HL10 Request for Information

Request for Information
Heavy Lift 10 (HL10) Theater Transportation and Logistics Services within U.S. Central Command

(USCENTCOM)

1. Description

The United States Army Contracting Command Rock Island (ACC-RI), on behalf of the 1st Theater Sustainment Command (1TSC), requires Contractors to provide theater-wide transportation, logistics, and Material Handling Equipment (MHE) services to support the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) Heavy Lift mission.

THIS RFI IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES – IT DOES

NOT CONSTITUTE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) OR A PROMISE TO ISSUE

AN RFP IN THE FUTURE. THIS RFI DOES NOT COMMIT THE ARMY TO CONTRACT

FOR ANY SUPPLY OR SERVICE WHATSOEVER.

2. Background

The U.S. Army requires a robust, scalable, and reliable commercial logistics capability to transport personnel, heavy equipment, and all classes of supply throughout the entire USCENTCOM Area of Responsibility (AOR). The Heavy Lift 10 (HL10) contract serves as the follow-on vehicle to Heavy Lift 9 (HL9), providing foundational surface transportation network support for sustainment, retrograde, repositioning, and force projection operations. Under the HL10 contract, the contractor shall provide non-personal services comprising all personnel, equipment, commercial fleet assets, tools, materials, fuel, maintenance, insurance, supervision, and support necessary to execute:
Operational Area
Geographic Coverage

Heavy Equipment Transport (HET)

Line-Haul & Lowboys

Postal & Mail Services

Passenger Movement (PAX)

Material Handling Equipment (MHE)
Specialized Logistics
In-Transit Visibility (ITV)

Description of Services
Operations across the entire USCENTCOM AOR, including primary corridors in Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, and the Trans-Arabian Network (TAN) (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates), as well as cross-border transits. Transport of heavy armored combat systems, tracked/wheeled vehicles, and oversized engineering equipment using minimum 80ton capacity prime mover/trailer configurations. Standard flatbeds, dry vans, skeletal container chassis (20-ft and 40-ft ISO containers), and 40-ton+ lowboys (Standard, Super Lowboy, and Removable Gooseneck / RGN).
Dedicated, secure point-to-point transportation and distribution of official U.S. Postal Service (USPS) / Military Postal Service (MPS) mail, parcel post, and official government communications utilizing enclosed cargo vehicles, dedicated box trucks, and bobtail trucks across intra-theater and regional distribution routes.