Federal contractor · BROOMFIELD, CO

HELIQWEST INTERNATIONAL INC.

HELIQWEST INTERNATIONAL INC. received $17.1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 25 awards (+39% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $131M. Its largest customer was Forest Service ($11.1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$17.1M
New awards
25
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
49%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 18.9MFY2017
  2. 18MFY2018
  3. 15.4MFY2019
  4. 13.5MFY2020
  5. 5.9MFY2021
  6. 14.3MFY2022
  7. 5.4MFY2023
  8. 10.2MFY2024
  9. 12.3MFY2025
  10. 17.1MFY2026
  11. 0FY2027

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Forest Service$11.1M65%
    17 awards
  2. Departmental Offices$6M35%
    8 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$11.1M65%
  2. Transportation & logistics$6M35%

Where the work was performed

  1. Clark County, NV$4.1M24%
  2. Kern County, CA$3.8M22%
  3. Plumas County, CA$3.7M22%
  4. Jefferson County, CO$3.6M21%
  5. Mariposa County, CA$1.9M11%
  6. Tulare County, CA$33K0.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition49%
    US 39% · $8.5M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions49%
    US 8.7% · $8.5M
  • Urgency justifications24%
    US 5.1% · $4.1M

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

Largest awards

  1. HELIQWEST - T1 EU FOR CHESTER, CA #2$6.7M
    Forest Service· Plumas County, CA· Facilities & utilities· May 6, 2025 – Oct 2, 2026· 1202SA25K9229
  2. TYPE II EXCLUSIVE USE FOR FRAZIER PARK, CA$6.6M
    Forest Service· Kern County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Apr 4, 2024 – Sep 7, 2026· 1202SA24K9226
  3. TYPE II EXCLUSIVE USE FOR KERNVILLE, CA$6.4M
    Forest Service· Kern County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Apr 4, 2024 – Sep 22, 2026· 1202SA24K9225
  4. CALL WHEN NEEDED (UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE-FOREST SERVICE) HELICOPTER FLIGHT SERVICE IN SUPPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WILDLAND FIRE SUPPRESSION MISSION- 2026 HELIQWEST INTERNATION$4.1M
    Departmental Offices· Clark County, NV· Transportation & logistics· Aug 14, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 140D0426F0826
  5. HSS MATOC TYPE 3 KANKAKEE, BROOMFIELD N114NS$4.1M
    Forest Service· Jefferson County, CO· Facilities & utilities· Oct 27, 2023 – Sep 4, 2026· 1202SA24K9319
  6. EU, HELICOPTER TUCSON, AZ$3M
    Forest Service· Jefferson County, CO· Facilities & utilities· Mar 28, 2022 – Oct 5, 2025· 1202SA22K9335
  7. EU HELICOPTER FLIGHT SERVICE, TYPE II, SHORT-HAUL, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CA$2.4M
    Departmental Offices· Mariposa County, CA· Transportation & logistics· Feb 4, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026· 140D0426F0166
  8. EU HELICOPTER FLIGHT SERVICE, TYPE II, SHORT-HAUL, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CA$1.7M
    Departmental Offices· Mariposa County, CA· Transportation & logistics· Apr 8, 2025 – Jan 16, 2026· 140D0425F0429

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 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. AIR RESOURCES HELICOPTERS, INC.$33.5M−39% in FY2026
    MURRIETA, CA · 85% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Nonscheduled air transportationDepartmental Offices · Nonscheduled air transportation
  2. BLUESKY HELICOPTERS INC$32.4M−17% in FY2026
    LA VERNE, CA · 82% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Nonscheduled air transportationDepartmental Offices · Nonscheduled air transportation
  3. HILLSBORO AVIATION, INC.$50.2M−3.7% in FY2026
    HILLSBORO, OR · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Nonscheduled air transportationDepartmental Offices · Nonscheduled air transportation

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

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.