SOLICITATION NOTICE
F -- Amphibious Water Scooper Aircraft
- Notice Date
- 8/5/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 481212
— Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation
- Contracting Office
- U.S. Forest Service, Contracting, Owyhee Building - MS 1100, 3833 S. Development Avenue, Boise, Idaho, 83705-5354, United States
- ZIP Code
- 83705-5354
- Solicitation Number
- AG-024B-S-13-9024
- Point of Contact
- Robert M. Hoffman, Phone: (208) 387-5681, Shannon Spies, Phone: 208-387-5631
- E-Mail Address
-
rhoffman@fs.fed.us, sspies@fs.fed.us
(rhoffman@fs.fed.us, sspies@fs.fed.us)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The intent of this solicitation and any resultant contract is to secure a Firm-Fixed Price contract for Contractor operated and maintained turbine powered, Multi-engine, Amphibious, Fixed-Wing, Water Scooping Aircraft services meeting the specifications of this contract. The aircraft shall have full or interim IAB approval as a multi-engine water scooper. The primary use of Water scooping aircraft under this contract will be for initial attack (IA) of wildland fires. Water will be scooped from water sources such as lakes and rivers or loaded at ground locations. Chemical fire retardant including foam shall NOT be loaded in the Contractor's aircraft. The Water scooping aircraft is expected to carry 1600 gallons of water to fires in the beginning stages following initiation. These immediate response actions occur in the first burning periods and are intended to support personnel either on scene or enroute to the incident in containing the fire when it is least costly to do so.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/FS/024B/AG-024B-S-13-9024/listing.html)
- Record
- SN03137133-W 20130807/130805234400-2bf16c47c6afb12e6120ae183a3d3411 (fbodaily.com)
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