Superior Maritime Services, Inc.

Superior Maritime Services, Inc., a minority-owned, black American-owned small disadvantaged business headquartered in Weston, Florida, provides ocean and intermodal cargo transportation services to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor on two major government-wide vehicles and competes for consolidated shipment delivery orders without set-aside designation. The company operates as a Subchapter S corporation under NAICS 488411 (Deep Sea Freight Transportation) and PSC 4210 (Vessel Freight) and does not subcontract; all 183 awards in the recent portfolio are prime contracts.

Superior Maritime Services anchors its federal business to two indefinite-delivery vehicles with combined ceiling authority exceeding $4 billion. The Universal Services Contract-10 (USC-10), a $4 billion multiple-award IDIQ awarded by U.S. Transportation Command on September 1, 2024, runs through August 31, 2026 and carries 17 task orders worth $25.9 million in combined potential value. The Ocean and Intermodal Cargo Transport 2019 contract, administered by Army Materiel Command Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, carries 55 task orders valued at $97.9 million. A newly awarded Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA) Contingency Services contract with zero-dollar ceiling at the indefinite-delivery level (individual delivery orders funded through USTRANSCOM) extends through September 30, 2034 with a base period through 2029 and one 5-year option. Historically, Superior Maritime Services also held positions on USTRANSCOM Universal Service Contract-8 (36 task orders, $48.4 million) and USC-7 International Surface Transportation (25 task orders, $2.9 million).

Customer concentration sits overwhelmingly with defense logistics commands. The Department of the Air Force dominates potential value at $4.02 billion (14 awards) largely driven by the two large IDIQs; within Air Force, the Air Mobility Command placed 29 awards worth $52.3 million. The Department of the Army Materiel Command Surface Deployment and Distribution Command issued 80 awards totaling $116.9 million, forming the largest single customer by award count. The Department of the Navy Military Sealift Command placed 43 awards valued at $44.5 million. Together, these three customer components account for 99% of all awards and nearly all of the combined potential value of $4.23 billion. Obligated dollars total $219.7 million (5% of potential), reflecting the IDIQ structure where ceiling values are far larger than current execution.

Representative delivery orders illustrate the tactical scale of individual task orders. A September 2024 Air Mobility Command delivery order under Ocean and Intermodal Cargo Transport 2019 carried $4.31 million for consolidated transportation shipments to undefined locations. An August 1, 2021 Surface Deployment and Distribution Command award for $8.14 million served Diego Garcia. A $6.53 million Air Force delivery order in July 2025 under USC-10 executed from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A $3.7 million Army Surface Deployment and Distribution Command task order in May 2023 performed to Norway. The company bills on fixed-price contracts with economic price adjustment mechanisms, with individual delivery orders ranging historically from $12,000 to $8.1 million and completion periods typically spanning one to four months.

Activity has grown modestly year over year—8 awards in 2022, 12 in 2023, 19 in 2024, 12 in 2025, and 2 awarded in 2026 year-to-date. Place of performance spans Fort Lauderdale, Florida (primary administrative and operational base), and subordinate performance locations worldwide including Japan, South Korea, Kuwait, Diego Garcia, Poland, Norway, Panama, Belgium, Malaysia, and the Philippines, reflecting the global footprint of Department of Defense forward-deployed materiel movements. The company competes on merit for consolidated transportation work across the global sealift market without deploying small-business set-asides, positioning itself as a vessel-owning or vessel-controlling carrier under full-and-open competition on defense transportation vehicles.

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