This federal contract award is for refrigerated (reefer) trucking services in Japan to support U.S. Department of Defense operations in the region. The prime contractor is Utoc Corporation, a Japanese for-profit subsidiary of Mitsui OSK Lines LTD. The contract has a ceiling value of $88,547.49 and was awarded on May 1, 2019 with an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2021. It is a delivery order type contract with a firm-fixed price.
The contract was issued by the Army Sustainment Command, a component of the U.S. Department of the Army. Utoc Corporation provides temperature-controlled trucking services to transport provisions, household goods, hazardous materials and other freight between various U.S. military bases, ports, and communication sites across Japan. This contract is not associated with any set-aside designations.
Additionally, Utoc Corporation holds the larger $500 million Japan Commercial Trucking Services Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency Distribution in 2021. This IDIQ contract provides a range of commercial trucking, rail, and ferry transportation solutions to support operational logistics requirements of the Department of Defense in the Asia Pacific region through 2026.