Contracting office · Forest Service
INCIDENT PROCUREMENT AVIATION BRANCH
INCIDENT PROCUREMENT AVIATION BRANCH obligated $1.2B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 4,517 contract actions (−1.1% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was HELICOPTER TRANSPORT SERVICES, LLC ($117.5M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $1.2B
- Actions
- 4,517
- New awards: 1,329
- Sole-source
- 0.6%
- Small business
- —
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 112.9KFY2017
- 2.2MFY2018
- 6.4MFY2019
- 435.3KFY2020
- 81.1MFY2021
- 803.1MFY2022
- 736.2MFY2023
- 931.6MFY2024
- 1.3BFY2025
- 1.2BFY2026
- 265.3KFY2027
Top recipients
Obligations in FY2026.
- HELICOPTER TRANSPORT SERVICES, LLC$117.5M9.4%
- AERO-FLITE, INC.$113.6M9.1%
- HELICOPTER EXPRESS LLC$88.6M7.1%
- BRIDGER AIR TANKER LLC$75.4M6.1%
- AERO AIR, LLC$74.2M6.0%
- NEPTUNE AVIATION SERVICES, INC.$66.3M5.3%
- COULSON AVIATION (USA), INC.$61.3M4.9%
- BILLINGS FLYING SERVICE LLC$42.1M3.4%
- SILLER HELICOPTERS, LLC$41M3.3%
- TENAX AEROSPACE LLC$37.5M3.0%
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Facilities & utilities$1.1B89%
- Transportation & logistics$122.6M9.8%
- Equipment maintenance$7.5M0.6%
- Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$4.2M0.3%
- Professional services$595K0.0%
- IT & telecom$348.1K0.0%
- Education & social services$252.5K0.0%
- Other equipment & supplies$97.4K0.0%
Where the work was performed
- Idaho$299.4M24%
- Montana$206.3M17%
- California$202.2M16%
- Oregon$104.7M8.4%
- Washington$101.3M8.1%
- Georgia$55.1M4.4%
- Colorado$43.4M3.5%
- Mississippi$38.1M3.1%
- Arizona$35.3M2.8%
- Utah$26.2M2.1%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition42%US 39% · $529M
- Sole-source awards0.6%US 30% · $7.6M
- Single-offer competitions42%US 8.7% · $521.4M
- Urgency justifications0.0%US 5.1% · $0
- Year-end rush5.0%US 6.0% · $61.7M
- Undefinitized contracts0.0%US 5.0% · $0
- Time-and-materials pricing0.0%US 4.2% · $0
A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.
Contracts terminated for default: 1
Largest awards
- 10 TANKER AIR CARRIER, LLC· Ada County, ID· Facilities & utilities· May 17, 2024 – Sep 21, 2026· 1202SA24K9112
- COULSON AVIATION (USA), INC.· Ada County, ID· Facilities & utilities· May 17, 2024 – Sep 4, 2026· 1202SA24K9116
- 10 TANKER AIR CARRIER, LLC· Ada County, ID· Facilities & utilities· May 17, 2024 – Sep 21, 2026· 1202SA24K9128
- 10 TANKER AIR CARRIER, LLC· Ada County, ID· Facilities & utilities· May 17, 2024 – Sep 22, 2026· 1202SA24K9124
- AERO-FLITE, INC.· Ada County, ID· Facilities & utilities· May 17, 2024 – Sep 21, 2026· 1202SA24K9117
- COULSON AVIATION (USA), INC.· Ada County, ID· Facilities & utilities· May 17, 2024 – Sep 1, 2026· 1202SA24K9113
- NEPTUNE AVIATION SERVICES, INC.· Ada County, ID· Facilities & utilities· May 17, 2024 – Sep 22, 2026· 1202SA24K9120
Committees that oversee and fund it
Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.
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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.
