# Seeley Lake Ranger District Aerial Herbicide Spraying

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/1284lm26q0112

- Solicitation number: 1284LM26Q0112
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Awarded to Av8-Orr Helicopter Services Inc.
- Department: Department of Agriculture
- Agency: Forest Service
- Contracting office: Usda-Fs, Csa Intermountain 2 (1284LM)
- NAICS: 115310 Support Activities for Forestry
- Product or service code: F099 Other Natural Resources and Conservation Services
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- Place of performance: Montana
- County: Missoula County (FIPS 30063). https://abierto.us/counties/missoula-county-mt-30063
- City: Missoula. https://abierto.us/cities/missoula-mt-3050200
- First posted: July 10, 2026
- Last posted: July 10, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e024425903294186ac3a25a7c5b08680/view

## Description

The USDA Forest Service (FS), Procurement & Property Services (PPS) is issuing this synopsis/solicitation notice as a means of complying with the USDA’s policy in the Contracting Desk Book, SUBPART 413.3—SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION METHODS, 413.303 Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs). The USDA FS intends on awarding a competitive BPA Call Order against the LMIR BPA for arieal herbicide spraying at Seeley Lake Ranger District Lolo National Forest.

12363N23Q4023 The Land Management Integrated Resources BPA (LMIR) is a National BPA that consist of a large variety of work including Professional Services, Natural Resources Restoration, Engineering, Project Management, NEPA, Communications, and more. The BPA can be utilized on all Forests and Grasslands and is available for all federal agencies to utilize. This is not a solicitation.

This synopsis notification of intent to award a BPA Call order does not constitute a request for proposals or submission of any information in response to this notification. This procurement is restricted to those approved companies eligible for call orders under the Land Management Integrated Resources BPA (LMIR) for USFS. There are currently 64 small businesses that will receive this solicitation. The Call Order shall be issued via email to those companies listed on the BPA.

Any changes to the Call Order RFQ shall also be emailed to those companies listed on the BPA. Point of Contact is sm.fs.lmirbpa@usda.gov. This requirement will be competitively awarded as a BPA Call Order against the aforementioned multiple award schedule BPA continuously solicited on the Government Point of Entry (GPE) at: SAM.gov.

The government will not provide feedback or evaluations to companies regarding their submissions in response to this notice, however, this is an open continuous BPA that allows us to accept responses for the life of the BPA. Search “Contracts” on sam.gov using solicitation number “12363N23Q4023”. The LMIR BPA has a continuous pre-solicitation sharing that that contractors may join the BPA by reaching out to POC on Solicitation 12363N23Q4023.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Av8-Orr Helicopter Services Inc. (UEI ZAB9CQFT5WP5)
- Contract: 1284LM26F0083 under 12363N25A4089, bpa call
- Obligated: $30,520.00
- Competition: Competed Under SAP, 2 offers received
- Link: solicitation number 1284LM26Q0112 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 1284LM (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_1284LM26F0083_12C2_12363N25A4089_12C2/


## Publications

- July 10, 2026: Special notice, due July 28, 2026 at 7:00 PM EDT. Notice e024425903294186ac3a25a7c5b08680. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e024425903294186ac3a25a7c5b08680/view

## Points of contact

- COTTON, SARAH W, sarah.cotton@usda.gov

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