Universal Services Contract 10 (USC-10)

The Department of the Air Force Air Mobility Command awarded Universal Services Contract 10 (USC-10), a Master IDIQ for ocean transportation and distribution services, on September 1, 2024, with ordering authority extending through August 31, 2029. This is an unrestricted multiple-award vehicle with no set-aside designations; all 354 awarded task orders are competitively awarded.

Ordering momentum is substantial and accelerating. The vehicle issued 85 task orders in its launch year (2024), jumped to 234 in 2025, and has awarded 35 orders through early February 2026 (with more than 10 months remaining in the calendar year). The combined potential value of all awarded task orders is $1.16 billion, with 100 percent of that value obligated to date.

Scope centers on consolidated transportation shipments of Department of Defense and other federal agency cargo using commercial ocean liner service on global trade routes. Recent awards, dated September through February, describe cargo types including military equipment and supplies, Defense Commissary Agency supermarket-type commodities, Army and Air Force Exchange Service merchandise, Defense Logistics Agency and GSA supplies, and Military Postal Service mail. All awards carry fixed-price with economic price adjustment pricing. Task orders typically run monthly to annual terms; recent individual order ceilings range from roughly $5,000 to $22 million, with the largest recent order valued at $22.1 million.

Competition is fragmented among vessel-owning or vessel-controlling carriers. The top five primes by order count each hold 19 awards and include Maersk Line, LIMITED; Hapag-Lloyd Usa, LLC; Matson Navigation Company, Inc.; Pasha Hawaii Holdings LLC; and Tote Maritime Alaska, LLC. By combined potential value, American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier, LLC leads with $227.7 million across 18 orders, followed by Maersk Line, LIMITED with $191.2 million; Liberty Global Logistics LLC with $124.8 million; American President Lines, LLC with $120 million; and Matson Navigation Company, Inc. with $114.3 million. These five firms hold 67 percent of combined potential value across 25 distinct primes, indicating moderate concentration with a sustainable long tail.

Customer concentration is extreme. The Department of the Air Force accounts for 232 orders ($882.9 million combined potential value), with its Air Mobility Command component separately placing 122 orders ($274.4 million). Together they represent 100 percent of awarded orders; no other agencies participate in the vehicle.