About this opportunity
AI summaryUnited States Transportation Command is conducting market research to identify Commercial Airlift Review Board-approved commercial passenger airlift carriers operating under FAA Part 121 or Part 135 for recurring turnkey passenger transportation. The anticipated scope entails transporting passengers, baggage, Government-furnished weapons, and Hazard Class 1.4S small-arms ammunition between Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, Wake Island Airfield, and Bucholz Army Airfield on Kwajalein Atoll. Eligible large and small business concerns under NAICS code 481211 may participate. Interested parties must email questions by 16:00 Central Time on November 9, 2026, and submit completed RFI response packages not exceeding 12 pages via email by 16:00 Central Time on November 13, 2026.
Scope of work
- Turnkey commercial passenger air transportation services
- Aircraft, flight crews, and cabin crews
- Aircraft maintenance and dispatch services
- Operational support and aircraft positioning
- Backup-aircraft capability
- PHNL-PWAK-PHNL recurring transportation for up to 39 passengers twice monthly
- PHNL-PKWA-PHNL recurring transportation for up to 12 passengers twice monthly
- Transportation of passengers, baggage, Government-furnished weapons, and Hazard Class 1.4S small-arms ammunition
Minimum qualifications
- Commercial Airlift Review Board (CARB) approval
- FAA Part 121 or Part 135 operating authority
- ETOPS or Extended Overwater Rating capability
Documents to include with your response
- Company, CARB, and Tail Availability Profile
- Operating, Basing, and ROM Pricing Matrix
- Aircraft Fuel Consumption and Efficiency Specifications
- Commercial In-Flight Services and Austere Ground Servicing Strategy
- Concept of Operations and Efficiency Narrative (500 words or less)
- List of existing contract vehicles available for use
Key dates
- RFI Released
- 01 November 2026
- Deadline for Questions
- 16:00 (CT) on 09 November 2026
- Responses Due
- 16:00 (CT) on 13 November 2026
How to submit
- Method
- Instructions
- Submit via email to the RFI POC; detailed response limited to no more than 12 pages, excluding title pages and cover letter; physical paper copies not accepted
Contract details
- Place of performance
- Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, Honolulu, HI (PHNL); Wake Island Airfield (PWAK); Bucholz Army Airfield, Kwajalein Atoll (PKWA)
Federal notice details
- Solicitation number
- TRANSCOM27C001
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Buying office
- US Transportation Command (Ustranscom) › Ustranscom-AQ
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Responses due
- Nov 13, 2026, 5:00 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Nov 1, 2026
- NAICS
- 481111 · Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation
- Product/service code
- V121
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- Place of performance
- Honolulu, HI
- Contracting contact
- Brenda Marshall
brenda.l.marshall10.civ@mail.mil
6188179385
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 Passenger Air Transportation). This is not this requirement's award history.
Recent similar awards: Department of Defense, NAICS 481111
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Top vendors in this category: Department of Defense, NAICS 481111, since Oct 1, 2024
28 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
- 1. TSP TANKERS HOLDINGS LLC$56,117
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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.