North Warning System (NWS) Rotary Airlift Services

The United States Air Force (USAF), Headquarters (HQ), Air Combat Command (ACC), Acquisition Management & Integration Center (AMIC) has awarded the above contract for the North Warning System (NWS) Rotary Airlift Services. Award was made to the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC), 350 Albert Street, Suite 700, Ottawa, ON K1R 1A4, CAN, on behalf of the performing contractor, Canadian Helicopters Limited (CHL), on 30 Oct 2026 in the amount of $145,558,739.50.

The contract was awarded as a Non-Commercial, combination Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) and Cost-Reimbursable (CR) contract. CCC has been awarded a single-award contract for the NWS Rotary Airlift Services. This contract provides comprehensive, dedicated rotary-wing airlift services to 47 NWS radar sites across the Canadian Arctic, with performance primarily occurring at or above 65 degrees latitude.

Operations include transporting passengers and cargo, simultaneous bulk fuel transfer operations, and precision external-load slinging operations. All personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and all other items and services that are required to perform the NWS Rotary Airlift Services shall be furnished by the performing contractor. This contract award was a competitive acquisition.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this contract is 481211 - Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation, and the Size Standard is 1,500 employees. The Period of Performance is as follows:

Base Period – 30 Nov 2026 - 30 Sep 2027 Option Year 1 – 1 Oct 2027 - 30 Sep 2028 Option Year 2 – 1 Oct 2028 - 30 Sep 2029 Option Year 3 – 1 Oct 2029 - 30 Sep 2030 Option Year 4 – 1 Oct 2030 - 30 Sep 2031 In accordance with R-DFARS 225.870, the prime contractor for this award is CCC, Cage Code 98247, and CCC will subcontract 100% of the obligations to CHL, Cage Code L3525.

Contracting Office Address: Department of the Air Force, Air Combat Command, Acquisition Management & Integration Center (ACC/AMIC) 300 Exploration Way Hampton VA 23666 Primary Point of Contact (POC): Contracting Officer Maj Ryan Tagatac ryan_mark.tagatac.3@us.af.mil Secondary Points of Contact: Contract Managers Capt Nathaniel Goodale nathaniel.goodale.1@us.af.mil TSgt Nelson Sosa nelson.sosa@us.af.mil If you have any questions, please contact the primary POCs above.