Indefinite Delivery Contract HTC71119DW037

This federal contract IDV was awarded by the U.S. Air Force's Air Mobility Command and the U.S. Army Materiel Command's Surface Deployment and Distribution Command to Tote Maritime Puerto Rico, LLC, a subsidiary of Saltchuk Resources, Inc. The contract provides for consolidated ocean freight and intermodal cargo transportation services to support global military logistics operations, primarily for the Army and Air Force. Tote Maritime Puerto Rico was awarded multiple delivery orders under the Ocean and Intermodal Cargo Transport 2019 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) master contract, with individual order values ranging from $600,000 to over $3 million. These fixed-price with economic price adjustment contracts do not utilize set-aside designations, indicating Tote Maritime Puerto Rico competes for the awards in the open market. The contracted services involve transporting cargo from strategic air bases and transportation hubs to destinations in Puerto Rico and other locations, leveraging Tote Maritime's fleet of container and roll-on/roll-off vessels.

The original solicitation for the Ocean and Intermodal Cargo Transport 2019 IDIQ was in the form of a Special Notice, which announced a pre-solicitation conference for the Department of Defense's Universal Service Contract 9. The conference provided an opportunity for interested vessel-owning and -operating carriers to discuss the draft performance work statement prior to the formal solicitation being issued. This IDIQ contract vehicle enables the Air Mobility Command and Surface Deployment and Distribution Command to efficiently procure critical cargo transportation services in support of military readiness and global logistics requirements.