Resource and Capability Transportation Support During Disasters (RCTSD)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency established this Master IDIQ on July 28, 2022, to provide port operations and transportation services moving personnel, containers, equipment, and facilities from CONUS ports (Tacoma, Seattle, Oakland, San Francisco, Long Beach, and Portland) to Alaska destinations including Anchorage, Fairbanks, Kodiak, Seward, Valdez, Kenai, Wasilla, Cordova, Homer, and Eielson Air Force Base, with retrograde support. Ordering authority expires July 27, 2027, leaving approximately one year of remaining ordering window. The vehicle carries no set-aside restrictions.

The IDIQ was designed as a multiple-award contract to support transportation of at least 4,000 containers per month during disaster response and recovery operations. The source material is sparse on actual task-order activity: only three delivery orders have been awarded across the vehicle's four-year life, all issued between July and November 2022 and covering Alaska disaster response for FEMA. Two orders carried $2,000 minimum guarantees each to Crowley Government Services, Inc. and Carlile Transportation Systems, LLC; a third order to Ceva Freight LLC included a $2,000 minimum guarantee that was subsequently de-obligated, leaving $0 obligated against it. Combined obligated value totals $4,000—representing 100 percent of the vehicle's stated combined potential value of $4,000, suggesting the recorded potential value reflects only the minimum guarantees issued and does not capture additional ceiling capacity or anticipated task-order spending.

No additional orders have been issued since November 2022, indicating minimal sustained activity against the vehicle despite the stated requirement to support 4,000 containers per month. The three primes (Crowley Government Services, Inc., Carlile Transportation Systems, LLC, and Ceva Freight LLC) each hold a single order; activity remains entirely concentrated within FEMA. The contract is structured as Firm Fixed Price with base performance through December 2022 and an option period extending through July 2027. Given the combination of sparse ordering momentum, minimal dollar commitment relative to the stated capacity requirement, and approaching expiration, this vehicle warrants continued monitoring but shows limited near-term opportunity unless FEMA activates additional disaster-response orders before the July 2027 deadline.

The scope of this work encompasses contractor support to provide all personnel, containers, equipment, facilities, and transportation to perform Port Operations and Transportation Services from CONUS ports to the State of Alaska, as well as retrograde support. Transportation needs shall be prescribed by task order award. Coordination, accountability, and supervision of these services by the contractor are essential to ensure success of the operation.