KrS26 PHIT
DEPT OF DEFENSE
Notice type
Solicitation
Solicitation #
W91QVPPHIT
NAICS
532112
PSC
W023
Set-aside
No Set aside used
Posted
June 26, 2026
Response due
June 29, 2026
Place of performance
Kota Kinabalu, MY-14
What this opportunity is
The Department of Defense is buying Port Handling and Inland Transport services, including transportation and material handling equipment, in Malaysia. This contract is open to all businesses, with no set-aside used. As a solicitation notice, businesses should track this opportunity to prepare for a potential bid. The contract requires flexibility to accommodate changes in schedule, quantities, and performance period.
Analysis by Mindy, grounded in the SAM.gov notice.
Description
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PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT
(PWS)
Port Handling and Inland Transport (PHIT),
Transportation and Material Handling Equipment
(MHE) Services
For
Keris Strike (KS) 26
Part 1 General Information
1. Introduction: This is a non-personal services contract to provide PHIT/Transportation
and MHE Services in/around Malaysia. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or
control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service
providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the
Government. Due to variables with the exercises Keris Strike 26, and associated
deployment/redeployment, Contractors must remain flexible to requested time or date changes,
quantities, and possible extensions of the period of performance stated throughout the PWS; any
changes shall be bilateral in nature under 52.212-4 commercial contracting. The US Government
may change the dates, times, and location of delivery within the stated period of performance
and place of performance. The US Government will notify the contractor of this type of change
no later than 24 hours prior to the affected scheduled delivery date. The US Government may
reduce the amount of services and shorten the period of performance for each specific task under
52.212-4. The US Government will notify the contractor of this type of change no later than 24
hours prior to the affected scheduled performance date. Contractors will provide individual unit
pricing in their quotes to facilitate these changes that are bilateral in nature.
1.1 Background: Keris Strike is a Joint Service US-Malaysia Exercise aimed at increasing
alliances and partnerships as part of the Keris Strike (KS26) exercise, US Army Forces will
require life support, PHIT/Transportation and MHE Services in order to support exercise
objectives to maintain and develop the security relationship between the Malaysia and the
United States.
1.2 Responsibilities: The Contractor shall assume total responsibility for all requirements
stated herein on the commencement date of the performance period. The Contractor shall
perform as specified in this Contract and under the direction of the Contracting Officer (KO).
1.2.1 Work Responsibility: The Contractor shall perform all work and assume responsibility
for planning, programming, administering, managing, and executing all functions necessary to
provide the services specified in this PWS. The Contractor shall conduct work in accordance
with this PWS and all applicable United States (U.S.), Malaysia, and local laws, regulations,
standards, provisions, and directives to include applicable publications in Part 6. The Contractor
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shall ensure that all work meets the level of service, performance standards, or tolerances
specified in the PWS or in applicable referenced documents. Some services under this Contract
may be performed at designated facilities, or portions of installations, by in-house Government
personnel or by other contractors.
1.2.2 Administrative Responsibility: The Contractor shall perform all related administrative
actions required to provide services or perform work such as material requisitioning, quality
control (QC), financial control, meetings, and correspondence. The Contractor shall also
maintain accurate and complete records, files, and libraries of documents to include all U.S.,
Malaysia, and local regulations, standards, provisions, codes, laws, technical manuals, and
manufacturers’ instructions and recommendations that are necessary and related to the functions
being performed. The Contractor shall compile historical data, prepare required reports, and
submit information as specified by the Deliverable Schedule presented in Technical Exhibit 2 of
this PWS.
1.3 Objectives: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities,
transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary
to provide following services as defined in this Performance Work Statement under this contract:
Transportation, Line Haul(PHIT) and Material Handling Equipment Services in order to transfer
cargo from a point of origin to destination.
1.4 Functional Areas: Primary place of performance for this PWS is various locations within
Malaysia as specified in the contract and ordering form.
1.5 Period of Performance: The period of performance shall be tentatively from 05
JUL 2026 – 30 JUL 2026
1.6 Management and Administration:
1.6.1 Phase In /Phase Out Period: Not Applicable
1.6.2 Contractor Management: The Contractor shall perform continual management of the
functional areas contained in this PWS and shall provide a Contract Manager available during
normal duty hours. The Contract Manager shall conduct overall management coordination and
shall be the central point of contact (POC) with the Government for performance of all work
under the PWS. At the Post Award conference, the Contractor shall submit to the COR, in
writing, the name, title, office, home and mobile telephone number of the Contract Manager. A
Contractor employee shall be designated to act for the Contract Manager when work is being
performed outside of duty hours, or during the Contract Manager’s absence. Both the Contract
Manager and the Contractor employee filling in for the Contract Manager, shall have full
authority to act for the contractor on all Contract matters relating to daily operation of this
Contract.
1.6.3 Contractor Responsiveness: The Contract Manager or designated alternate shall be
available for telephone communication or site attendance, with the COR, as required by the
COR, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A personal answering service is permitted at other than
normal Contract workdays and work hours for receipt of COR emergency response work
requirements, provided that the Contract Manager or designee responds to all calls within a time
not to exceed two hours after notification of the call b…
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