US Forest Service (USDA)

The largest federal wildfire buyer: its Incident Support Branch runs multibillion-dollar aviation IDIQs including the $7.2B Airtanker Services 2023 vehicle and Type 1/2/3 helicopter IDIQs worth $3.5B, $1.5B and $1B, plus a $1.12B national fire retardant contract. Incident equipment (dozers, water tenders, chippers) is contracted through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system.

Buys

• Detection & sensing
• Forest & fuels
• Prediction & response
• Suppression & aerial

Contracts & solicitations (63)

• Airtanker Services 2023 next-generation large airtanker IDIQ
• National long-term fire retardant contract
• Type 1 helicopter support services IDIQ
• Type 2 helicopter support services IDIQ
• Type 3 helicopter support services MATOC on-ramp
• Water Scooper Multiple Award IDIQ (pre-solicitation 1202SA26R9100)
• Super Scooper 160-day exclusive-use task orders (four CL-415EAFs)
• USFS National Mobile Food Services (MFSU) Parent IDIQ 2025-2029
• USFS National Mobile Food Services Designated Dispatch Point task orde
• USFS National Mobile Shower Facilities Contract 2024-2028
• Erickson Aero Tanker MD-87 NextGen 3.0 exclusive-use contract
• Neptune Aviation sole-source BAe-146 airtanker contract
• USFS 2013 next-generation airtanker exclusive-use contracts
• USFS Wildfire & All-Hazard Incident Sources Sought (standing market re
• Type 2 Initial Attack Hand Crew Services (National, 2022-2027)
• Wildland Firefighting Hand Crew Services (National, 2022-2027)
• National Mobile Shower Facilities Unit (MSFU) IDIQ
• National Type 2 Firefighter Crews IDIQ — Alliance Wildland Fire & Supp
• Type 2 Hand Crew & Type 6 Engine I-BPAs — First Strike Environmental
• Prescribed Fire & BAER Support BPA — Deschutes/Ochoco/Fremont-Winema N
• National Type 2 Firefighter Crew Program — Grayback Forestry
• Fireline Medical/EMS Support Services
• National Dozer & Heavy Equipment Preseason Agreements (Northern Rockie
• Fireline EMT/Paramedic & Ambulance Preseason Agreements (Northern Rock
• Crew Carrier Bus Preseason Agreements (Northern Rockies)
• Tactical & Support Water Tender Preseason Agreements (Northern Rockies
• Type 6 Engine Preseason Agreement — Colorado Wildland Fire Service
• US Forest Service co-develops Wildfire Risk to Communities national ri
• US Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region wildfire hazard assessment
• US Forest Service extends California all-lands pilot risk assessment
• Cottonwood Fuel Break Stewardship (IRSC BPA Call)
• Everton Creek Timber Sale Preparation
• Oldway Ridge/Roses Mountain Stewardship
• Promenade Park Stewardship
• Exclusive-Use Fixed-Wing Smokejumper Aircraft Services (N109BH, Option
• Exclusive-Use Air Tactical Group Supervisor (Lead Plane) Aircraft Cont
• National Infrared Operations (NIROPS) Exclusive-Use Aircraft Services
• Mobile Retardant Bases Blanket Purchase Agreement
• Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) C-130 Reimbursable Progr
• National Type 2 IA Hand Crew Contract — Grayback Forestry
• National Type 2 IA Hand Crew Contract — North Pacific Forestry
• National Type 2 IA Hand Crew Contract — Pacific Oasis
• National Type 2 IA Hand Crew Contract — Miller Timber Services
• National Type 2 IA Hand Crew Contract — Lost River Fire Management Ser
• National Type 2 IA Hand Crew Contract — Diamond Fire
• National Type 2 IA Hand Crew Contract — A.S.I. Arden Solutions
• VIPR I-BPA — Crew Carrier Bus, Region 13 (National)
• VIPR I-BPA — Water Handling, West Zone (Regions 3, 5, 6 & 10)
• VIPR I-BPA — Water Handling, East Zone (Regions 1, 2, 4, 8 & 9) — Karh
• VIPR I-BPA — Water Handling, East Zone (Regions 1, 2, 4, 8 & 9) — Spen
• VIPR I-BPA — Portable Toilets & Hand Wash Stations
• Blanket Purchase Agreement for Annual Spatial Fuels Data & Wildfire Ha
• Hazardous Disaster Fuels West Zone Planning Support
• Quantitative Wildfire Risk & Avoided-Loss Spatial Analytics Developmen
• Fire Behavior Modeling for Three Geographic Areas
• Light Fixed Wing National Air Attack multiple-award IDIQ
• USFS Fire & Aviation Management Enterprise Geospatial Portal (EGP Next
• Plumas National Forest Wildfire Crisis Strategy professional services
• USFS Interagency Resource Order Capability (IROC) system O&M/DME suppo
• USFS Pump Mesa WUI mastication and seeding project

Procurement portal

https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/fire/contracting