FEMA National Cross Dock and Incident Support Base

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) established the National Cross Dock and Incident Support Base Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide comprehensive transportation and logistics services during national emergency situations. The contract enables transportation service providers to develop and deploy networks of cross-dock facilities, freight forwarding operation centers, and disaster staging area support services throughout the Continental United States. Contractors must possess robust infrastructure, including transportation fleets, personnel, material handling equipment, and information technology capabilities to efficiently transload, transport, manage, track, and process supplies into impacted areas during emergency responses.

Task orders under this IDIQ primarily support disaster response efforts for events such as hurricanes, winter storms, and COVID-19 pandemic relief, with contract values ranging from $2,000 to $53.9 million. J.B. Hunt Transport Inc. has been the predominant contractor, receiving multiple task orders totaling over $42 million for supporting emergency responses in regions like Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Washington, D.C. Other significant contractors include Crowley Government Services Inc. and Estes Express Lines, who have received task orders for COVID-19 support and cross-dock facility operations. The contracts are consistently firm fixed-price delivery orders with no specific set-aside designations, typically performed in the National Capital Region and affected disaster zones, with performance periods ranging from several months to multiple years.