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Contract Award: Kalitta Air LLC Ypsilanti (Michigan, was awarded the twenty-third contract in a fixed-price) – $697,000,000

Kalitta Air LLC, Ypsilanti, Michigan, was awarded the twenty-third contract in a fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (HTC71118RCC01) with a face value of $697,000,000 for domestic air cargo and passenger charter services on Federal Aviation Administration-approved Part 121 aircraft. The location of performance is all U.S. states and territories, Mexico, Canada, and the Caribbean Islands.  Services are to be performed between July 27, 2023, and Sept. 30, 2023.  This award is the result of a competitive acquisition, and 23 offers were received. Fiscal 2023 working capital funds (Transportation) will be obligated at individual task order level. The U.S. Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, is the contracting activity.



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