Multimodal-3

The Department of the Army Material Command Surface Deployment and Distribution Command established Multimodal-3 as a Master IDIQ on July 1, 2019 to procure global door-to-door multimodal cargo transportation (airlift, sealift, linehaul) supporting USTRANSCOM's Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, with the ordering period closed on June 30, 2021. Although no new orders can be placed, the vehicle remains active with 332 task orders totaling $283.2 million in combined potential value and $282.4 million obligated (100% of combined potential). Current activity is strong: 40 orders were issued in 2026 (through April 22) after 15 orders in 2025, sustaining the multi-year baseline of 35–44 orders annually.

Farrell Lines Incorporated dominates by dollar volume with $88.5 million across 64 orders, followed by Air Transport International Inc. at $50.8 million across 27 orders, American President Lines LLC at $45.7 million across 102 orders, and National Air Cargo Group Inc. at $44.2 million across 43 orders. These four firms hold 89% of combined potential value; the remaining seven primes capture the tail. American President Lines leads by order count despite lower total value, reflecting smaller average order sizes. Customer concentration is extreme: the Army Materiel Command Surface Deployment and Distribution Command placed 208 orders worth $213.2 million (75% of potential value), with Air Mobility Command funding 76 orders at $28.4 million and the broader Air Force 47 orders at $19.6 million.

All 332 task orders carry no set-aside designation and use firm fixed pricing. Recent orders under Operation Epic Fury (April–May 2026 awards) range from $5,825 to $4.3 million, reflecting mission-specific cargo transport across Middle Eastern and North African theaters—Kuwait to UAE routes, health and comfort pack shipments to Jordan and Djibouti, MRE shipments to Bahrain and Germany, and military vehicle redeployments. Place of performance spans multiple continents; orders originate from bases including Camp Arifjan, Camp Buehring, and Italian staging areas, with destinations throughout the CENTCOM and AFRICOM areas of responsibility and non-regional locations including New Zealand, Poland, and Germany.

As a component command of the United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) has a requirement to provide global international, commercial, door to door, cargo transportation services through multiple or single modes (e.g. airlift, sealift, linehaul) of transportation.