Travel Services Solutions (FSS-599)

The GSA Federal Acquisition Service awarded this Master GSA Schedule (Schedule 599) for travel services on August 15, 2003, but ordering closed on December 31, 2023, making this vehicle no longer available for new task orders.

The vehicle covered travel consultation services, travel management center services, lodging services and management, specialized conference facilities, air charter services (both owner-operated and broker-arranged), and contract support items across seven subcategories. Active ordering spanned nearly two decades, with 1,418 total task orders awarded between March 2004 and May 2020. The portfolio shows declining recent activity—annual orders peaked at 243 in 2017 but fell to 40 by 2020, the final year of major ordering. The combined potential value across all task orders reached $2.9 billion, with $2.28 billion obligated (78% of potential value).

CSI Aviation dominates by dollar value, holding $1.22 billion in combined potential across 191 orders, while Corporate Lodging Consultants led by order count with 253 awards totaling $255.1 million. The top five primes captured 61 percent of combined potential value. Notably, 88 percent of task orders carried no set-aside designation, with the remainder split among small business (11 percent), service-disabled veteran-owned small business (1 percent), and woman-owned small business (1 percent).

Ordering was highly concentrated by agency. The Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard placed 124 orders valued at $48.3 million combined, while the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response awarded 109 orders, and the Corporation for National and Community Service placed 94. These three agencies represented 32 percent of all task orders. The portfolio skews toward emergency lodging—the most recent task orders visible in the 2020 window reflect pandemic-driven COVID-19 response efforts, with multiple lodging calls and delivery orders obligating seven-figure amounts between April and May 2020 under emergency provisions.

Task-order values ranged widely, from under $10,000 to mega-orders exceeding $60 million, with typical firm fixed price structures. Place of performance encompassed domestic and international locations, reflecting the breadth of federal travel management demand across civilian agencies and military commands.

Products and services covered under Schedule 599 include: travel consultation services, travel management center (TMC) services, lodging services and management services, specialized conference facilities, air charter services-owner operated, air charter services-brokers, introduction of new related products and services, and contract support items.