United Parcel Service, Inc.
Atlanta, GA Doing business as Ups Government Sales
- UEI
- CBUMNLHTLCD6
- CAGE
- 0T5W7
- Primary NAICS
- 481112 Scheduled Freight Air Transportation
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- Corporate family
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Parent
United Parcel Service Inc. · Atlanta, GA
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United Parcel Service Inc. · Atlanta, GA
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 55 Glenlake Pkwy NE, Atlanta, GA 30328, USA
- Website
- ups.com
- Founded
- 1988
- Employees
- 100K+
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10B+
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Transportation
- Road & Rail
- Ground Transportation
- SIC code
- 42 Trucking & Warehousing
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations
Most of United Parcel Service, Inc.'s contract dollars go to its subsidiaries: $191 million across 3 awardees in NAICS 492 in FY2025.
Contract vehicles
Expired vehicles (1)
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Department Of The City Of Oakland | 97T31001 | $9,360,000 | |
| Coalition For Sustainable Initiatives Inc. | 96888401 | $28,500,000 |
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About the company
United Parcel Service, Inc. Government Sales Division, doing business as UPS, operates as a wholly owned division of United Parcel Service Inc. and provides domestic package delivery, ground transportation, and freight logistics services to federal agencies as a prime contractor on a full-and-open basis, with no set-aside designations across its recent award footprint. UPS competes predominantly on established GSA and agency-specific Blanket Purchase Agreements and Indefinite Delivery contracts rather than through reserved or small-business set-asides.
UPS's federal capability portfolio centers on expedited and standard package delivery, intraagency mail routing, freight transportation, and logistics infrastructure supporting federal operations. Representative prime work includes recurring delivery-service task orders from the Department of Veterans Affairs (168 awards, $230.3 million combined potential value to VA's Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 alone), the Bureau of Prisons (multiple $10,000–$12,000 annual shipping contracts at Federal Correctional Institutions in Jesup, Oakdale, Loretto, and Coleman for inmate property and UNICOR factory support), the Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs (monthly invoiced freight and parcel accounts totaling tens of thousands annually), the Department of Transportation (internal payment-tracking BPA worth $160,002 for DOD contract compliance under the government's best-in-class package-delivery mandate), and the Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency (delivery-service ratifications and standing purchase orders). UPS also holds a sub-recipient position in federal sustainability grants: as of April 2025, UPS is contributing $5.158 million in cost-share to replace 60 Class 6 delivery trucks with zero-emission battery electric vehicles at Bay Area logistics centers under a Port of Oakland grant award, and is participating in a Coalition for Sustainable Initiatives Inc. sub-award for replacement of 35 terminal tractors and delivery trucks with battery electric alternatives.
Customer concentration is extreme and deeply fragmented by sub-agency and regional medical center. The top five customer organizational units account for only 12% of awards by count but anchor 13% of combined potential value, led by VA's Veterans Health Administration networks (VISN 15 with $230.3 million across 168 awards, followed by VISN 9 with $36.9 million across 108 awards, VISN 12 with $27.6 million across 136 awards, and VISN 22 with $24 million across 182 awards). The Social Security Administration ranks third by potential value at $33.1 million across 154 awards. The vendor serves 398 distinct federal customer agencies, meaning individual awards are typically small purchase orders (median ceiling values in the $10,000–$40,000 range based on disclosed awards) placed through standing vehicles rather than large, concentrated contracts.
UPS places the overwhelming majority of work under the GSA Schedule 48 (Transportation, Delivery and Relocation Services), which carries 10,293 task orders worth $1.76 billion in combined potential value. Secondary vehicles include the Department of Homeland Security Indefinite Delivery Contract HSHQDC07D00001 (340 task orders, $13.6 million), Blanket Purchase Agreement HTC71112AR001 (103 task orders, $26.7 million), DLA Surface Small Package II 2013–2017 (58 task orders, $24.8 million), and Indefinite Delivery Contract HTC71107A0002 (44 task orders, $6.3 million). This vehicle footprint is characteristic of logistics incumbents: deep penetration of a single large GSA Schedule with moderate presence on agency-specific standing agreements.
Activity has declined sharply over the past five years — eighteen awards in 2021 to four in 2024 and one in 2025 — reflecting a measurement artifact: the vendor's 7,618 total awards in the source span decades (first award November 1987), and the recent award-per-year counts represent only new IDV awards or new BPA vehicles rather than the thousands of annual task-order calls against existing vehicles. Combined potential value across all awards in the source totals $2.63 billion, with $960.9 million obligated to date (36% of ceiling). The federal grant sub-recipient footprint is limited to two visible awards both executed in 2024–2025 supporting vehicle electrification initiatives. UPS holds no subcontractor role in disclosed federal contracts; its federal work is entirely prime-contractor or grant sub-recipient.
Quick answers
Is United Parcel Service, Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. United Parcel Service, Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through February 9, 2027.
Which contract vehicles does United Parcel Service, Inc. hold?
United Parcel Service, Inc. holds a place on 2 federal contract vehicles, including FSS-48.
How does United Parcel Service, Inc. rank among federal contractors?
United Parcel Service, Inc. ranked #2 in NAICS 492, #2 in PSC R602 and #4 in PSC R604 in FY2025.
What is United Parcel Service, Inc.'s most recent federal award?
United Parcel Service, Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is UPS services for jesup unicor (15UJES25P00000008), from Federal Correctional Institution Jesup (BOP), on October 1, 2024.
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