Sealift Inc. Of Delaware

Sealift Inc. Of Delaware, doing business as Sealift, is a for-profit maritime transportation and logistics company providing ocean cargo charter services and consolidated intermodal shipping to the Department of Defense and federal agencies as a prime contractor under multiple indefinite delivery vehicles. The company is a subsidiary of Sealift Holdings Inc., headquartered in Oyster Bay, New York, and competes on a full-and-open basis without socioeconomic set-asides on its major vehicles, though it holds several small business set-aside awards for specific vessel time charters. Sealift operates self-sustaining cargo vessels capable of transporting military equipment, ammunition, hazardous materials, and bulk commodities globally, with primary NAICS 483130 (deep sea freight transportation) and PSC codes spanning X325 (vessel charter services) and X330 (marine charter).

Sealift's customer base is dominated by military sealift and logistics commands. The Department of the Navy's Military Sealift Command accounts for 86 awards valued at $1.23 billion combined potential value—roughly 22% of Sealift's total portfolio. The Department of the Army Materiel Command's Surface Deployment and Distribution Command has placed 74 awards worth $142.8 million. The Department of the Air Force, through multiple components, has awarded 12 contracts totaling $4.01 billion in potential value, anchored by strategic sealift initiatives including Pituffik Space Base resupply contracts and Arctic operations support. Together these three customers represent approximately 83% of award count across 13 distinct federal agencies, with military logistics dominating both volume and dollars.

Sealift's vehicle portfolio centers on two major indefinite delivery contracts. The Ocean and Intermodal Cargo Transport 2019 (OICT-19) multiple-award IDIQ, administered by Air Mobility Command, has generated 56 delivery orders carrying $52.2 million in combined potential value for consolidated transportation shipments. The Universal Services Contract 10 (USC-10), also a $4 billion Air Force multiple-award vehicle awarded September 1, 2024, with performance through August 31, 2026, has issued 14 task orders to Sealift totaling $9.1 million. Sealift also holds a Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA) Contingency Services vehicle effective October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2034 (zero-dollar ceiling, pricing via delivery orders), which commits a percentage of Sealift's U.S. flag vessel capacity to Department of Defense contingency operations under USTRANSCOM administration.

Recent representative prime work includes a $75.2 million firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded May 15, 2024, by Military Sealift Command for extended chartering of the MV Lyon as a USAF prepositioning vessel through April 14, 2029, under total small business set-aside; a $16.98 million definitive contract awarded April 15, 2025, to Air Force Space Command for ocean charter transportation between Denmark and Pituffik Space Base, Greenland, with base period through April 14, 2026, and two one-year options extending through April 14, 2028; a $23.4 million definitive contract awarded December 20, 2023, by Naval Air Systems Command for a 90-day dry cargo time charter with three 90-day options to support ETAC II ammunition mission; and a $10.83 million definitive contract awarded February 11, 2026, by Military Sealift Command for a 45-day dry cargo time charter with options, with firm fixed price and ultimate completion July 16, 2026.

Sealift's activity has grown modestly—9 awards in 2022, 17 in 2023, 21 in 2024, 16 in 2025, with 1 award in 2026 to date. The combined potential value across all 282 prime awards totals $5.55 billion, with $1.49 billion (27%) currently obligated. Three awards valued at $107.4 million combined potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting near-term recompete exposure. The company has no subcontracting footprint in the source data—Sealift operates as 100% prime across its award portfolio, owning and controlling the vessels that fulfill contract obligations directly.