USTRANSCOM USC-7 International Surface Transportation

This vehicle is closed to new orders and no longer pursued — the Department of the Army Materiel Command Surface Deployment and Distribution Command established USTRANSCOM USC-7 on August 10, 2012, with a last date to order of August 31, 2016, now more than nine years past. Ordering has ceased, though the portfolio data reflects residual activity through at least November 2023 on pre-cutoff orders.

The contract procures international ocean cargo transportation and distribution services using commercial liner carriers worldwide. Task orders describe consolidated transportation shipments placed by decentralized ordering officers, suggesting routine, recurring defense shipment requirements executed through a pooled vehicle rather than individual awards.

All 613 task orders across the vehicle's life carry fixed-price-with-economic-price-adjustment pricing and no set-aside designation — this is an unrestricted, fully competitive vehicle. The Office of the Secretary of Defense funded 512 orders totaling $1.99 billion combined potential value, representing 84.5 percent of all activity. The Army Materiel Command Surface Deployment and Distribution Command placed 100 orders worth $361.6 million. The Air Force Air Mobility Command placed one order for $137 thousand.

Competition concentrates among five major ocean carriers. American President Lines, LLC and Maersk Line, LIMITED together hold $1.28 billion of the vehicle's $2.35 billion combined potential value — roughly 54 percent — across 94 orders. Hapag-Lloyd Usa, LLC, Liberty Global Logistics LLC, and Farrell Lines Incorporated round out the top five, collectively accounting for 85 percent of potential value. The top five firms captured 233 of 613 total orders.

Task orders range from under $4,000 (delivery order HTC71112DW017-9507 at $3,852.35) to $88.4 million (HTC71112DW003-9509). Order flow peaked in 2015 at 177 orders, then dropped sharply after the August 2016 cutoff; only 3 orders posted in 2023, all for less than $137 thousand, representing final spend-down of pre-cutoff commitments rather than new ordering authority. The vehicle achieved full obligation of its $2.35 billion combined potential value as of the data snapshot.

This contract is to provide international cargo transportation and distribution services using ocean common or contract carriers, as defined in the Shipping Act of 1984, offering commercial liner service for requirements that may arise in any part of the world.