Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc.
White Plains, NY
- UEI
- LZ7XHMMDJ3Y1
- CAGE
- 05AE4
- Primary NAICS
- 481112 Scheduled Freight Air Transportation
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
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Its parent company, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc., ranks:
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- Gateway Building, 1 N Lexington Ave, White Plains, NY 10601, USA
- Website
- polaraircargo.com
- Founded
- 1993
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1B-$10B
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Transportation
- Airlines
- SIC code
- 45 Transportation by Air
- 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 | $9,303,677 |
| FY2025 | $17,491,136 |
| FY2024 | $26,569,537 |
| FY2023 | $13,026,952 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Office of the Secretary of Defense | $9,243,149 | |
| 2 | Department of Homeland Security | $70,000 | |
| 3 | Peace Corps | $45,895 | |
| 4 | Department of State | $30,250 | |
| 5 | Government Accountability Office | $15,000 | |
| 6 | Air Force | $3,000 |
Contract vehicles
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc., doing business as Polar Air Cargo, provides consolidated small-package air delivery under 300 pounds and heavyweight international and domestic air cargo services exceeding 300 pounds to federal agencies as a prime contractor on a full-and-open, non-set-aside basis. A for-profit subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings headquartered in White Plains, New York, Polar Air Cargo operates globally without SBA set-aside designations and competes in the broader federal logistics market across 53 customer agencies.
The vendor's capability portfolio centers on time-definite express delivery, door-to-door transportation, customs clearance, in-transit tracking, and data reporting. Representative work includes a $1.98 million consolidated transportation delivery order from the Office of the Secretary of Defense under the Next Generation Delivery Services 2 (NGDS 2) IDIQ for Japan-based shipments made by decentralized ordering officers (April 2026); a $1.5 billion Global Heavyweight Services (GHS) minimum-guarantee delivery order from Air Mobility Command covering February through September 2023; and a $222,984 international expedited delivery services order from the Peace Corps under NGDS 2 (April 2023 through March 2028, Washington, DC).
Customer concentration is extreme: the Office of the Secretary of Defense and Air Mobility Command account for substantially all awards by dollar value. DoD OSD dominates by task-order count (379 awards, $540.9 million combined potential value), while Air Mobility Command anchors the portfolio by dollars ($3.73 billion across 45 awards). The divergence reflects Air Mobility Command's role as the awarding agency for two massive parent IDIQs: the $3.73 billion GHS vehicle and the $535 million NGDS 2 contract, both of which feed task orders to DoD OSD and other agencies. The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs ($220.1 million across 6 awards) and USTRANSCOM ($30.5 million across 23 awards) are secondary. Together, the top five customers cover the entire $4.53 billion portfolio.
Polar Air Cargo holds three named parent vehicles: the USTRANSCOM Next Generation Delivery Service 2017-2022 contract vehicle (167 task orders, $352.6 million), an indefinite-delivery contract numbered HTC71112DC002 (163 task orders, $85.7 million), the Global Heavyweight Services IDIQ (55 task orders, $13.4 million), the Next Generation Delivery Services 2 IDIQ (58 task orders, $52.6 million through September 2026), and a Blanket Purchase Agreement with the U.S. Embassy Juba for courier services ($130,000 ceiling through September 2029). The NGDS 2 vehicle, awarded December 20, 2022, covers global consolidated small-package delivery under 300 pounds with mandatory-use standing across federal agencies; primary task-order customers are DoD OSD (monthly orders $1–$2.2 million), Veterans Affairs, Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Government Accountability Office, and State Department regional bureaus. The GHS vehicle, awarded December 21, 2022 ($1.503 billion ceiling through September 2032), supports heavyweight air cargo exceeding 300 pounds internationally and domestically, with monthly task orders typically ranging $7,000–$121,000 and performance across Japan, Guam, Puerto Rico, Bahrain, Australia, Honduras, Romania, and Afghanistan.
Award activity per year over the last five years shows 24 awards (2022), 41 (2023), 33 (2024), 32 (2025), and 7 (2026 through August 15). Combined potential value reaches $4.53 billion, with $353.3 million obligated (8% utilization). Four awards worth a combined $381 thousand are scheduled for completion within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete exposure. Polar Air Cargo operates as a 100 percent prime contractor (673 awards, no subcontract footprint evident in source data).
The vendor's category concentration is tight: 512 awards carry NAICS 492110 (Couriers and Express Delivery Services), 150 carry NAICS 481112 (Scheduled Freight Air Transportation), and the remainder distribute across aviation and logistics support. Primary PSC coding is Transportation/Travel/Relocation–Air Freight (534 awards).
Quick answers
Is Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through April 15, 2027.
Which contract vehicles does Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc. hold?
Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc. holds a place on 6 federal contract vehicles, including GHS and International Charter Airlift Services in support of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet.
How much has Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $17,491,136 to Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $66,391,303 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc. rank among federal contractors?
Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc.'s parent company, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc., ranked #2 in NAICS 481, #2 in PSC V and #3 in NAICS 492 in FY2025.
What is Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is International express package delivery services supporting the operations in the commonwealth of northern marianas… (70FBR926F00000029), from FEMA Region 9, on August 17, 2026.
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