Air Charter Flight for Medical Transportation

Updated Nov 11, 2026

Solicitation from the Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons, for work in Atwater, California. Due Nov 13, 2026, 9:00 AM (UTC-8), 2 days left.

Bid documents (2)

• Request for Quotations 287 KB
• Trip Request Form 272 KB

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Federal prevailing wage rates for this place: California Davis-Bacon and SCA wage determinations.

Description

United States Penitentiary (USP) Atwater, Federal Bureau of Prisons] has a requirement to procure Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation Services to support official personnel transit and institutional operations for the United States Penitentiary (USP) Atwater, located in Atwater, California. The contractor shall provide all flight coordination, management, and programmatic seat securing necessary to fulfill regular, scheduled passenger transit requirements to and from the region supporting USP Atwater.

Due to the secure nature of the destination, all services must align strictly with agency operational timelines and facility access protocols. This is a Total Small Business Set-Aside under NAICS code 481111 (Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation), which carries a small business size standard of 1,500 employees. IMPORTANT: Any contractor interested in obtaining a contract award with the Federal Bureau of Prisons must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov.

In order to qualify for award, your business size metrics information entered in your SAM registration must be less than or equal to the small business size standard specified above. Each offeror’s SAM registration will be reviewed by the Government to confirm that your business size meets the small business size standard requirement. All offerors are urged to double check their SAM registration and update as necessary, including the size metrics information.

The government intends to award a Firm-Fixed-Price contract resulting from the forthcoming Request for Quote. Vendors must submit a completed Trip Request Form (attached) in order to be concidered for award. Evaluation for award will be based upon Lowest Price , Avaialibilty of aircraft, with Past Performance considered.

Interested small businesses must submit their written quotes via email to John Ridgeway [email protected] no later than 11/13/2026 at 09:00 PST].

Contracting contact

• John Ridgeway · [email protected] · 209-386-4652
• D. Kelly · [email protected] · 209-386-4805

As published on the official notice. Ask questions in writing and before any questions deadline the notice sets.

Is your business small enough?

For NAICS 481111, a business counts as small if it has no more than 1,500 employees (SBA size standard). This notice is set aside, so only businesses under that size, or in the named program, can bid. SBA table, current as of Oct 15, 2026.

Companies that win this kind of work

Federal contractors paid for scheduled passenger air transportation work, who also hold Bureau of Prisons contracts (last 12 months): possible competitors, or partners to team with.

• Inflight Medical Services International, Inc. $133,741 in this trade

About the buyer

The Federal Bureau of Prisons awarded $3.1 billion in contracts in the last 12 months; its biggest suppliers were Naphcare LLC, Mckesson Corporation and Motorola Solutions, Inc.. See what Bureau of Prisons is buying now.

Who can bid: Small Business set-aside

Total and partial small business set-asides are open to any business under the SBA size standard for the notice's NAICS code.

All open Small Business set-asides.

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