Global Heavyweight Services (GHS)

The Department of the Air Force Air Mobility Command established the Global Heavyweight Services (GHS) Master IDIQ on December 21, 2022, to procure international and domestic door-to-door heavyweight delivery services for the Department of Defense and cost-reimbursable contractors. Orders may be placed through September 30, 2032, leaving approximately 6 years and 2 months of ordering authority. All shipments must include an air segment; all primes are required to participate in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) program.

The vehicle has issued 992 delivery orders since February 2023 with a combined potential value of $275.1 million, all of which has been obligated. Ordering velocity remains robust at 299–354 orders per year over the past three years. Task-order values range from under one thousand dollars to approximately $1.5 million, with firm fixed pricing. The Office of the Secretary of Defense funds approximately 98 percent of all orders; Air Mobility Command funds the remainder at negligible volume.

Competition concentrates moderately among carriers. Alaska Airlines leads by potential value at $42.2 million across 66 orders, followed by Hawaiian Airlines at $29.6 million (57 orders) and Northern Air Cargo at $29.3 million (28 orders). American Airlines, National Air Cargo Group, Omni Air International, and smaller operators hold the remainder. The top five primes by potential value account for 54 percent of the combined value; no single prime dominates sufficiently to raise competitive concern.

The vehicle carries no set-aside designations. Place of performance is worldwide to support both CONUS and international shipments, with weight thresholds of 150 pounds within the continental United States and 300 pounds internationally and for Alaska and Hawaii. Task orders completed to date span August 2025 through October 2025, indicating steady monthly ordering cycles aligned to fiscal-month boundaries.

The contractor will provide service utilizing their existing commercial transportation network only. GHS is not a substitute for charter, special air missions, channel, or movement to/from/between military airfields. Services shall be provided for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), other Federal Government agencies, and contractors who have a cost- reimbursable contract line-item number under another government contract, which includes transportation of freight (Cost Reimbursable Contractors (CRC)). The prime contractor is required to ensure services are provided for door-to-door, time definite, pick-up and delivery, transportation, timely and accurate shipment tracking, government Third Party Payment System (TPPS) participation, customs clearance processing (if applicable), and shipment data reporting. All shipments MUST include an air segment.