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SOUTHERN REGION FIRE AVIATION

SOUTHERN REGION FIRE AVIATION obligated $386.2K on federal contracts in FY2026 across 16 contract actions (−78% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was LYMAN COMMUNICATIONS LLC ($289.3K).

Obligations · FY2026
$386.2K
Actions
16
New awards: 10
Sole-source
100%
Small business
—
Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 24.3MFY2017
  2. 20MFY2018
  3. 188KFY2019
  4. 5.5MFY2020
  5. 116.9KFY2021
  6. 1.4MFY2022
  7. 4.4MFY2023
  8. 762.8KFY2024
  9. 1.7MFY2025
  10. 386.2KFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. LYMAN COMMUNICATIONS LLC$289.3K75%
  2. CORNERSTONE SYSTEMS, INC$38.4K9.9%
  3. RENT-A-PC INC$26K6.7%
  4. GOLD MECH SERVICES, INC.$24.2K6.3%
  5. RANCH COUNTRY PORTABLE TOLIETS LLC$3,6911.0%
  6. HUBBARD GARY$2,2200.6%
  7. MC SEPTIC SERVICES, LLC$1,4280.4%
  8. EMERGENCY RESPONSE LOGISTICS, LLC$9500.2%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$290.3K75%
  2. Equipment maintenance$51.6K13%
  3. Facilities & utilities$44.3K11%

Where the work was performed

  1. North Carolina$300.3K78%
  2. Georgia$28.2K7.3%
  3. South Carolina$24.2K6.3%
  4. Kentucky$18.7K4.8%
  5. Florida$9,6892.5%
  6. Oregon$3,6911.0%
  7. Tennessee$1,4280.4%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $386.2K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $386.2K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 6.0% · $0
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. S75, NORTH CAROLINA NF FIRE SUPPORT, NCNCF250001, SSTS, SERVICE - SATELLITE SERVICE;$289.3K
    LYMAN COMMUNICATIONS LLC· Buncombe County, NC· IT & telecom· Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 23, 2025· 1243N926K5002
  2. COMPUTER EQUIPMENT RENTAL FOR 2026 SE GEORGIA COMPLEX.$26K
    RENT-A-PC INC· Ware County, GA· Equipment maintenance· Apr 24, 2026 – Apr 24, 2026· 1243N926K6700
  3. EMERGENCY REPAIR OF BUILDING HVAC SYSTEM.$24.2K
    GOLD MECH SERVICES, INC.· Aiken County, SC· Equipment maintenance· Jun 17, 2026 – Jun 17, 2026· 1243N926K6701
  4. E8, DANIEL BOONE NF FIRE SUPPORT, KYDBF260001, CACHE, CACHE SUPPORT, CACHE FREIGHT; E10, DANIEL BOONE NF FIRE SUPPORT, KYDBF260001, CACHE, CACHE SUPPORT, CACHE FREIGHT;$18.7K
    CORNERSTONE SYSTEMS, INC· Clark County, KY· Facilities & utilities· Apr 16, 2026 – Apr 16, 2026· 1243N926K6801
  5. E2, NORTH CAROLINA NF FIRE SUPPORT, NCNCF260002, CACHE, CACHE SUPPORT, CACHE FREIGHT;$11K
    CORNERSTONE SYSTEMS, INC· Buncombe County, NC· Facilities & utilities· Apr 24, 2026 – Apr 24, 2026· 1243N926K6800
  6. E20, FLORIDA NF FIRE SUPPORT, FLFNF002728, CACHE, CACHE SUPPORT, CACHE FREIGHT;$8,739
    CORNERSTONE SYSTEMS, INC· Leon County, FL· Facilities & utilities· Apr 16, 2026 – Apr 16, 2026· 1243N926K6802
  7. VAULT TOILET PUMPING$3,691
    RANCH COUNTRY PORTABLE TOLIETS LLC· Crook County, OR· Facilities & utilities· Jul 24, 2026 – Jul 24, 2026· 1243N926K6702
  8. S4, FS08 GA HURRICANE HELENE, GACHF000011, SNCS, SERVICE NOT IN CATALOG SUPPLIES;$2,220
    HUBBARD GARY· Hall County, GA· Facilities & utilities· Jun 1, 2026 – Jun 1, 2026· 1243N926K5003

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.