Specifications include, but are not limited to: .1 Scope of Contract 3.1.2 The Contractor shall develop, maintain, and utilize a Safety Management System (SMS) program to assure safety of ground and flight operations. The development and maintenance of this program is a material part of the performance of the contract. When, in the judgments of the Contracting Officer and the Aviation Safety Manager, determine the SMS program does not adequately promote the safety of operations, the government may terminate the contract. Other areas wherein the Government may terminate the contract for cause include, but are not limited to, Personnel Activities, Maintenance, Safety and Compliance with Regulations. 3.1.3 The State has cooperative agreements with other agencies and may dispatch helicopters under this contract for cooperative use. For cooperative use between the State and interagency partners the pilot, aircraft, and fuel-servicing vehicle must be interagency carded. 3.2 Certifications 3.2.1 Contractors must be currently certificated to meet 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 133 (External Load Operations), 135 (Air Taxi Operators and Commercial Operations), and 137 (Agricultural Aircraft Operations). Any helicopter offered must be listed by make, model, series, and registration number on the Operators Certificates. 3.2.2 Helicopters must conform to the approved type design, be maintained and operated in accordance with type certificate requirements notwithstanding the aviation regulations of the State in which the helicopter may be operated, except those requirements specifically waived by the Contracting Officer. 3.2.3 Each helicopter must operate in accordance with an approved 14 CFR Part 133, Rotorcraft Load Combination Flight Manual (RLCFM), unless the requirement is specifically waived by the Contracting Officer. A copy of the RLCFM must be kept with the aircraft at all times. 3.2.4 All passenger-carrying flights, regardless of the number of passengers carried, must be conducted in accordance with the Contractor’s operations specifications. 3.2.5 Helicopters must be certificated in Normal or Transport Category. 3.4 SECURITY AND PROTECTION OF AIRCRAFT AND EQUIPMENT 3.4.2 Aircraft must be electrically and/or mechanically disabled by two independent security systems whenever the aircraft is unattended. Deactivating security systems must be incorporated into preflight checklists to prevent accidental damage to the aircraft or interfere with safety of flight. 3.4.4 Protecting the aircraft procured on this contract from severe weather is the Contractor’s responsibility. HELICOPTER REQUIREMENTS 5.1 General Aircraft must be maintained in accordance with all applicable 14 CFR requirements, mandatory manufacturers’ bulletins as required and all applicable FAA Airworthiness Directives (AD). All required documents needed to verify data during State/government inspections (including airframe logs, engine logs, compliance with mandatory manufacturer’s bulletins, FAA AD compliance, listing of installed STC’s, and helicopter status record, etc.) must be made available to State and cooperative inspectors. 5.1.1 Aircraft must be maintained in accordance with all applicable 14 CFR requirements, mandatory manufacturers’ bulletins as required and all applicable FAA Airworthiness Directives (AD). 5.1.2 All required documents needed to verify data during State/government inspections (including airframe logs, engine logs, compliance with mandatory manufacturer’s bulletins, FAA AD compliance, helicopter status record, listing of installed STC’s and corresponding ICA’s etc. must be made available to State and cooperative inspectors. 5.1.3 Unless authorized by an approved Minimum Equipment List (MEL), aircraft must not be approved or used if any accessory or instrument listed on the aircraft type certificate data sheet is inoperative. 5.1.4 Aircraft will not be approved if any component time in service exceeds the manufacturers’ recommended Time Between Overhaul (TBO) or FAA-approved extension. All inspection times and intervals must comply with the Contractor’s FAA approved maintenance program. 5.2 Condition of Equipment 5.2.1 Contractor-furnished aircraft and equipment must be operable, free of damage, and in good repair. Aircraft systems and components must be free of leaks except within limitations specified by the manufacturer. 5.2.2 All windows and windshields must be clean and free of scratches, cracks, crazing, distortion, or repairs, which hinder visibility. Repairs such as safety wire lacing and stop drilling of cracks are not acceptable permanent repairs. Prior to acceptance, all temporarily repaired windows and windshields must have permanent repairs completed or must be replaced. 5.2.3 The aircraft interior must be clean and neat. There must be no un-repaired tears, rips, cracks, or other damage to the interior. The exterior finish, including the paint, must be clean, neat, and in good condition (i.e., no severe fading or large areas of flaking or missing paint and etc.). Any corrosion must be within manufacturer or FAA acceptable limits. 5.3 Center of Gravity 5.3.1 All aircraft must be configured so that the center of gravity will remain within the FAA approved Flight Manual published limits for all load requirements and full range of fuel conditions. 5.3.2 All aircraft must be loaded such that the center of gravity will remain within allowed limits during the flight. Actual weights will be used for flight calculation. 5.3.3 Helicopters awarded a contract under this solicitation shall remain at or below contracted helicopter equipped weight as proposed in the base year of the contract. If the equipped weight of the aircraft, as noted by registration number changes (other than the addition of equipment needed/required to support intended use by contract), the Contractor must notify the Contracting Officer of the change.
