Alaskan Helicopter Services for Forest Inventory and Analysis - Request for Information
ID: 1202SA-2024-IPAB-001Type: Sources Sought
Overview

Buyer

AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OFFOREST SERVICEINCIDENT PROCUREMENT AVIATION BRANCHBoise, ID, 837055354, USA

PSC

NATURAL RESOURCES/CONSERVATION- OTHER FOREST/RANGE IMPROVEMENTS (NON-CONSTRUCTION) (F018)

Original Source

https://sam.gov/opp/5fe1bea49333402faa94d14efe6c50ee/view
Timeline
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    Posted Oct 5, 2023 2:52 PM
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    Updated Oct 5, 2023 2:52 PM
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    Due Nov 30, 2023 7:00 PM
Description

Sources Sought AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF FOREST SERVICE is seeking Alaskan Helicopter Services for Forest Inventory and Analysis. The purpose of this request is to obtain market research associated with Exclusive-Use (EU) helicopter services to support US Forest Service (USFS) Pacific Northwest Research Station (PNWRS) Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data collection fieldwork in Alaska. The USFS is seeking interested vendors capable of providing helicopter services for passenger transport for the PNWRS FIA program that meet the specifications described herein. The USFS is interested in identifying vendors who have experience operating and maintaining rotor wing aircraft in remote, mountainous environments with frequent poor weather events during the operating season, similar to those found across Alaska, with qualified personnel comfortable with maximum performance takeoffs and landings from unimproved landing zones in confined spaces, and capable of providing professional services while living and working in sometimes austere conditions.

Point(s) of Contact
Jermain Compton
jermain.compton@usda.gov
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