Miguel Colunga-Huerta

Miguel Colunga-Huerta serves as a key procurement lead within the U.S. Transportation Command (USTransCom), supporting the agency’s global mobility mission through the acquisition of deep-sea freight transportation services. He manages complex contractual actions that enable the movement of military personnel, equipment, and sustainment cargo across international maritime routes, ensuring operational readiness and theater access. His acquisitions are critical to expeditionary logistics, port throughput, and terminal operations, aligning directly with USTransCom’s mandate to maintain seamless, end-to-end global transport capabilities. Colunga-Huerta typically handles full-and-open, performance-based contracts under the Department of Defense’s transportation and mobility frameworks, prioritizing reliability, scalability, and compliance with international shipping standards. He maintains established working relationships with a select group of specialized maritime contractors, including UNCOMN LLC, PHOENIX AIR GROUP, INC., RAMPART AVIATION, LLC, FANCIULLI EGISTO S.R.L., and MOUNTAIN AVIATION, LLC. These partnerships reflect a focus on experienced, globally operational vendors capable of delivering roll-on/roll-off, containerized, and heavy-lift sea transport services under dynamic operational conditions. His contracting patterns emphasize long-term vendor reliability, operational flexibility, and adherence to Defense Transportation Regulation standards, fostering collaborative, mission-critical engagements with contractors who possess proven international port and vessel capabilities. Colunga-Huerta’s procurement portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued through full-and-open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on selecting the most capable global providers based on technical merit, operational capacity, and performance history, rather than socioeconomic preferences. While small business participation is not formally targeted, the selection process remains transparent and competitive, ensuring the best value for national defense transportation needs. His primary procurement focus is centered on NAICS 483111 (Deep Sea Freight Transportation), encompassing ocean-going cargo vessels, intermodal container transport, and port-to-port logistics support. He specializes in acquiring services that meet stringent DoD requirements for security, traceability, and surge capacity, ensuring timely delivery of critical materiel to forward-deployed forces worldwide.