Coast Guard seeks contractor for Kodiak rescue aircraft life-support gear

U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak posted a small-business solicitation June 15, 2026, for a private contractor to inspect, maintain, and overhaul Aviation Life Support Equipment (ALSE), the inflatable survival gear, rescue swimmer equipment, and liquid oxygen systems aboard five HC-130J fixed-wing aircraft and six MH-60T helicopters. Proposals are due to contracting specialist Terrye Craft at [email protected] by 5:00 PM local time on June 29, 2026.

The solicitation is a 100% small-business set-aside. The base period runs 12 months with four one-year options potentially extending through 2031, though performance beyond Sept. 28, 2027 is contingent on available appropriated funds. According to the Performance Work Statement, Air Station Kodiak is the largest Coast Guard command in the Pacific Area; its aircraft cover some of the most operationally demanding rescue terrain in the country, with an area of responsibility spanning 4 million square miles including the Gulf of Alaska, Bristol Bay, and the Bering Sea.

The work covers scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, repair, inspection, and overhaul of life-support systems and components used in training and survival operations. Coast Guard policy holds that maintenance and rescue swimmer gear inspections are essential to keeping crews ready to execute missions. The contractor must have all personnel in place no later than 8 calendar days after award, and offerors must hold their prices firm for 180 calendar days from the proposal deadline. The Project Manager must have a minimum of 10 years of experience in program or project management. Contractor personnel must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance, though the Performance Work Statement notes that access to classified information is not currently required under this contract; access to Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) / For Official Use Only (FOUO) information is required.

The government will award a firm-fixed-price contract evaluated on three factors: technical acceptability, past performance, and price. Past performance will be assessed for quality of service, timeliness, customer satisfaction, and compliance with contract requirements. Only technically acceptable proposals will advance to further evaluation. The contract work is performed on-site at USCG Air Station Kodiak, 5th Street, Kodiak Station, AK, in support of the Aviation Engineering Department.