Emergency Aeromedical Evacuation Services
Updated
Solicitation from the Department of the Army. Due Nov 9, 2026, 10:00 AM (UTC-6), 17 days left.
| Solicitation number | W81K0026QA240 |
|---|---|
| Agency | Department of the Army |
| Office | W40M MRC0 West |
| Notice type | Solicitation |
| Set-aside | Small business |
| Trade (NAICS) | Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation (481211) |
| Product or service code | V221 |
| Posted | Oct 22, 2026 |
| Response deadline | Nov 9, 2026, 10:00 AM (UTC-6) (17 days left) |
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Official notice and attachments
Description
AMENTMENT 0006 The purpose of this amendment is to: (1) change the source selection strategy from Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) to Past Performance Tradeoff (PPT), (2) issue amended responses to industry questions (revised from Amendment 0003), (3) incorporate updates to the Performance Work Statement, (4) adjust the period of performance, (5) extend the proposal due date.
Refer to the attached amendment. AMENTMENT 0005 The purpose of this amendment is to extend the quotation due date to 16 OCT 2026. Refer to the attached amendment. AMENTMENT 0004 The purpose of this amendment is to extend the quotation due date to 01 OCT 2026. Refer to the attached amendment. AMENTMENT 0003 The purpose of this amendment is to (1) provide responses to Offeror questions, (2) incorporate revisions into the Performance Work Statement, (3) adjust the requirement's period of performance, (4) update 52.212-2 Addendum, and (5) extend the quotation due date. AMENTMENT 0002 The purpose of this amendment is to extend the quotation due date to 09 SEP 2026.
Refer to the attached amendment. AMENTMENT 0001 The purpose of this amendment is to extend the quotation due date/time to 0900 CST on 26 AUG 2026. Refer to the attached amendment. Solicitation W81K00-26-Q-A240 is hereby issued for on-demand emergency aeromedical evacuation services from Bucholz Army Airfield (PKWA), Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands to a medical facility in Oahu, Hawaii.
This is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside under NAICS 481211 (size standard: 1,500 employees). The resultant contract will be a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract inclusive of five, one-year ordering periods (PoP: 15 SEP 2026 - 14 SEP 2031). Refer to attached Solicitation W81K00-26-Q-A240 and Performance Work Statement for full requirement description as well as submission instructions.
Contracting contact
- Jaclyn Evans · [email protected]
- James M Davis · [email protected]
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 481211, 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.
Notice history
- Sep 29, 2026: Solicitation Due Oct 16, 2026, 10:00 AM (UTC-5)
- Sep 17, 2026: Solicitation Due Oct 1, 2026, 10:00 AM (UTC-5)
- Sep 9, 2026: Solicitation Due Sep 18, 2026, 10:00 AM (UTC-5)
- Aug 26, 2026: Solicitation Due Sep 9, 2026, 9:00 AM (UTC-5)
- Aug 18, 2026: Solicitation Due Aug 26, 2026, 9:00 AM (UTC-5)
- Aug 17, 2026: Solicitation Due Aug 21, 2026, 1:00 PM (UTC-5)
- Aug 12, 2026: Sources Sought Due Jul 21, 2026, 1:00 PM (UTC-5)
Companies that win this kind of work
Federal contractors paid for nonscheduled chartered passenger air transportation work, who also hold Army contracts (last 12 months): possible competitors, or partners to team with.
- Hillcrest Aircraft Company $7.1 million in this trade
- Akima Global Logistics, LLC $6.9 million in this trade
- Bryce Space And Technology, LLC $6.9 million in this trade
- Kalman & Company, Inc. $864,448 in this trade
- D.H. Helicopter, Inc. $12,500 in this trade
About the buyer
The Department of the Army awarded $83.1 billion in contracts in the last 12 months; its biggest suppliers were Lockheed Martin Corporation, Raytheon Company and The Boeing Company. See what Army 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.
Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation contracts right now
There are 20 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 481211), 9 posted in the last 7 days; 85% are set aside for small businesses. The agencies buying the most are Departmental Offices, Department of the Army and Office of Procurement Operations. Most of the work with a stated place is in North Carolina, District of Columbia and Missouri. A notice in this trade gives a median of 32 days from posting to deadline; this one gives 18 days.
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