Sources SoughtPosted Sep 24, 2026·Responses due Oct 9, 2026

HELICOPTER AERIAL SPRAYING IN NORTH DAKOTA

Army Corps of Engineers · W071 ENDIST OMAHA

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
115112
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
PANNWD26P30676
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
F001
Place
Not stated
Contact
Aaron Dugick (aaron.t.dugick@usace.army.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation PANNWD26P30676 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 24, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 4, 2026 to Jan 28, 2027, middle of the range Nov 29, 2026.
Measured from 718 past early notices at Dept of the Army that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 24, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

The contractor shall perform chemical application services on federal land administered by the USACE Garrison Project utilizing helicopter-based platforms. Services include 1) proactively surveying said lands for noxious weeds during appropriate growing season(s), 2) inventorying noxious weeds by collecting GPS data (coordinates, weed species, and acres of infestation), 3) controlling noxious weeds via appropriate helicopter chemical application capable of both spot treatment and solid coverage, 4) documenting chemical application services via submittal of completed pesticide application recor… (show all)

d (PAR)s and collection of global positioning system (GPS) datasets, 5) documenting the degree of noxious weed infestations via preparation and submittal of a comprehensive electronic database, 6) preparation and submittal of invoices for payment of services, and 7) providing proof of application, such as GPS spray tracks, physical or digital maps, etc. will be required. All work shall be completed in accordance with this PWS and all applicable Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations for rotorcraft operations.

Who won similar work

5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Army Corps of Engineers), same NAICS 115112.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
HENDRICKSON FLYING SERVICE INC1$408KAug 10, 2026
PROVINE HELICOPTER SERVICE INC1$340KJul 1, 2026
Dakota Helicopter Air Services, Inc1$297KAug 6, 2025
ELY AG SERVICES, L.L.C.1$65KJul 2, 2026
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC1$19KJan 15, 2025

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 5 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 32 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards.

  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.

Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.