Award NoticePosted Aug 20, 2026

Aircraft Pilot Training Services - Rotary and Fixed Wing

Customs and Border Protection · AIR AND MARINE CONTRACTING DIVISION

Stage
Awarded
NAICS
Not stated
Value
$33.4M
Solicitation
20159363
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
U099
Place
Columbus, OH, USA
Contact
Shante Melton (shante.o.melton@cbp.dhs.gov)

Materiality: 0.01% of $BRK-A revenue (Low) SEC

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  • Aug 20, 2026 · this notice
    Award Notice
    FLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL INC · $33.4M

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What the notice says

The Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) competitively awarded two Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts with Firm Fixed Prices Contract Line Items for the solicited Aircraft Pilot Training requirements under CBP Solicitation# 70B02C26R00000001. The two awardees are FlightSafety International and HeliStream, Inc. FlightSafety International will provide Aircraft Pilot Training Services for Rotary Wing and Fixed Wing (FW) airplanes. The training consists of Initial/Transition and Annual/Recurrent Training for the following aircraft: King Air 200… (show all)

, King Air 350, King Air 360, Dash 8, Pilatus PC-12 Series, and Sikorsky S70. There are five ordering periods which will commence August 20, 2026 through August 19, 2031. The total estimated IIQ Ceiling contract price is $33,378,250.00.

Who won similar work

4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Customs and Border Protection), same product/service code (PSC) U099.

Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $125K to $4.8M, median $353K; range $31K to $17.4M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
HELISTREAM INC.1$17.4MAug 20, 2026
CERIFI LLC1$549KSep 23, 2026
NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL Lander WY 82520 USA1$156KOct 7, 2026
NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER New York NY 10281 USA1$31KFeb 11, 2025

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