Title: HELICOPTER SERVICES FOR PRESCRIBED BURNS AND AERIAL OBSERVATION

Deadline: 8/31/2022 2:00 PM   (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Status: Deadline Expired

Solicitation Number: 38078

Description: The St. Johns River Water Management District covers an area of approximately 12,283 square miles spanning 18 counties. The District is the lead manager of more than 425,000 acres of public lands, while it manages another 335,000 acres through a variety of partnerships with numerous agencies and local governments. The District is charged with four core missions, including water quality protection, water resource conservation, flood protection and the stewardship of natural systems. Maintaining and/or enhancing these natural systems with fire is a major part of managing these lands. In the last ten years, the District has averaged 27,750 acres of prescribed burns annually and exceeded 52,000 acres twice in this span. Usually, the majority of these acres are aerially burned with an average of about 13 aerial burns per year in the last ten years. While the use of helicopters may add to the complexity of operations, efficiency and safety are greatly improved especially on larger acreage burns reducing costs per acre and minimizing interior ground operations. The intent of this solicitation is to award contract(s) to add to the District’s current pool of contractors for these services to ensure contractor’s equipment and staff availability when a prescribed burn or aerial observation is needed.
The estimated budget for this project is $125,000 (not-to-exceed shared cap) through September 30, 2023.

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Documents:

Documents as of 8/10/2022
38078_IFB_Prescribed Burns_Final.pdf