Specialized Equipment Logistics and Transportation

The contract requires specialized logistics services to securely handle the pickup, packaging, transportation, and return delivery of sensitive laboratory equipment between the Federal Communications Commission’s Maryland facility and an external calibration laboratory. All operations must ensure zero damage to the equipment, strict mitigation of environmental exposure, and uninterrupted chain-of-custody protocols throughout each step of the process. The services are critical to maintaining the integrity and operational readiness of precision instruments used in regulatory and scientific testing. This subcontract, classified under NAICS code 484220 for specialized freight trucking, is issued by the Federal Communications Commission and performance is required at the agency’s facility in Washington, DC, with a zip code of 20554. The solicitation was posted on April 28, 2026, and responses are due by May 13, 2026, at 8:00 PM Eastern Time. The contract underscores the need for a vendor with proven expertise in handling high-value, fragile scientific instruments under controlled conditions, with full accountability from origin to destination and back.