Water Scooper Multiple Award IDIQ
Forest Service · USDA FOREST SERVICE
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 1202SA26R9100 in this department, oldest first.
- May 8, 2026 · this noticePre-solicitation
- Sep 22, 2026Pre-solicitationOpen
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 USFS intends to issue a solicitation for Water Scooper Services in or around 15 days. We intend to award multiple IDIQ contracts. The intent of this acquisition and the resultant contract(s) are to obtain Contractor operated and maintained Turbine powered, Multi-engine, Amphibious, Fixed-Wing, Water Scooping Aircraft services. The aircraft shall have full or interim Interagency Airtanker Board (IAB) approval as a multi-engine water scooper. The primary use of water scooping aircraft under this contract will be for initial attack (IA) and extended attack of wildland fires.
Who won similar work
13 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Forest Service), same product/service code (PSC) F003.
Single-winner award sizes (13): middle half $50.0M to $50.0M, median $50.0M; range $322K to $50.0M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUPERIOR AJ FORESTRY, LLC | 1 | $50.0M | Apr 30, 2026 |
| 5 Star Forestry Svcs LLC | 1 | $50.0M | Apr 30, 2026 |
| 3B'S FORESTRY, INCORPORATED | 1 | $50.0M | Apr 30, 2026 |
| BURNBOT INC | 1 | $50.0M | Apr 30, 2026 |
| EXPEDITORS BY LINDALE INC | 1 | $50.0M | Apr 30, 2026 |
| FOREST FITNESS LLC | 1 | $50.0M | Apr 30, 2026 |
| GONZALEZ FORESTRY INC. | 1 | $50.0M | Apr 30, 2026 |
| MARKIT! FORESTRY MANAGEMENT LLC | 1 | $50.0M | Apr 30, 2026 |
| OC FORESTRY, INCORPORATED | 1 | $50.0M | Apr 30, 2026 |
| SMOKEYS HELPING HAND, LLC. Denver CO 80218 USA | 1 | $50.0M | Apr 30, 2026 |
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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Sep 16, 2026B & B DUGGER, INC.$322KNotice of Intent to Award a BPA Call Order against Florida Reforestation NNIS BPA
- Apr 30, 2026EXPEDITORS BY LINDALE INC$50.0MRegion 3 Fuels Management Follow-on IDIQ
- Apr 30, 2026SOUTH MOUNTAIN INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LLC$50.0MRegion 3 Fuels Management Follow-on IDIQ
- Apr 30, 2026SMOKEYS HELPING HAND, LLC. Denver CO 80218 USA$50.0MRegion 3 Fuels Management Follow-on IDIQ
- Apr 30, 2026Summitt Forests, Inc.$50.0MRegion 3 Fuels Management Follow-on IDIQ
- Apr 30, 2026GONZALEZ FORESTRY INC.$50.0MRegion 3 Fuels Management Follow-on IDIQ
- Apr 30, 20265 Star Forestry Svcs LLC$50.0MRegion 3 Fuels Management Follow-on IDIQ
- Apr 30, 2026MARKIT! FORESTRY MANAGEMENT LLC$50.0MRegion 3 Fuels Management Follow-on IDIQ
- Apr 30, 2026FOREST FITNESS LLC$50.0MRegion 3 Fuels Management Follow-on IDIQ
- Apr 30, 2026OC FORESTRY, INCORPORATED$50.0MRegion 3 Fuels Management Follow-on IDIQ
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied U.S. Forest Service since 2024 (4 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past U.S. Forest Service job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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
- 15 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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.