TRANSCOM Awards Contract Modification to Extend Global Heavyweight Service Program

The U.S. Transportation Command has raised the value of the Global Heavyweight Service program with the award of $67.2 million in contract modification to 22 cargo service providers.

Contractors will handle domestic and international shipments of heavyweight items in support of defense and other government agencies as well as their industry partners, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

Services under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, fixed-price contract include delivery handling, transportation, shipment tracking and data reporting.

The awardees are:

ABX Air
Air Transport International
Alaska Airlines
American Airlines
Amerijet International
Atlas Air
Delta Air Lines
Eastern Airlines
Everts Air Cargo
FedEx
Hawaiian Airlines
Jet Blue
Kalitta Air
Lynden Air Cargo
Sun Country Airlines
National Air Cargo Group
Northern Air Cargo
Omni Air International
Polar Air Cargo Worldwide
Southwest Airlines
United Airlines
United Parcel Service
Western Global Airlines

Work provided for by the recent award will run throughout the month of January. It will cover the period before the follow-on program kicks off.

In December, TRANSCOM named the awardees of a potential $1.5 billion contract for the Global Heavyweight Service-2 program. Its period of performance is from Feb. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2032.

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