CENTCOM Theater Express 2010-2012

CENTCOM Theater Express 2010-2012 is a closed Master IDIQ awarded by the Department of the Air Force Air Mobility Command on April 1, 2010, for international commercial cargo transportation services within the CENTCOM Area of Responsibility, with ordering authority ending September 30, 2012. The vehicle is no longer active; its successor, CENTCOM Theater Express II 2012-2016, was established in July 2012. All 122 task orders issued under this vehicle have been fully obligated against the $869.5 million shared ceiling, with $751.6 million in combined potential value across the portfolio.

The work scope encompasses time-definite port-to-port pick-up and delivery of palletized and roll-on/roll-off cargo to Forward Operating Bases and Forward Operating Locations across CENTCOM, including intransit visibility and customs processing. Task orders cover both consolidated transportation shipments and less-than-full-planeload shipping under what the source calls the "Theater Express Program."

Five prime contractors held awards: National Air Cargo Group, Inc. dominated by potential value at $380.5 million across 25 orders, followed by United Parcel Service Co. at $107.3 million (25 orders), Air Transport Intl LLC at $107 million (22 orders), Evergreen International Airlines, Inc. at $92.8 million (25 orders), and Federal Express Corp at $64.1 million (25 orders). The Office of the Secretary of Defense funded 112 orders valued at $743.3 million combined potential; Air Mobility Command funded the remaining 10 orders at $8.3 million.

All 122 task orders were unrestricted, with no set-aside designations. Task orders employed fixed-price or fixed-price-with-economic-price-adjustment pricing. Order volume accelerated from 17 in 2010 to 63 in 2011, then moderated to 42 in 2012 as the vehicle neared its ordering deadline. Individual task-order values ranged from approximately $10,000 to $26.7 million, with most falling between $2 million and $20 million.

Master IDIQ for performing international commercial cargo transportation services within the Central Command (CENTCOM) Area of Responsibility (AOR) as required by the Air Mobility Division (AMD), Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC), Aerial Port Control Team (APCT). Transportation services include the time-definite, port-to-port pick-up and delivery with the exception of Defense Distribution Depot Kuwait, Southwest Asia DDKS outbound cargo, which will be DDKS facility-to-port, Intransit Visibility (ITV), and customs processing and clearance of 463L palletized and roll-on/roll-off cargo to CENTCOM Forward Operating Base /Forward Operating Locations (FOB/FOL).