Sanyo Kaiun Co., LTD.

Sanyo Kaiun Co., LTD. is a Japanese logistics and transportation company headquartered in Kure, Hiroshima, that specializes in maritime cargo handling and port terminal services supporting U.S. military operations in Japan. The company has been registered in the System for Award Management since January 2016 and maintains a corporate entity structure as a for-profit organization. Sanyo Kaiun provides essential stevedoring and related terminal services that facilitate the global surface deployment and distribution missions of the U.S. Department of Defense, leveraging its strategic location in the Hiroshima region to support military cargo operations throughout West Japan.

Sanyo Kaiun Co., LTD. has demonstrated consistent federal contracting performance through numerous delivery orders awarded primarily by the Department of the Army and the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command since 2021. The company's contract work encompasses stevedoring and related terminal services, including cargo loading and unloading from vessels, cargo handling, sorting, warehousing, and storage operations at the Port of Hiroshima. Individual delivery order awards have ranged from approximately $33,000 to $1.15 million, with the company executing over 20 delivery orders collectively valued at more than $11.5 million under its parent Indefinite Delivery Contract since 2020. All contract awards to Sanyo Kaiun have been issued as firm fixed-price delivery orders without small business set-aside designations, indicating unrestricted competition. The company has consistently performed as a prime contractor with no identified subcontractors on its federal awards, demonstrating its direct operational capability to fulfill complex maritime logistics requirements in support of Army logistics operations and global surface deployment missions in the Indo-Pacific region.

Sanyo Kaiun Co., LTD. currently holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Department of the Army that was awarded on October 1, 2025, with a ceiling value of $2.22 billion and a performance period extending through September 30, 2030. This contract procures stevedoring and related terminal services at ports in Hiroshima and West Japan, providing flexible sourcing capacity for time-sensitive maritime logistics support operations in support of U.S. Indo-Pacific operations. The underlying IDC was established on April 1, 2020, with an initial potential value of $4,595,863.86 and a performance period through September 30, 2025, under which Sanyo Kaiun received the majority of its prior delivery orders. The October 2025 IDC award represents a substantial expansion of the company's contract vehicle, reflecting the Department of the Army's confidence in Sanyo Kaiun's long-term capability to support Surface Deployment and Distribution Command logistics operations. The procurement was conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation Parts 15 and 12 on a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable basis and was classified under North American Industry Classification System code 488320 (Marine Cargo Handling) and Product Service Code V114 (Stevedoring). Recent delivery orders issued under the new IDC include a $2,500 award from United States Transportation Command in October 2025 for stevedoring-related terminal services through September 30, 2026, demonstrating continued utilization of this expanded contract vehicle to support military deployment missions.