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Delivery order 140D0425F0796PATHFINDER AVIATION LLC

Overview

Award facts

Net obligations
$6.10M
$6,097,294of $6.10M potential value
Outlays (paid to date)
$4.33M
$4.33M paid of $6.10M obligated$4,326,364
Period of performance
Sep 10, 2025 to Sep 9, 2026
Ended
Modifications
1
Latest action Oct 22, 2026
Contract type
Delivery order
PIID 140D0425F0796

Contract value is the most the government could spend; obligations are what it has legally committed; outlays are what it has actually paid.

Description of requirement

TO PROVIDE LIGHT AND MEDIUM UTILITY HELICOPTER AVIATION SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION'S MISSION IN ANTARCTICA FOR OCT-2025 - FEB 2026 FLIGHT SEASON AND REMAIN ON ICE UNTIL NEXT SEASON.

Dates and value

Award date
Signed on Sep 10, 2025
Current value
$6,097,294Base and exercised options
Potential value (if all options are exercised)
$6,097,294
Parent contract vehicle
140D0424D0002 (IDC, single award) — 4 orders recorded under it

Obligations by fiscal year of action

  • FY2027: -$535,878 (de-obligation)
  • FY2025: $6,633,172

Total across 2 fiscal years: $6,097,294

Net de-obligation in that fiscal year (obligations withdrawn).

Source: Federal Procurement Data System contract actions as published by SAM.gov and USAspending.gov; latest action recorded Oct 22, 2026. View on USAspending · Recipient on SAM.gov

Recipient

NamePATHFINDER AVIATION LLC
LocationANCHORAGE, AK
UEIM94YCZXJMUH6
CAGE code3EUG1
Business sizeSmall businessSize at award, per the contracting officer
Organization typeCorporate not tax exempt
Parent companyPATHFINDER AVIATION LLC

Business types and certifications

For-profit organizationCorporation (not tax-exempt)

Self-reported at the time of the action.

Agency and place

Awarding and funding

Awarded by
  1. Department of the Interior
  2. Departmental Offices
  3. IBC ACQ SVCS DIRECTORATE (00004)
Funded by
  1. National Science Foundation
  2. OFFICE OF POLAR PROGRAMS
Funded from
Reimbursable activityProgram activities014-4529Federal accounts (agency financial reports)

Place of performance

Place of performance
Antarctica

Classification and competition

Classification

NAICS
481211NONSCHEDULED CHARTERED PASSENGER AIR TRANSPORTATION
Product or service (PSC)
V221TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRAVEL/LODGING/RECRUITMENT: PASSENGER AIR CHARTER (service)

Competition

Extent competed
Full and open competitionA
Solicitation procedures
Negotiated proposal/quoteNP
Set-aside
No set-aside used
Contract pricing
Firm fixed priceJ

Contract details

Subcontracting plan
Plan not requiredB
Cost Accounting Standards clause
Not applicable exempt from CASX
Certified cost or pricing data
No
Commercial procedures
Commercial products/servicesA
Government-furnished property
Transaction does not use GFE/GFPN
Bundled requirement
Not bundledH
Consolidated requirement
Not consolidatedD
Undefinitized action (terms not final)
No
Interagency contracting authority
Other statutory authorityB
Multi-year contract
No
Performance-based service acquisition
No - service where PBA is not used.N

Transaction history

Modification history

Base award
Sep 10, 2025Base obligation at award: $6,633,172
Latest action
Oct 22, 2026 — Supplemental agreement (within scope)Modification P00001; obligation change -$535,878
Latest substantive action
Oct 22, 2026 — Supplemental agreement (within scope)Modification P00001; obligation change -$535,878
Actions by type
  • Base award1
  • Supplemental agreement (within scope)1
2 actions recorded, Sep 10, 2025 to Oct 22, 2026; each action counted once.

All contract data

All contract data

Every other field reported for this award, as of its latest reported action

Competition

Evaluation preference
No preference used
Local area set-aside
No
Synopsized publicly (SAM.gov / FedBizOpps)
Yes
Simplified procedures for commercial items
No

Pricing and financing

Paid by purchase card
No
Latest action: change in base and exercised options
-$535,878
Latest action: change in base and all options
-$535,878

Socio-economic and policy

Inherently governmental functions
Other functionsOT
Recovered materials and sustainability
No clauses included and no sustainability includedC
EPA-designated product
Not requiredE
Clinger-Cohen Act planning (IT)
No

Place and origin

Domestic or foreign entity
U.S. owned businessA
Country of product or service origin
United statesUSA
Place of manufacture
Not a manufactured end productC

Structure

Award or IDV
Award
Award type
Delivery orderC
Parent vehicle type
IDCB
Parent vehicle: multiple or single award
Single awardS
Parent vehicle agency
Departmental Offices1406
Awarding agency code
1400
Awarding sub-tier code
1406
Contracting office code
140D04
Transactions recorded under this award key
2

Funding

Funding agency code
4900
Funding sub-tier code
4900
Funding office code
490609
Treasury accounts
  • 014-X-4529-000
Object classes
  • 25.2: Other services from non-Federal sources
Disaster or emergency funding (DEFC)
  • Q: Not Designated Nonemergency/Emergency/Disaster/Wildfire Suppression