Contractor provides a comprehensive wildlife control program. Contractor actively patrols a five mile bubble surrounding the airfield to discourage the presence of birds, particularly large migratory waterfowl. The contractor has actively engaged the airfield manager, flight safety and the Bird Hazard Working Group to effect changes to the airfield habitat to discourage the presence of birds. (Elimination of gravel road reduced annual nighthawk problem; filling in of low/wet spots to discourage birds attracted to water; recommendation to increase grass length on airfield approach virtually eliminating flocking bird species on airfield; recommendation extending times for restricting routine training flights, etc.) Contractor exceeds contract requirement by training aircraft maintenance personnel in the proper collection of bird remains from aircraft and volunteered to enter birdstrike information directly into the USAF database at no additional cost to the Government. Contractor raised the standard for counting birdstrikes and still meets or exceeds the Service Summary performance threshold for numbers of bird strikes. The former chief of flight safety Lt Col Jeffrey Smith stated (paraphrase) that he had thought that our previous wildlife control contractor was great. Birdstrike Control introduced an entirely new paradigm of wildlife/bird control at McConnell AFB.

...Based on review of the QAP report, comments, site visits, progress meetings and other supporting documentation, I find the contractor continues to provide “Exceptional” service with many tangible benefits to the Government. Moreover, through proactive measures, the contractor has met and far exceeded all contract performance thresholds which has significantly contributed to the low number of birdstikes and the overall safety of McConnell’s flying mission and operations. ... birdstrikes are down 56%. In addition, the contractor voluntarily enters statistical data in the USAF BASH database and assists in training maintenance crews in bird remain recovery; examples of the contractor’s proactive efforts and commitment to the success and safety of flying mission. ... the contractor is extremely proactive in reporting airfield conditions/problems and providing sound recommendations/solutions to the BASH Committee to reduce birdstrikes and increasing the overall saftey of the flying mission. Based on review of the contractor's performance record, the contractor has met and far exceeded all contract performance standards with zero defects/zero customer complaints which have been extremely effective in the overall safety of McConnell's flying mission.