Packing and Crating Services, Saudi Arabia

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs established this Master IDIQ for packing, crating, and related services at the US Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on February 29, 2016, but ordering closed on February 28, 2021 — the vehicle is no longer accepting new orders.

All 126 task orders awarded under the vehicle are now fully obligated at $878 thousand combined potential value. Activity peaked in 2017 with 48 orders, then declined sharply: 23 orders in 2018, 2 in 2019, 4 in 2020, and 13 in 2021. The most recent task order was awarded August 3, 2021, over four years ago.

Work consists entirely of household goods and personal property shipments for State Department personnel and their dependents, including packing out unaccompanied baggage, household effects, and personal vehicles. Representative orders range from $560 to $25.6 thousand, with most falling between $3,000 and $20,000. Pricing is firm fixed price on all but two orders, which used cost no-fee structures.

Competition is concentrated between two firms: Four Winds Saudi Arabia LTD holds 74 orders worth $470 thousand combined potential value, and Atco - East & West Express holds 52 orders worth $408 thousand. These two primes split the entire vehicle. All orders carried unrestricted, no-set-aside designations.

Customer concentration is extreme: the Department of State Bureau of Human Resources funded 106 of the 126 orders (84% of potential value at $752 thousand), with the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs placing only 12 orders ($70 thousand). The remaining three State bureaus — Overseas Building Operations, Administration, and Diplomatic Security — collectively account for less than 1% of the portfolio.

Since ordering closed five years ago and the vehicle is fully obligated with no new orders anticipated, this vehicle is inactive for business development purposes.

This Master IDIQ is for packing, crating, and other related services at the US Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia