Sun Country Airlines, a Minneapolis-based commercial air carrier and subsidiary of Minnesota Aviation, LLC, was awarded a delivery order valued at $148.5K by the U.S. Air Force's Air Mobility Command for domestic charter air transportation services. The award, issued on October 27, 2016, with completion by November 5, 2016, is structured as a firm fixed-price delivery order with no set-aside designation, reflecting Sun Country's qualification to compete on an unrestricted basis against other carriers. Performance of this domestic charter service is based at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. This delivery order is issued under the Domestic Charter Airlift Services 2014-2016 parent contract, which establishes the framework for Air Mobility Command's procurement of on-demand charter airlift capabilities to support Department of Defense transportation requirements.
Sun Country's selection for this award demonstrates its established capability as a provider of air transportation services to federal agencies, leveraging its fleet of Boeing 737 aircraft. The Air Mobility Command utilizes such domestic charter contracts to rapidly fulfill personnel movement, cargo transport, and logistics requirements across military installations and operational locations. The firm fixed-price structure provides cost certainty for the government while allowing the contractor flexibility in resource deployment to meet the specified transportation mission within the defined performance period and budget ceiling.