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Vesta lelicoptors, Intxrporated
Rtalo Minicipal Airport
i670 Airport Way . -
fli\lto, Clifcraa 92376
Attention: I Also Ylgusson
Geantlmznn
This in in reply to your tolfmx tiefsege of July 24 1913.
and subsequent corrospordence, protsting the doeision of tha
Forest Gerie, U, 8. Department of Agriculture, to rent a md.f-
tional helicopter from Evergreen Helicopters, intvrporatod, tuder
contract Nos, 394299.
The r oiord shows that you have'ft contract with Rgion 3 of the
Forost Berr le* which called for. you to base a 15 place turbine
helicopter at Haen Canynn, Akizomu with a guarantoied availabilUty
perio4 of Kay 1 to July 31, 1973, ie contract prov.dvd for ptyment
of 4350 for each 44y of the availabitity period, plus $485 per hour
of actual flight tmo. vergreen ha a similar contract vftth tegion 5
of the Forest Ssrfice, waich originalr called for DvttrEeen o base
a helicopter ii the Kath National Fborci,; Oregon, with a flut pay-
.ent rate of 777 per hour of flight tfine and guaranteed availability
from July 1 to October 14# 1973. On July 20, 1,973, thu iRegion 5 con-
tracting officer wens requested to take xersdiate action to rent a
helicopter to be btsed in Angeles NatioM..;. Forest, California,
because of an unutually extreme fire season. The helieopter as
requested to be on utation by July 25, vi*h a gwuranteed availability
period running through N1ovember 15, 1973. lbs contratting offieear
determined that there was no time to conduit an advetised procure-
ment, end Instead asled Evergreen if it en'Ad hanO.le the additional
requirement, Zvergreen agreed to do so, and a change ordr adding
the requirement for a second helicopter (at t guaranteed hourly rate
of 477 for 115 hours? to the Evergreen cotract was then issued.
F. * 6.r r AIA.
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