BLG Autoterminal Bremerhaven GMBH & CO. KG

BLG Autoterminal Bremerhaven GMBH & CO. KG, a German for-profit port services provider based in Bremerhaven, operates as a prime contractor delivering stevedoring, longshoring, cargo handling, vessel loading and unloading, warehousing, and material handling services exclusively to the U.S. Department of Defense in support of Army logistics operations and power projection across the European theater. The vendor competes in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designations and is foreign-owned, registered in SAM.gov since September 2004.

Customer concentration is extreme and single-threaded. The Department of the Army Materiel Command Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) accounts for 114 of 119 awards (98% by count) and $210.1 million of $307.7 million combined potential value (68% by dollars). A recently awarded single-award indefinite-delivery contract (IDC) with the Department of the Army adds $79.3 million in ceiling value, shifting the potential-value ranking but not the volume concentration. SDDC dominates the operating footprint; GSA, the Air Force Air Mobility Command, and the Army proper represent token exposure. The vendor's service footprint is geographically fixed—place of performance is Bremerhaven, Germany, for all substantive awards.

BLG Autoterminal Bremerhaven holds five prime IDCs, with two vehicles anchoring the bulk of delivery-order activity. Indefinite Delivery Contract HTC71116DR010 carries 45 task orders worth $38.7 million in combined potential value, and IDC HTC71121DR007 carries 42 task orders worth $39.2 million. Two additional SDDC IDCs (W912CM08D7502 and W912CM12D8001) field 22 task orders worth $21.1 million combined. The vendor also holds a single-award General Services Administration Blanket Purchase Agreement (awarded November 15, 2024, with a $5 million ceiling through November 14, 2029) that provides a streamlined ordering mechanism for federal agencies seeking stevedoring and cargo handling at Bremerhaven. The most recent award is a single-award indefinite-delivery contract awarded by the Department of the Army on July 1, 2026, with a $79.3 million ceiling and performance period through June 30, 2031, representing a significant structural expansion of the vendor's long-term revenue potential.

Activity was heaviest in 2023 (12 awards), with 2022, 2024, 2025, and 2026 each fielding 4 to 8 awards. The vendor faces minimal recompete pressure in the next twenty-four months—only one award (valued at $3,000) reaches ultimate completion in that window. The bulk of the recompete portfolio extends beyond 2027, with the newly awarded $79.3 million IDC running through June 2031 anchoring long-term revenue stability.

Representative delivery orders span the scale of SDDC operational tempo. A $3.22 million firm fixed-price order issued June 1, 2025, and a $3.13 million order issued March 1, 2025, represent peak monthly task order sizes, while smaller orders in the $85,000 to $400,000 range appear monthly. Vessel-specific and cargo-surge operations produce variability; individual awards have historically ranged from $85,087 (May 2024) to $13.2 million. The vendor performs 100% as prime; no subcontractors are named across the award portfolio.

BLG Autoterminal Bremerhaven's competitive posture rests on geographic monopoly—Bremerhaven is the primary German port for U.S. Army logistics in Europe, and the vendor's on-site facilities and established operational capability create switching costs that explain the absence of competitive set-asides and the consistent renewal of delivery orders. The port's strategic role in sustaining military power projection across the European theater locks the customer into this supplier, making the vendor's contract pipeline among the most predictable and recession-resistant in the federal market.