Kanoo Group, LLC

Kanoo Group, LLC, doing business as Kanoo, is a for-profit partnership registered to receive U.S. federal government contract awards since January 12, 2005. The company primarily provides lodging services, material handling equipment, and supply and retrograde transportation services to various U.S. Department of Defense agencies operating in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Kanoo specializes in supporting logistics and transportation operations for the U.S. military in the Middle East region, particularly in Dubai and other UAE locations.

Kanoo has received numerous prime federal contract awards from the Department of the Air Force, Department of the Army, and Department of the Navy. These contracts have primarily supported operations of the Air Mobility Command, Military Sealift Command, and Surface Deployment and Distribution Command. Specific services provided include hotel accommodations for military personnel on short-term and long-term missions in Dubai, supply and retrograde transportation services throughout the UAE, and material handling equipment for U.S. Navy vessels such as the USNS AMELIA EARHART. Contract values have ranged from small amounts for short-term lodging (e.g., $440 for four days) to larger sums for extended services (e.g., $4.2 million for a year-long contract). Most awards have been firm-fixed-price contracts without set-aside designations, indicating Kanoo competes for these contracts in an open market.

Kanoo Group, LLC holds an active multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with the Department of the Air Force Air Mobility Command, awarded on May 9, 2022. This BPA, valued at $1,204,351.50, is for providing hotel lodging services in Dubai, UAE, with a performance period through April 14, 2027. The BPA was established to support the 831st Transportation Battalion and other units requiring accommodations in Dubai. Several call orders have been issued against this BPA for short-term lodging needs of Surface Deployment and Distribution Command and Air Mobility Command personnel conducting missions in Dubai. These call orders have typically been for small groups (1-4 people) staying for periods ranging from two days to twelve months, with individual call values ranging from $440 to $148,008. This BPA demonstrates Kanoo's ongoing relationship with the U.S. military in providing essential logistical support services in the UAE.