About this opportunity
AI summaryThe 772nd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron seeks potential sources to provide scheduled freight air and ground transportation services for shipping military and government working dogs to the 341st Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio (Lackland), Texas. The scope encompasses flying dogs non-stop to Houston or another airport within 300 miles of the base, followed by direct ground transport to the installation in climate-controlled vehicles. The agency will use responses to this sources sought synopsis to make acquisition decisions across various business size classifications under NAICS code 481112. Interested businesses must submit written responses by 2:00 P.M. Central Standard Time on November 13, 2026, detailing company information, points of contact, SAM Unique ID, Cage Code, and business size.
Scope of work
- Retrieving, inspecting, and storing government-owned or contractor-provided shipping crates
- Obtaining Customs clearance forms from US Government Base TMOs in Germany
- Ground transportation of working dogs from European kennel sites to designated airports or air bases
- Ensuring health certificates and shipping paperwork accompany working dogs
- Booking non-stop commercial flights to Houston, Texas or an airport within 300 miles of JBSA Lackland
- Clearing US Customs upon arrival in the United States
- Non-stop climate-controlled ground transport from arrival airport to JBSA Lackland
- Ground transport to Royal Dutch Air Base Volkel or Ramstein Air Base for military flights
Minimum qualifications
- Access to local veterinary services capable of administering emergency care in the shipping area
- Capability to provide ground transport vehicles equipped with climate control and continuous temperature monitoring systems
- Availability of at least two personnel capable of driving and caring for working dogs during ground transportation
- Capability to obtain a replacement transport vehicle within 1 hour in the event of a breakdown
Documents to include with your response
- Company name
- Address
- Point of contact
- SAM Unique ID
- CAGE Code
- Size of business pursuant to NAICS 481112
Key dates
- Responses due
- 1400 (2:00 P.M.) hrs. Central Standard Time on 13 November 2026
How to submit
- Method
- Written response
- Instructions
- Responses must be received in writing no later than 1400 (2:00 P.M.) hrs. Central Standard Time on 13 November 2026 and include company name, address, point of contact, SAM Unique ID, CAGE code, and business size under NAICS 481112.
Contract details
- Place of performance
- Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, and JBSA Lackland, San Antonio, Texas
Federal notice details
- Solicitation number
- FA809327QX003
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Buying office
- Dept of the AIR Force › FA8053 773 ESS PKJ MSCC
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Responses due
- Nov 13, 2026, 3:00 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Oct 31, 2026
- NAICS
- 481112 · Scheduled Freight Air Transportation
- Product/service code
- V111
- Contracting contact
- Deric Harris
deric.harris.3@us.af.mil - Additional contact
- Marcus Schulze
marcus.schulze@us.af.mil
Source: SAM.gov. Read the official notice for the complete description and current instructions.
Incumbent and award research
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
Market context
Awards in the same category (Scheduled Freight Air Transportation). This is not this requirement's award history.
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568 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
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Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.