Academy Express LLC

Academy Express LLC, a for-profit charter bus transportation company and small business subsidiary of Academy Lines, L.L.C., operates as a prime contractor delivering motorcoach services to federal defense and civilian agencies under small business set-asides and full-and-open competition. The vendor is headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey, and competes predominantly under small business set-aside designations across its prime contract footprint.

Academy Express provides concrete transportation services: charter bus operations for military training exercises, personnel movements, ceremonial events, and VIP transport across eastern United States installations, with demonstrated capability to deploy 47- to 55-passenger buses. Recent representative prime contract work includes a $2.5 million small business set-aside delivery order from Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) on June 5, 2026, for blanket charter bus transportation supporting Navy training programs across multiple eastern installations under a $13.9 million single-award indefinite delivery contract; a $40,596 full-and-open NAVFAC delivery order from September 2025 for charter bus service at a VIP event in Norfolk, Virginia; and a $24,012 full-and-open U.S. Coast Guard purchase order from May 2023 for buses supporting a commencement ceremony in New London, Connecticut. Academy Express also acts as a subcontractor: in March 2024, Noblis MSD LLC engaged Academy Express on fleet introduction support services for new construction and in-service ship classes.

Federal emergency-management grants form a material second revenue stream. Academy Express has received three grants under FEMA's Intercity Bus Security Grant Program (CFDA 97.057): a $480,126 cooperative agreement awarded August 26, 2022, a $498,290 project grant awarded September 1, 2024 (performance through August 31, 2026), and a $699 thousand project grant awarded September 1, 2025 (performance through August 31, 2027). These grants fund security infrastructure hardening, cybersecurity improvements, soft-target protection, security equipment, and emergency-preparedness training for the company's intercity bus operations.

Customer concentration centers on the Department of the Navy, which accounts for $14.8 million (99% of combined potential value) across three NAVFAC awards, and the U.S. Coast Guard, which accounts for $62 thousand across four awards. Across eight distinct customer agencies, the top-customers-by-value ranking aligns tightly with the award-count ranking — Navy dominance is absolute. Academy Express holds a seat on the Seaport Next Generation vehicle and operates under NAVFAC's Indefinite Delivery Contract N4008521D0038. Award activity averaged 2.4 per year over the past five years, with one award in the next twenty-four-month recompete window. The parent company, Academy Lines, L.L.C., is self-certified as a small disadvantaged business.