Grande Remise Location

Grande Remise Location, doing business as Avis Chauffeur - First Plaza, is a Paris-based for-profit transportation services provider that operates as a prime contractor supplying chauffeured vehicle rentals and ground transportation logistics exclusively to the U.S. Department of State, competing on an open (full-and-open) basis with no set-aside designations across its federal footprint.

The vendor's federal work is narrowly concentrated within State Department diplomatic operations in France. The Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs accounts for 294 of 314 total awards ($39 million combined potential value), representing 100% of the vendor's customer base by dollar concentration. The Bureau of Diplomatic Security, K Fund, Bureau of Overseas Building Operations, and Office of the Secretary of State together represent only 20 awards and less than $612 thousand in combined value. This extreme customer concentration reflects Grande Remise Location's role as a logistics partner embedded in State Department travel and diplomatic security operations—the vendor executes delivery orders (and purchase orders) against standing indefinite delivery contracts rather than competing for fresh solicitations. Recent activity shows 72 awards in 2024 and 50 awards combined in 2025 and 2026 year-to-date, indicating consistent utilization volume despite the small dollar values per order.

The vendor's capability footprint is concrete and operationally narrow: provision of sedans, SUVs, minivans, and buses equipped with professional drivers to support high-level U.S. government travel, diplomatic missions, Congressional delegations, and security detail movement throughout France. Representative work includes a $1,178,586.72 delivery order (May 23, 2024) for general transportation support for VIP visits; a $454,489.59 delivery order (May 24, 2024) for the same; and a $441,323.52 delivery order (October 27, 2021) for Vice Presidential travel support via the United States Secret Service. The vendor holds a portfolio of single-award indefinite delivery contracts with ceilings ranging from approximately $81,930 to $3,651,733.70, with the largest active IDC (valued at $1,485,144 through January 31, 2027) awarded February 1, 2024 as a multiple-award vehicle by the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. Historically significant contracts include a $989,219.03 IDV vehicle (October 28, 2021) supporting the Vice President's November 2021 France visit, which generated five firm fixed-price delivery orders in October 2021 alone.

The vendor's geographic footprint is fixed: all work is performed in France, with Paris and regional centers (Montpellier, Lyon, Bordeaux) named in delivery orders. Place of performance language in all source awards specifies France. There is no mention of overseas operations outside France or domestic U.S. contracting.

Grande Remise Location competes entirely without subcontractors—the source shows 314 prime awards and zero sub-awards. The vendor is not positioned on government-wide vehicles, multiple-award GWACs, or GSA Schedules; its access to federal work is purely through State Department IDVs held directly with the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs and Bureau of Diplomatic Security. The vendor's largest vehicles by task-order count include Indefinite Delivery Contract 19FR6318D0019 (54 task orders, $1.2 million combined value), DOS Passenger Transportation Paris 2015–2019 (52 task orders, $953 thousand), and Indefinite Delivery Contract 19FR6324D0006 (29 task orders, $731 thousand). These vehicles are State Department–specific and not accessible to other vendors.

The combined potential value across all 314 awards is $39.6 million, with obligated dollars at $17.5 million (44% of potential value). The vendor's NAICS footprint clusters in passenger car rental (156 awards), truck and utility trailer rental (92 awards), and transit and ground passenger transportation (30 awards), reflecting the transportation-services-only posture. Year-over-year award volume declined sharply from 72 in 2024 to 32 in 2025 and 18 in 2026 year-to-date, signaling either recompete transition activity or reduced State Department utilization in the current period.