Amphibious Water Scooper Aircraft Services
Forest Service · INCIDENT PROCUREMENT AVIATION BRANCH
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 1202SA26R9100 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 22, 2026SolicitationOpen
- Sep 22, 2026 · this noticeSolicitation
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
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
1513 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Forest Service), any industry: a loose match.
Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| RELIANCE CONTRACTORS INC | 21 | $1.8M | Aug 28, 2026 |
| THREE STRIPES CONTRACTING LLC | 10 | $954K | Sep 15, 2026 |
| FORTAZO CORP. | 8 | $781K | Sep 17, 2026 |
| GERMRIP LLC | 8 | $707K | Sep 17, 2026 |
| JUDD BUICK CONSTRUCTION, INC. | 7 | $7.6M | May 19, 2026 |
| Xplicit Technologies LLC | 7 | $463K | Apr 30, 2026 |
| GRANITE COMMERCIAL SERVICE LLC | 6 | $1.9M | Jul 15, 2026 |
| THE COBUILDERS LLC | 6 | $396K | Aug 3, 2026 |
| KING MATTHEW R De Pere WI 54115 USA | 6 | $168K | May 14, 2026 |
| ABSOLUTE FORESTRY LLC | 5 | $9.8M | Sep 14, 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.
- Oct 15, 2026FOX SNAP ENTERPRISE LLC$54KChicken Ranch siding replacement
- Oct 15, 2026Multiple Awardees - See Description Gainesville GA USA$8.0MChattahoochee�Oconee NF Road Maintenance Services - Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)
- Oct 14, 2026Veteran Procurement Group L.L.C.$24KAERIAL FIRE DEPOT - Daycare Fence Replacement
- Oct 14, 2026BNA INC$304KLease Extension Awarded in Greenville, TN
- Oct 14, 2026ATLAS GREENHOUSE, LLC$397KNotice of Award and Single Source Justification for USDA Replacement Greenhouse Controllers Project 2.0 (Requisition 1173946)
- Oct 13, 2026WILLCO-AIR CONDITIONING, REFRIGERATION, HEATING, ACQUISITION LLC$38KHVAC services at Grey Towers Historical Site, PA
- Oct 13, 2026Sparkly Fresh LLC$133KLake Tahoe Basin Janitorial
- Oct 13, 2026JB CONTRACTING INC$80KGreenhouse Roof Replacement Hilo Repository
- Oct 13, 2026BSE PERFORMANCE, LLC$23KCoronado NF Polyethylene Pipe
- Oct 9, 2026PEACHTREE LUMBER COMPANY$87.5MBuck Helene Fuels Reduction IRSC
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.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied U.S. Forest Service since 2024 (0 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.
- 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.