Material Handling Equipment and Aerial Work Platforms 2014-2016

The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command awarded this Master IDIQ for the rental of forklifts, man-lifts, and scissor-lifts on May 1, 2014, with ordering authority that closed on April 30, 2019—this vehicle is no longer active. The IDIQ is fully unrestricted and generated 295 task orders over its five-year ordering window, with combined potential value of $7.5 million that is now fully obligated. Ordering momentum declined sharply in the vehicle's final years: task orders averaged 69 per year in 2015–2016 but fell to 40 in 2017, 23 in 2018, and 16 in 2019, signaling diminishing customer demand toward contract maturity.

Competition is concentrated among three rental firms. Pape' Material Handling Inc. holds 40 percent of orders and 53 percent of combined potential value with 120 awards totaling $4 million. Herc Rentals Inc. captured 39 percent of orders and 32 percent of potential value with 116 awards at $2.4 million. Star Rentals Inc. won 59 orders valued at $1.1 million, representing 20 percent of orders and 15 percent of potential value. The two largest firms together account for roughly three-quarters of the vehicle's economic activity.

Customer concentration is extreme: Naval Sea Systems Command (the awarding office) placed 137 orders worth $4.2 million, and Naval Facilities Engineering Command placed 153 orders worth $3.3 million. These two entities represent 98 percent of all task orders. The remaining three Navy customers—Pacific Fleet Forces, Naval Air Systems Command, and Naval Supply Systems Command—collectively account for only five orders at $35 thousand.

Task orders are small, typically ranging from $670 to $120 thousand, with most falling between $10 thousand and $75 thousand. Rental periods vary from short-term leases of several months to longer-term rentals extending up to a year. Recent orders from 2018–2019 targeted industrial man-lifts and scissor-lifts in the 50–125 foot range, along with various forklift capacities. All task orders are firm-fixed-price delivery orders with no set-asides. Place of performance reflects Navy Puget Sound operations and subordinate installations.

NAVSUP Fleet Logistic Center, Puget Sound has awarded a Master IDIQ for the rental of forklifts, man-lifts, and scissor-lifts of various sizes (outlined in the documentation of the associated opportunity).