CENTAM Guardian26 Line Haul HND SLV "Subject to Availability of Fund"
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- W912QM26QA0050002
- Agency
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Army Contracting Command
Army Materiel Command, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 484121 General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload
- Place of performance
- Honduras
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Army Contracting Command (Fort Sam Houston, Texas) is soliciting bids for line haul and customs broker services to support Exercise CENTAM Guardian 2026 in Central America. The contractor will provide non-personal services including all personnel, equipment, transportation, and logistics necessary to transport 20-foot containers and 463L pallets between Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras and multiple locations in El Salvador, including Ilopango, La Union, and Chalatenango. Key requirements include furnishing flatbeds, lowboys, removable goose neck trailers, 10K forklifts with extended forks (minimum 72 inches), six 90 PSI pressure washers, and licensed drivers, as well as coordinating with military personnel to process entry passes documentation and complete customs clearance procedures. The award will be made to the lowest-priced offeror whose technical plan receives an "Acceptable" rating with no trade-offs permitted between price and technical merit. The offer due date is March 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM, with the performance period running from April 7, 2026 to May 15, 2026.
This solicitation is unrestricted with no set-aside designation, though it has been identified as suitable for Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) consideration. No incumbent contractor or award value has been specified in the solicitation documents. The contract consists of six firm fixed-price line items covering round-trip line haul service from Soto Cano to Ilopango, border customs pressure washing, customs procedures, local line haul services to La Union and Chalatenango, and Defense Base Act insurance. The contractor must maintain a contract manager and alternate with minimum English proficiency level II, provide four-hour status updates via WhatsApp and email, maintain backup vehicles within four hours of any breakdown, and ensure 100% compliance with performance standards. Work will be performed in El Salvador with operating hours of 0700 to 1700 Monday through Friday, and the contract is subject to the availability of funds in accordance with FAR 52.232-18.
Notice text
*FUNDS ARE NOT PRESENTLYAVAILABLE FOR THIS REQUIREMENT ANDIS SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAR 52.232-18*
The Regional Contracting Office-Soto Cano is seeking to obtain support to provide Line Haul Service between Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras to Multiple Locations in El Salvador.
Contractor shall provide non-personal services The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, flatbeds, lowboys, Removable Goose Neck (RGN), 10K forklift with extended forks at least 72 inches, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform Contractor line haul services with drivers to transport supplies, materials, equipment, and containers safely and expeditiously to include where the Contractor shall coordinate with Soto Cano AB, JTF-B J-4 to accurately process all required entry passes documentation for deployment and redeployment before equipment arrival. The Contractor shall accomplish all services in coordination with the COR as defined in this PWS. The Contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract.
POP: 07 April 2026 -15 May 2026
RFIs:
- On/around April 7 (deployment from Soto Cano to Ilopango): Once the 14 twenty-foot containers arrive at Ilopango after border crossing and customs inspection, will they be offloaded/staged at Ilopango that day, or will they remain on the trucks for follow-on movements to La Union and Chalatenango the same day or next day? Answer: The containers will stage at Ilopongo until they are ready to move o/a 12 April to respective locations. At no point will containers be removed for chassis.
- For the required agricultural cleaning (six 90 PSI pressure washers, 10% solution final rinse, 100% inside/outside): Will the initial wash occur at Soto Cano AB while containers are on the ground before loading, or is it only required at the border before crossing into El Salvador? Answer: There will be a wash at Soto Cano, Mr. Geronimo can speak on further details as he will manage that process. Not aware of additional “washings” after departure including at the border.
- PWS Says 5.2.3.12.1. Once all trucks with cargo arrive at Ilopango El Salvador, from Honduras, the El Salvador Customs team will inspect all containers. Once inspection is complete (18) eighteen trucks will move their containers to various training sites for drop off. See attachment #1. But attachement 1 says (14) fourteen trucks. is it 18 or 14? Answer: PWS updated, it is (14) fourteen trucks.
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