Autocares Rico SA

Autocares Rico SA, operating through its Rico Bus division and doing business as Autocares Rico, S.A., provides commercial bus and student transportation services to Department of Defense activities in Spain as a prime contractor across full-and-open federal procurements, with no subcontract footprint. The company, a for-profit organization headquartered in San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain, competes exclusively in competitive set-asides-free awards and operates 100% as a prime contractor—no subcontract work.

The vendor's customer concentration is heavily tilted toward the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), which accounts for 53 awards and $59.3 million in combined potential value—roughly 88% of the reported federal portfolio. The Department of the Navy (across multiple components) holds the second-tier customer set: U.S. Fleet Forces Command (Atlantic Fleet) with 33 awards ($504 thousand combined potential value), Navy Installations Command with 27 awards ($789 thousand), Naval Supply Systems Command with 9 awards ($278 thousand), and Military Sealift Command with 7 awards ($41 thousand). These five funding agencies represent 91% of award count and 90% of combined potential value, reflecting deep concentration in Navy and DoDEA operations in Spain.

Autocares Rico sits on four active parent Indefinite Delivery Contracts and one Blanket Purchase Agreement. The largest vehicle is an IDC (N3319100D1166) with 60 task orders providing student daily commute and special education transportation services for DoDEA in Rota and Sevilla through January 2030, carrying a $15.5 million ceiling. A multiple-award BPA (N6817122A6008) with Navy Installations Command carries 30 task orders ($213 thousand combined potential value) for commercial bus services at Naval Station Rota through March 2031. Smaller IDCs support Fleet Forces Command operations (N6817122D6002, 12 task orders, $70 thousand) and DoDEA student transportation (HE128009D0015, 11 task orders, $5.6 million; HE125419D2009, 10 task orders, $4.8 million).

Representative work includes a $916.6 thousand delivery order from DoDEA (November 2025) for daily commute student transportation at Rota and Sevilla through July 2026, a $34.6 thousand BPA call from U.S. Fleet Forces Command for bus services (November 2024), and a $62.4 thousand purchase order from Navy Installations Command for bus services in support of Operation Allies Refuge (August 2021). Task orders average in the low five-figure range for individual Navy vessel support and high six-figure range for DoDEA quarterly or semi-annual transportation blocks.

Activity has declined modestly but remains stable. The vendor recorded 17 awards in 2022, declining to 15 in 2024 and 9 through the first quarter of 2026. Only one award completes within the next twenty-four months ($917 thousand potential value), indicating minimal recompete exposure in the near term—most work extends through 2027 or beyond, with the dominant DoDEA IDC anchored through January 2030. Combined potential value across all 186 awards is $67.3 million, with $26.7 million obligated (40% of ceiling). The vendor's service scope is geographically concentrated entirely in Spain, with place of performance exclusively within that country, supporting Rota Naval Station and the Rota and Sevilla military communities. NAICS concentration centers on charter bus (48 awards), school and employee bus transportation (47 awards), and truck and RV rental and leasing (50 awards); PSC codes are dominated by passenger motor charter services (145 awards).