Amentum secures INDOPACOM supply contract after incumbent's protest denied
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Nick Wakeman
Amentum unseated SupplyCore for the contract to support roughly 100 military installations across Japan.
SupplyCore has lost its attempt hang onto an incumbent contract it has held for five years for logistics support to U.S. military installations in Japan.
Amentum won the $77.8 million contract in January, then SupplyCore filed a protest to challenge the evaluation and best-value decision.
The General Services Administration ran the procurement for the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
SupplyCore said its proposals received certain weaknesses that it should not have and that evaluators failed to recognize its strengths.
The Government Accountability Office has not yet released the April 9 decision as it is still undergoing a protective order review, but GAO has rejected all of SupplyCore's challenges.
Amentum is now cleared cto start work on the contract. Requirements include maintaining a warehouse in Japan and being able to deliver items within three-to-five business days in mainland Japan and five-to-seven days in Okinawa.
The U.S. has over 100 installations in Japan. The contract covers about 300 product categories including office supplies, tools, hardware and cleaning products, according to GovTribe.
The Global Supply OCONUS Logistics Operations Support Solutions contract for INDOPACOM has a one-year base and four one-year options.