Amphibious Water Scooper Aircraft Services — Forest-Range Fire Suppression
Issued by AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF · FOREST SERVICE · INCIDENT PROCUREMENT AVIATION BRANCH · via SAM.gov — US federal contract opportunities
- Published
- 22 Sept 2026
- Closes
- 29 Oct 2026, 04:30 UTC
- Reference
- 1202SA26R9100
- Location
- United States
- Sector
- Transport & Logistics
Details
AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF · FOREST SERVICE · INCIDENT PROCUREMENT AVIATION BRANCH is soliciting Amphibious Water Scooper Aircraft Services — Forest-Range Fire Suppression. Solicitation number 1202SA26R9100. Classified under NAICS 481212 — Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation. Product/service code F003 — FOREST-RANGE FIRE SUPPRESSION. Responses are due by 29 October 2026 04:30 UTC. Posted on SAM.gov, the US federal contract opportunities system; registration is required to bid.
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.
Context for bidders
We hold 2 notices from AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF · FOREST SERVICE · INCIDENT PROCUREMENT AVIATION BRANCH, going back to September 2026 — 1 of them still open. There are 62 open Transport & Logistics tenders in United States. This one closes in 34 days.
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