This is a Firm Fixed Price Delivery Order awarded by the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC), a component of the U.S. Department of Defense, to Inchcape Shipping Services Dubai LLC, a foreign-owned, for-profit organization. The contract is for stevedoring and related terminal services in Qatar, with a total ceiling value of $779,432.00 and an ultimate completion date of January 31, 2016.
The contract is not associated with any set-aside designation, reflecting Inchcape's status as a large, foreign-owned entity. Inchcape Shipping Services Dubai LLC has a significant track record of providing a wide range of maritime and logistics services to various U.S. government agencies, particularly the Department of Defense, through both prime contracts and indefinite delivery vehicles (IDVs). This includes the current $103,691.63 IDV with the Defense Logistics Agency Energy for the supply of liquid nitrogen to U.S. military facilities in the Middle East region.