Northcliffe Ocean Shipping & Trading Company Inc.

Northcliffe Ocean Shipping & Trading Company Inc., doing business as Northcliffe Ocean Shipping & Trading Co Inc., is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in St Simons Island, Georgia, that has been registered in the System for Award Management since September 2009. The company specializes in ocean and intermodal cargo transportation services, providing consolidated transportation shipments and logistics management expertise to support the Department of Defense and other federal agencies' global logistics operations. Northcliffe delivers critical sealift and cargo movement capabilities within the Defense Transportation System, enabling the efficient movement of military equipment, supplies, and personnel across international and domestic locations.

Northcliffe's federal contract history demonstrates consistent performance delivering consolidated transportation shipments executed through decentralized ordering officer procurements across multiple locations including Honduras, Guyana, The Bahamas, Houston, Texas, Wayne, Pennsylvania, and Barbados. Since 2021, the company has received delivery orders under the Ocean and Intermodal Cargo Transport 2019 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from both the Department of the Air Force Air Mobility Command and the Department of the Army Materiel Command's Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, with individual delivery order values ranging from $5,000 to approximately $1.9 million. The company's contract work involves fixed-price delivery orders with economic price adjustment provisions, all issued without set-aside designations, indicating Northcliffe's ability to compete successfully in unrestricted procurements. Recent awards under the Universal Services Contract 10 (USC-10) vehicle have included delivery orders valued between $69,945.50 and $945,665.90, with performance periods throughout 2024 and 2025, supporting the Air Force's consolidated transportation requirements across multiple global locations.

Northcliffe holds two significant federal contract indefinite-delivery vehicles. The company was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract under the Universal Services Contract - 10 (USC-10) program on September 1, 2024, with a $4 billion ceiling value and an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2026, encompassing a base period and four potential one-year option periods. Under USC-10, Northcliffe provides ocean and intermodal cargo transportation services for consolidated shipments to the Department of Defense and other federal agencies, with the Air Force's Air Mobility Command serving as the primary funding agency issuing task orders. Additionally, Northcliffe was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract for Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA) Contingency Services on October 1, 2024, extending through September 30, 2029, with one five-year option period and potential six-month extension. The VISA Contingency Services contract provides worldwide ocean transportation, intermodal cargo movements, vessel infrastructure, and logistics management capabilities to support Department of Defense contingency operations globally, with Northcliffe committing a percentage of its United States flag vessel capacity to enable government access to ocean sealift services for military equipment and supplies movement during contingency and peacetime operations.