Federal contractor · LA GRANDE, OR

COLUMBIA BASIN HELICOPTER, INC.

COLUMBIA BASIN HELICOPTER, INC. received $299.6K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (−97% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $36.3M. Its largest customer was Forest Service ($187.2K).

Obligations · FY2026
$299.6K
New awards
4
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
62%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.8MFY2017
  2. 817.5KFY2018
  3. 893.6KFY2019
  4. 912.8KFY2020
  5. 2.5MFY2021
  6. 6.4MFY2022
  7. 6.5MFY2023
  8. 5MFY2024
  9. 11.2MFY2025
  10. 299.6KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Forest Service$187.2K62%
    3 awards
  2. Departmental Offices$112.4K38%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$299.6K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Baker County, OR$160.8K54%
  2. Union County, OR$112.4K38%
  3. Malheur County, OR$26.4K8.8%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition62%
    US 39% · $187.2K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions62%
    US 8.7% · $187.2K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. LAKEVIEW DISTRICT: WELLS WARD HERBICIDE APPLICATION$112.4K
    Departmental Offices· Union County, OR· Facilities & utilities· Jul 15, 2026 – Jul 15, 2026· 140D0426F0455
  2. COLUMBIA BASIN HELICOPTER, INC. ORWWF000227 E231$82.5K
    Forest Service· Baker County, OR· Facilities & utilities· Jul 8, 2026 – Jul 8, 2026· 12569R26M0233
  3. COLUMBIA BASIN HELICOPTER, INC. ORWWF000227 E3$78.3K
    Forest Service· Baker County, OR· Facilities & utilities· Jul 8, 2026 – Jul 8, 2026· 12569R26M0239
  4. COLUMBIA BASIN HELICOPTER, INC. ORVAD260013 E3$26.4K
    Forest Service· Malheur County, OR· Facilities & utilities· May 20, 2026 – May 20, 2026· 12569R26M0124

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 4 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. D.H. HELICOPTER, INC.$16.2M+104% in FY2026
    MASCOUTAH, IL · 94% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Nonscheduled air transportationDepartmental Offices · Nonscheduled air transportation
  2. GOLD AERO INC.$15.6M−30% in FY2026
    ARLINGTON, WA · 93% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Nonscheduled air transportation
  3. IDAHO HELICOPTERS INC$17.3M−22% in FY2026
    BOISE, ID · 93% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Nonscheduled air transportation

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Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

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 · FY2024–FY2026.

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.