RFP 26-05 Helicopter Maintenance and Related Services

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Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District - Procurement has issued general solicitation.

The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District (Metro Fire or District) is soliciting proposals from qualified firms (Contractors) to provide helicopter maintenance, inspection, repair, overhaul, alteration, and modification services (Services). Required Services will primarily be performed at Metro Fire Station 115, located in McClellan Park, CA. To be eligible to submit a proposal, Contractors must be a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Part 145 Repair Station. The awarded Contractor shall provide the requested Services in accordance with the requirements specified in this RFP. Prior to submitting a proposal, Contractors are advised to carefully read this RFP in its entirety.

Metro Fire is an independent special district formed in 2000 through a Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO)-approved consolidation of 16 local fire agencies. Governed by a nine-member Board of Directors (Board), the District is the largest fire and EMS agency in Sacramento County and one of the largest fire districts in the State of California. Metro Fire provides services to a population of more than 720,000 residents within its 359-square-mile jurisdiction, which includes the cities of Citrus Heights and Rancho Cordova, unincorporated areas of Sacramento County, and a small portion of Placer County. The District currently provides all-hazard services, including fire protection, building safety regulation and inspection, hazardous materials response, technical rescue, arson investigation, and emergency medical response and transport. Several of the services provided by the District are with the assistance of the Metro Fire’s Air Operations Program. As an “all risk” public safety program, Metro Fire’s Air Operations Program provides critical fire suppression, rescue, and emergency medical response to the Sacramento Region using cutting-edge flight operations in both day and night conditions. The Air Operations fleet presently consists of the following rotorcraft: Three Frontline Helicopters Bell UH-1H – Registration No. N114FD-Copter 1 Bell UH-1H – Registration No. N113FD-Copter 2 Bell UH-1H – Registration No. N115FD-Copter 3 One Support Helicopter Bell UH-1H – Registration No. N116FD-Copter 4 The support helicopter is currently awaiting fire suppression and rescue retrofits. The District reserves the right to add or remove rotorcraft from its fleet as mission needs dictate during the duration of any resulting agreement. Increases, decreases, or skill changes in personnel may be required as a result of fleet changes in order to meet the requirements necessary for the maintenance and operations of the District’s rotorcraft.

Responses are due October 26, 2026 at 12:00 PM PDT.

Questions must be submitted by October 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM PDT.

3 documents are attached to the notice: RFP 26-05 Helicopter Maintenance and Related Services; Forms 1-3 - RFP 26-05 Helicopter Maintenance; Sample Agreement - Helicopter Maintenance and Related Services - RFB 26-05.

The full solicitation document, addenda and the question-and-answer thread are on the agency's OpenGov portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/metrofire/projects/313176. Responses are submitted electronically there, and a free vendor account is required before you can upload one.

Reproduced from the official notice via OpenGov Procurement - California. The agency's page is the one that counts.