spinwing, i am with cleartorotate on this one. Firstly regarding the SAR side I am sure they are not looking at your traditional SAR equipped machine as it won't work. We normally, to avoid confusion, don't call it SAR but just rescue capability. This would normally be a air ambulance equipped with a hoist and/or dual cargo slings thus the capability to perform a extraction ie mountain/sea. The 130 is not certified with a hoist currently. My previous company who moved to the 130 after extensive research for HEMS types also tried to find a hoist STC/sb as per the 350. We played with the C of G graphs and it should be no problem. The older 130's have the fixed brackets on the LH side of the MGB but the newer once not. I would put the hoist right hand side and as said there is no current ability for the hoist but I see no problem fitting the exact system ap the 350 to the 130 either LH or RH. The 130 does have the sling capability if your ops allow that.
As an air ambulance she is unbeatable. Reliable, stable, easy on pilot and med crew, space, aircon, and the thing that shocked me the most is her hot and high performance and EMS weights and range.
UNBEATABLE in HEMS!!!