Tucson Border Patrol Light Truck Tires IDIQ

The Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection established this Master IDIQ for light truck tires for the Tucson Border Patrol on September 23, 2011, with ordering authority ending March 22, 2015 — this vehicle is no longer accepting new orders and closed more than a decade ago.

The vehicle is fully reserved for small business and issued 41 task orders between September 2011 and August 2014, obligating the full combined potential value of $7.7 million. Ordering concentrated heavily in 2012, when 24 orders were placed, compared to 6 orders in 2011, 7 in 2013, and 4 in 2014. All work performed was for the Tucson Sector Border Patrol across multiple station locations (Ajo, Casa Grande, Nogales, Douglas, Naco, Sonoita, and Willcox). The sole customer agency was DHS Chief Procurement Officer (accounting for roughly 97% of orders by value); Customs and Border Protection itself placed one residual order.

Competition was narrow. Western Tire Centers Inc. dominated the vehicle, capturing 29 of 41 task orders worth $6.6 million combined potential value — roughly 86% of vehicle activity by value. Tire Centers, LLC held 9 orders valued at $911 thousand. Redburn Tire Company received 2 orders worth $115 thousand, and The Allied Elite Inc. won a single $5 thousand order. Individual task orders ranged from $4 thousand (minimum contract-quantity fulfillment orders at award) to $964.8 thousand, with most operating orders typically in the $50 thousand to $300 thousand range. Orders were firm fixed price and typically specified tire quantities of 200 to 3,500 units per delivery order.

The vehicle entered a wind-down phase in 2014. The final order (dated August 21, 2014) was marked "DHS BULK CLOSE OUT" and obligated $838.9 thousand. All task orders from mid-2013 onward carried the same "DHS BULK CLOSE OUT" descriptor, signaling planned contract conclusion. No new pursuit opportunity exists; this vehicle is closed and expired.

IDIQ for the purchase of light truck tires for the Tucson Border Patrol.