Cooper / Ports America LLC
Houston, TX
- UEI
- HKD5P5JYDUM3
- CAGE
- 7RLE3
- Primary NAICS
- 488320 Marine Cargo Handling
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
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Its parent company, Tone Communication Services, LLC, ranks:
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Partnership or Limited Liability Partnership
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 2315 McCarty St, Houston, TX 77029, USA
- Website
- c-pa.com
- Founded
- 2016
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Transportation
- Marine
- SIC code
- 44 Water Transportation
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $9,863,847 |
| FY2025 | $35,651,783 |
| FY2024 | $36,093,992 |
| FY2023 | $26,414,006 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of the Army | $9,863,847 |
Contract awards
| Award | Agency | Obligated | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| S & RTS - three port texas | United States Transportation Command | $1,016,607 | |
| S & RTS - three port texas | United States Transportation Command | $1,401,453 | |
| S & RTS - three port texas | United States Transportation Command | $1,727,328 | |
| S & RTS - three port texas | United States Transportation Command | $1,956,503 | |
| S & RTS - three port texas | United States Transportation Command | $1,717,111 |
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Cooper / Ports America LLC, doing business as Cooper, is a Houston-based port stevedoring and terminal logistics contractor that operates as a prime contractor exclusively serving the Department of the Army Materiel Command's Surface Deployment and Distribution Command with no set-aside designations across its federal footprint. Cooper is a for-profit limited liability company and a subsidiary of Tone Communication Services LLC.
Cooper's capability portfolio is narrow and deeply specialized: stevedoring and related terminal services (S&RTS) across three Texas Gulf Coast port facilities—Houston, Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Corpus Christi—with operational performance centered at Jacinto City, Texas. The company handles vessel loading and unloading, cargo handling, container storage, yard operations, maintenance and repair services, and transportation support in direct support of military deployment and global cargo distribution. Representative work includes a $6.35 million delivery order from SDDC awarded September 1, 2025 (performance through September 30, 2025); a $5.56 million order awarded July 1, 2025; and a $2.53 million order awarded June 1, 2025—all firm fixed-price, all for S&RTS at the three-port Texas location.
Customer concentration is absolute and singular. All 109 awards in the source span serve the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, an Army Materiel Command component, representing $574.1 million in combined potential value. This is a sole-customer, sole-mission relationship with no diversification across civilian or other defense agencies. The Army's SDDC has issued over 40 delivery orders under Cooper's primary vehicle totaling more than $100 million as of January 2026, demonstrating sustained reliance on Cooper's Texas port capacity.
Cooper holds three active indefinite delivery contracts under which SDDC places monthly or quarterly delivery orders. The primary vehicle—Indefinite Delivery Contract HTC71122DR011—carries a ceiling of $247.28 million, awarded April 3, 2022, with performance extending through April 2, 2027. Against this IDV, SDDC has issued 45 task orders carrying $108.1 million in combined potential value. Two subordinate vehicles—Indefinite Delivery Contracts HTC71115DR037 and HTC71115DR036—carry 35 task orders ($78.5 million combined potential value) and 26 task orders ($11.3 million combined potential value), respectively. The primary IDV was awarded through lowest-price-technically-acceptable evaluation following a 2019 U.S. Transportation Command solicitation and represents sole-source provider status for these port logistics services at the named Texas facilities.
Activity has remained stable over the past five years: eleven awards in 2022, thirteen in 2023, twelve in 2024, and twelve in 2025, with three awards recorded through March 2026. No recompete cliff data is present in the source; however, the primary IDV ceiling of $247.28 million expires April 2, 2027, representing the major vehicle recompete window. As of March 1, 2026, the seven-month trajectory shows a slowdown in award velocity relative to the monthly or near-monthly cadence evident in 2023–2025, though the source does not characterize whether this reflects actual demand reduction or procurement timing shifts. Combined dollars obligated stand at $197.9 million (34% of combined potential value), indicating moderate burn-rate against available ceiling capacity across all three vehicles.
Cooper operates with no subcontractor footprint in this federal work. All 109 awards are prime deliveries; zero sub-awards appear in the source. The vendor's competitive posture is entirely full-and-open (no set-aside designations) and entirely dependent on SDDC's ongoing demand for Texas Gulf Coast port stevedoring capacity. NAICS 488310 (Marine Cargo Handling) and PSC S206 (Transportation: Stevedoring) define the entirety of Cooper's federal service category.
Quick answers
Is Cooper / Ports America LLC registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Cooper / Ports America LLC's SAM.gov registration is active through April 29, 2027.
What is Cooper / Ports America LLC's CAGE code?
Cooper / Ports America LLC's CAGE code is 7RLE3, and its Unique Entity ID (UEI) is HKD5P5JYDUM3.
How much has Cooper / Ports America LLC received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $35,651,783 to Cooper / Ports America LLC in fiscal year 2025 and $108,023,628 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Cooper / Ports America LLC rank among federal contractors?
Cooper / Ports America LLC's parent company, Tone Communication Services, LLC, ranked #1 in NAICS 48832, #1 in PSC V114 and #4 in NAICS 4883 in FY2025.
What is Cooper / Ports America LLC's most recent federal award?
Cooper / Ports America LLC's most recent federal contract award is S & RTS - three port texas (HTC71126F7444), from United States Transportation Command, on March 1, 2026.
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