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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

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Published
5 Nov 2026
Closed
11 Nov 2026, 04:30 UTC
Reference
1202SA26R9100
Location
United States
Sector
Transport & Logistics

This notice was amended 4 times

Details changed after publication. Re-check the official notice before bidding.

  • Submission deadline changed from 14 Nov 2026, 23:30 UTC to 11 Nov 2026, 04:30 UTC
    First seen by FreeTender on 6 Nov 2026 — most portals don’t publish when a corrigendum was issued.
  • Submission deadline changed from 4 Nov 2026, 23:30 UTC to 14 Nov 2026, 23:30 UTC
    First seen by FreeTender on 5 Nov 2026 — most portals don’t publish when a corrigendum was issued.
  • Submission deadline changed from 4 Nov 2026, 04:30 UTC to 4 Nov 2026, 23:30 UTC
    First seen by FreeTender on 30 Oct 2026 — most portals don’t publish when a corrigendum was issued.
  • Submission deadline changed from 29 Oct 2026, 04:30 UTC to 4 Nov 2026, 04:30 UTC
    First seen by FreeTender on 29 Oct 2026 — most portals don’t publish when a corrigendum was issued.

At a glance

AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF · FOREST SERVICE · INCIDENT PROCUREMENT AVIATION BRANCH in United States has published a tender in transport & logistics: “Amphibious Water Scooper Aircraft Services — Forest-Range Fire Suppression”. The deadline passed on 11 November 2026. Quote reference 1202SA26R9100 in any correspondence with the buyer. FreeTender has recorded 2 notices from this buyer since 2026, 1 of them currently open. There are 53 open transport & logistics notices in United States on FreeTender. Bids are submitted to the buyer through SAM.gov — US federal contract opportunities, not through FreeTender.

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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 11 November 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.

This notice has closed — what to do next

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 53 open Transport & Logistics tenders in United States.

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