire Service

**Buyer:** Interior Business Center Acquisition Services Directorate
**Posted:** October 16, 2026
**Respond By:** November 17, 2026
**Identifier:** 140D0426R0114
**NAICS:** 481219, 481212, 481211

The Department of the Interior is seeking a contractor-operated Type III helicopter and crew for Alaska Fire Service missions based at Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
- Government buyer
  - Department of the Interior (DOI), Interior Business Center (IBC), Acquisition Services Directorate (AQD), Division II, Branch 5.
  - Requirement supports the United States Wildland Fire Service (USWFS), Alaska Fire Service (AFS), and Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
- Requested aircraft and services
  - One Type III light rotary-wing helicopter, operated and maintained by the contractor, with primary and relief pilots, mechanic, and associated equipment.
  - Annual exclusive-use availability for 120 days, with estimated 200 flight hours per annual ordering period. Optional estimates include 30 additional availability days and 75 additional flight hours per period; these are not guaranteed.
  - Services support passenger and cargo transport, smokejumper retrieval, fire suppression and monitoring, initial attack, prescribed fire, aerial ignition, law-enforcement surveillance, and related natural-resource missions.
- Aircraft requirements
  - At least five insured passenger seats, excluding the pilot, including the copilot seat; a turbine engine; skid landing gear; and 14 CFR Part 27 certification.
  - Minimum non-jettisonable HOGE payload of 900 pounds under specified high-altitude and temperature conditions, with a 200-pound pilot, 35-pound survival kit, and 2.3 hours of fuel; specified minimum airspeed is 130 knots VNE under stated conditions.
  - Flat-floor aft cabin with fold-up utility seats and cargo tie-down rings. Required equipment includes mission radios and avionics, tracking and satellite-phone systems, cargo hooks and longline, two adjustable water/retardant buckets, cargo basket, first-aid and survival kits, snow/tundra pads, two barrel slings/lifters/nets for Alaska operations, and fixed provisions for an internal litter kit.
  - Aircraft may operate in Alaska, Canada, or the contiguous United States. Alaska flight pricing is dry; contiguous-U.S. flight pricing is wet and includes the required fuel service vehicle, driver, and fuel.
- Additional pricing requested
  - Rates for extended standby, additional pilot and mechanic crew, lower-48 fuel service vehicle and driver, vehicle mileage, Alaska fuel reimbursement, per diem, and authorized miscellaneous costs. These items do not guarantee use.
- OEMs and vendors
  - No commercial OEMs, vendors, aircraft makes, or models are named in the provided materials.

### Description

USWFS EU T3 Helo Fire - Fort Wainwright, AK

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