Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc.

Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc., doing business as Polar Air Cargo, is a for-profit subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings headquartered in White Plains, New York, that provides global air cargo transportation and logistics services to the federal government as a prime contractor across 52 customer agencies on a full-and-open, non-set-aside basis. The vendor does not compete under small-business set-asides.

Polar Air Cargo's federal footprint centers on two core capabilities: consolidated small-package delivery under 300 pounds globally, and heavyweight international and domestic air cargo services exceeding 300 pounds. Work spans consolidated transportation shipments for decentralized ordering officers, international courier services, expedited shipping, door-to-door delivery, customs clearance, tracking, and data reporting. Representative delivery-order work includes a $1.7 million order from the Office of the Secretary of Defense under the USTRANSCOM Next Generation Delivery Service 2017-2022 IDIQ for consolidated Japan-based shipments (completed August 2022); a $1.34 million order from the same customer for consolidated transportation in Japan (June 2025); and a $223.9 thousand order from the Office of the Secretary of Defense for heavyweight international and domestic shipments from Japan under the USTRANSCOM Global Heavyweight Service IDIQ (November 2022).

Customer concentration is heavily skewed to defense. The Office of the Secretary of Defense dominates by award count, accounting for 374 of 666 total awards and $536.2 million in combined potential value; the Air Mobility Command follows with 45 awards totaling $3.73 billion in potential value, which anchors the vendor's IDV ceiling and reflects the scope of the underlying vehicle holdings rather than task-order volume. Together, these two customers represent the vast majority of Polar Air Cargo's pipeline. By potential value, Air Mobility Command's $3.73 billion dwarfs all other customers; by award count, the Office of the Secretary of Defense's 374 orders dominate. The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs ranks third by potential value at $220.1 million across only six awards, signaling large individual task-order values for State Department international courier services.

Polar Air Cargo holds three named IDIQ vehicles. The USTRANSCOM Next Generation Delivery Service 2017-2022 IDIQ carries 167 task orders worth $352.8 million in combined potential value; the vendor recently transitioned to the successor Next Generation Delivery Services 2 (NGDS 2) contract awarded by Air Mobility Command on December 20, 2022, with a $535.1 million ceiling through September 2026, against which 54 task orders have been placed. The Global Heavyweight Services (GHS) IDIQ, a $1.503 billion multiple-award vehicle awarded December 21, 2022, and running through September 2032, supports 55 task orders worth $13.4 million. Polar Air Cargo also holds an International Charter Airlift Services contract under the Civil Reserve Air Fleet program, awarded October 1, 2024, with an $18 million ceiling through September 2030, and a $130 thousand blanket purchase agreement for courier services at the U.S. Embassy in Juba, awarded September 28, 2024, through September 2029.

Activity has remained steady over the past five years, declining from 41 awards in 2023 to 30 in 2025, with only two awards recorded in 2026 to date. The vendor faces minimal recompete exposure over the next twenty-four months, with only six awards totaling $399 thousand reaching ultimate completion in that window. Award volume concentrates on monthly consolidated transportation delivery orders under the NGDS and GHS vehicles, typically valued between $1 million and $2.2 million per order. Primary performance locations include Japan, Guam, Puerto Rico, and multiple State Department locations worldwide; work spans both CONUS and OCONUS with frequent Asia-Pacific and Middle East deployment.