USDA APHIS awarded an indefinite-delivery contract to Bacarella Transportation Services Inc., a Total Small Business set-aside, with a contract ceiling of $1,307,565, on September 22, 2026. This is a single-award IDIQ.
The contract covers temperature-controlled courier services for transport of time-sensitive materials between Houston, McAllen Airport, and Edinburg, Texas. The originating market research, posted in May 2026, specified baseline operations requiring capacity for 2–6 routine shipments with surge capability scaling to up to 100 shipments, including transport of coolers containing pupae for sterile insect eradication programs, with compliance required for DOT, TSA, and FDA regulations.
Performance runs from the award date through July 31, 2031. Deliverables include a project plan due within five business days of award, GPS tracking with continuous visibility, temperature monitoring logs within 24 hours of delivery, chain-of-custody records with digital signatures, proof of delivery, incident reports within one hour of occurrence, capacity and load reports with each delivery, and weekly status reports every Friday by 3:00 p.m. local time. All travel costs (fuel, lodging, per diem) are included in pricing. All generated data, including GPS and temperature logs, becomes Government property. Electronic deliverables must comply with Section 508 accessibility requirements.
Bacarella is a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Shelton, Connecticut.