Academy Express LLC

Academy Express LLC is a for-profit corporate entity and subsidiary of Academy Bus LLC, headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey. Registered in SAM.gov since August 2015, the company specializes in providing charter bus and motorcoach transportation services to federal agencies across the defense and homeland security sectors. Academy Express LLC brings substantial experience supporting military training exercises, personnel movements, ceremonial events, and specialized transportation requirements, with demonstrated capability to deploy 47- to 55-passenger buses across eastern United States facilities and installations.

Academy Express LLC has secured multiple federal prime contract awards totaling approximately $90,000 in value, primarily through purchase orders and delivery orders from the Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, Department of Homeland Security, and the Air National Guard. The company's contract work has included charter bus services for VIP events in Norfolk, Virginia; motorcoach transportation for the Troop Support Academy field trip to Joint Base McGuire-Dix; bus charters supporting the Sentry Aloha training program in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey; bus transportation services at Fort Meade, Maryland; commencement ceremony buses for Coast Guard facilities in New London, Connecticut; and charter bus services from Coast Guard yards to base ports. Most of these awards have been designated as small business set-asides, though several high-value contracts, including a $40,596 delivery order from Naval Facilities Engineering Command in September 2025, were awarded without set-aside designations. The company has also performed as a subcontractor to Noblis MSD LLC on Navy-related support work. The consistent pattern of awards demonstrates Academy Express LLC's reliable performance and established relationships with federal defense and military agencies.

Academy Express LLC has received three significant federal grant awards from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Intercity Bus Security Grant Program (CFDA 97.057), totaling $1,469,416 in funding. These grants include a $480,126 cooperative agreement awarded on August 26, 2022; a $498,290 project grant with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026; and a $491,000 project grant with a performance period from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2027. The grant funding is dedicated to enhancing security for Academy Express LLC's intercity bus transportation operations through infrastructure hardening, cybersecurity improvements, procurement of security equipment, emergency preparedness planning, and security-related training. These awards build upon prior FEMA security grants totaling $978,416 awarded to the parent company, Academy Bus LLC, in 2022 and 2024 for similar bus security enhancement initiatives. The grants demonstrate federal recognition of Academy Express LLC's role as a critical transportation infrastructure provider requiring specialized security investments.

Academy Express LLC holds a single-award, small business set-aside Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) with the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) under the Department of the Navy, with a ceiling value of $13,919,290 and a completion date of April 4, 2026. This IDC authorizes Academy Express LLC to provide charter bus transportation services supporting various Navy training programs, personnel movements, and specialized transportation needs across multiple Navy installations, primarily in the eastern United States. The contract allows for the deployment of 47- to 55-passenger buses and has generated multiple task orders, including recurring transportation for the Navy's Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape (SERE) training programs as well as ad-hoc charter bus services for events, ceremonies, and other requirements at Navy facilities in locations such as Norfolk, Virginia; Kittery, Maine; and Cherry Point, North Carolina. The contract was originally awarded on April 5, 2021, and has been exercised through option years, with the September 26, 2025 delivery order for the VIP event in Norfolk representing one of the most recent task order executions under this vehicle.