NAVSUP EUCOM Husbanding Services 2016-2021

U.S. Fleet Forces Command (Atlantic) awarded this Master IDIQ on September 29, 2016, to procure port husbanding services for U.S. Navy and Military Sealift Command vessels operating in the European Command region, with the last opportunity to order against the vehicle on October 31, 2021. Ordering is now closed; the vehicle is inactive.

The vehicle is fully expired. Its ordering period ended in late 2021, and the most recent task order was awarded on May 27, 2021. Over the five-year life, 1,481 delivery orders were issued, with peak activity in 2017–2019 (378–440 orders annually) and a steep decline thereafter (221 orders in 2020, only 2 in 2021). All 100% of the combined potential value of $106.1 million has been obligated.

Awarded task orders show that the vehicle contracted port call services — tugs, pilots, waste removal, provisions, and related in-port support — for specific vessel visits to Mediterranean, North Sea, and Black Sea ports. Typical orders were firm-fixed-price port-call packages valued between $3,000 and $350,000, with completion within weeks of award. Representative ports included Souda Bay (Greece), Augusta Bay and Gaeta (Italy), Gibraltar, Faslane (Scotland), and ports in Poland, Croatia, Romania, and Turkey. Many orders also included "charter and hire funded items" and regional husbanding services.

Competition was heavily concentrated: Mls-Multinational Logistic Services LIMITED held 706 of 1,481 orders (54.6% of task orders, $57.8 million of $106.1 million potential value). Global Defense Logistics S.R.L. and S.C.A. – Shipping Consultants Associated LTD. held 459 and 295 orders respectively, with combined potential values of $24.1 million and $23.5 million. Two smaller firms shared the remaining 13 orders. Customer agencies were similarly concentrated: Fleet Forces Command (Atlantic) and Military Sealift Command together issued roughly 97% of task orders. No set-aside restrictions applied; all awards were unrestricted.

This vehicle is not viable for new business development. The ordering period closed nearly five years ago, no successor vehicle has been identified in the source material, and the most recent award history is sporadic. The vehicle serves as a case study in port support logistics and vendor concentration in European naval operations, but active pursuit is not warranted.

NAVSUP / European Command has awarded a Multiple Award (MAC IDIQ) contract to obtain non-personal Husbanding Services for U.S. Ships (USS) and U.S. Naval Ships, to include the Military Sealift Command and United States Coast Guard in various EUCOM regions.