Helo Maintenance - Montana USDA WILDLIFE SERVICES
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Solicitation from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, for work in Billings, Montana. Due Dec 4, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC-6), 23 days left.
| Solicitation number | 124PSA27Q0031 |
|---|---|
| Agency | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service |
| Office | Ws Billings, MT |
| Notice type | Solicitation |
| Set-aside | Small business |
| Trade (NAICS) | Other Support Activities for Air Transportation (488190) |
| Product or service code | J015 |
| Place of performance | Billings, Montana |
| Posted | Nov 10, 2026 |
| Response deadline | Dec 4, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC-6) (23 days left) |
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Bid documents (1)
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Federal prevailing wage rates for this place: Montana Davis-Bacon and SCA wage determinations.
Description
Scope This Performance Work Statement (PWS) defines the requirements for inspection, maintenance, repair, and specialized mission equipment installation services for USDA APHIS Wildlife Services rotary wing aircraft that are assigned to the Montana program or are transiently supported by the State Office. The Contractor must provide all management, personnel, facilities, tooling, equipment, technical data, quality control, parts support, and documentation necessary to perform the tasks and deliverables described in this PWS.
Purpose The purpose of this PWS is to establish performance-based requirements for maintaining Government-owned rotary-wing aircraft in an airworthy, mission-ready condition. Required services include 100-hour inspections, 300-hour inspections, annual inspections, scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, troubleshooting, repairs, component replacement, avionics or mission equipment installation, field maintenance when aircraft cannot be flown to the Contractor's facility, documentation, and coordination with Government aviation personnel.
2.4 - Contract Type and Term The government is awarding a firm, fixed-price, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity, commercial services contract. Response for quote - no more than 50 pages Questions Due by 1 December 2026 by 1200 CST Quotes due by 4 December 2026 by 1200 CST Read PWS Awardee must be currently registered in SAM.Gov
Contracting contact
- Todd Bierl · [email protected] · 763-286-8084
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 488190, a business counts as small if it has no more than $40.0 million in average annual receipts (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
- Nov 10, 2026: Solicitation Due Dec 4, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC-6)
- Nov 10, 2026: Solicitation Due Dec 4, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC-6)
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Federal contractors paid for other support activities for air transportation work, who also hold USDA contracts (last 12 months): possible competitors, or partners to team with.
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About the buyer
The Department of Agriculture awarded $10.7 billion in contracts in the last 12 months; its biggest suppliers were Tyson Foods Inc., Perimeter Solutions LP and Palantir Technologies Inc.. See what USDA 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.
Other Support Activities for Air Transportation contracts right now
There are 31 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 488190), 14 posted in the last 7 days; 42% are set aside for small businesses. The agencies buying the most are Defense Logistics Agency, US Coast Guard and Department of the Air Force. Most of the work with a stated place is in North Carolina, Virginia and Georgia. A notice in this trade gives a median of 15 days from posting to deadline; this one gives 24 days.
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