SAM #140D0426Q0654

Exclusive-use resource helicopter services for Everglades and South Florida preserves

The Department of the Interior is seeking contractor-operated helicopter flight services for Everglades National Park and other South Florida preserves. - Government buyer: Department of the Interior, through the Interior Business Center’s Acquisition Services Directorate, on behalf of the United States Wildland Fire Service and Everglades National Park. Contracting Officer: Melanie Johnson. - Requirement: Small-business solicitation 140D0426Q0654 for exclusive-use Type III resource helicopter services based in Homestead, Florida. Provide one light turbine helicopter for exclusive use and a second light helicopter on call, with qualified pilots and relief crews, fuel, maintenance, fuel-servicing vehicle(s), and related equipment. - Flight-hour schedule: 230 guaranteed annual hours in the base year, then 175 guaranteed hours per year for the next four years. Secondary-aircraft hours are estimated at 20 per year if ordered; estimated additional hours are 50 in the base year and 125 per year thereafter. Secondary aircraft hours count toward the annual guarantee where specified. - Aircraft requirements: The primary helicopter must carry four insured passengers, excluding the pilot, and meet a 725-pound HIGE payload requirement under specified conditions. Other stated requirements include 69-knot airspeed with front doors off, 14 CFR Part 27 certification, skid landing gear, and right-seat pilot-in-command configuration. The secondary aircraft must be carded under the contract and available with two weeks’ notice. - Missions: Natural-resource work, personnel and cargo transport, reconnaissance, search and rescue, nonthreatening law-enforcement surveillance, and related activities. - Additional pay items: Extended standby, fuel-servicing vehicle mileage at three vehicle-capacity rate tiers, crew per diem, and reimbursement of allowable miscellaneous expenses. The miscellaneous-expense item has a $10,000 annual not-to-exceed amount; fuel prices are subject to adjustment. - Contract structure and value: Five-year ordering period with up to six additional months of service; $4 million contract ceiling. The opportunity documents identify no specific aircraft manufacturer, model, or vendor. Amendment 001 was added, but the notice history does not describe specific changes to scope or deadlines.

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Exclusive Use Resource Helicopter Flight Services, South Florida Parks and Preserves

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