Ports & Vessels Subscription Renewal

The United States Transportation Command published a Special Notice announcing its intent to issue a sole source contract to IHS Global, Inc. The notice regards a ports and vessels subscription renewal to provide specialized database access to USTRANSCOM, AMC, MSC, SDDC, JTRU, JECC, NGA, and DLA.

The Special Notice seeks to renew IHS Global's provision of a database containing over 190,000 vessel and 16,500 port records updated daily across minimum 50 data fields. As the sole provider of this comprehensive ship and port registry, IHS Global is uniquely qualified to deliver the required data and maintain the specialized database under a 1-year base period and four 1-year option terms totaling 5 years. Interested parties must indicate so in writing by the notice's deadline in order to participate, however as the only qualified source no other contractors are eligible for award. The firm-fixed price contract renewal will continue critical vessel and port information access for transportation and logistics planning across multiple defense agencies.