PITTSBURGH--GENCO today announced that its subsidiary, GENCO Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. (GIS) as part of a team headed by CACI International Inc. (CACI) of Arlington, Va., has been awarded the FIRST contract by the Department of the Army, Southern Region Contracting Command – East. FIRST is a multiple award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract to provide logistics support to the U.S. Army. The contract has a base period of five years with a ceiling value of $9 billion and two one-year options. The CACI team is comprised of 42 companies covering the full range of capabilities required by U.S. Army’s war fighters.
FIRST succeeds the Logistics Joint Administrative Management Support Services (LOGJAMSS) contract that expired more than two years ago. The FIRST program was developed to provide innovative and responsive logistics support to meet the evolving mission needs of U.S. Army war fighters. Multiple Army organizations will be serviced by the contract, including the U.S. Army Sustainment Command, with operating locations across the U.S. and worldwide; the U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM), with locations nationwide; the Installation Management Command (IMC) at multiple locations nationwide; and the U.S. Army Reserve Command (USARC), with operations across the U.S. Other U.S. Army and DoD agencies will be permitted to utilize FIRST to compete and award orders on an as-approved basis. Under FIRST, GIS will provide a full range of supply chain management services, including distribution and supply support, Army-wide logistics programs and development support and logistical enterprise management systems support.
“We are delighted to be on Team CACI and we look forward to providing our supply chain experience to the U.S. Army in fulfillment of this contract. GIS brings a unique and comprehensive set of capabilities to Team CACI that provide a competitive advantage in the FIRST marketplace,” said John L. McGonigle, president of GIS. “ We intend to provide the level of excellence the U.S. Army and our soldiers demand and deserve.”
GENCO is a recognized leader in supply chain management serving a diverse range of manufacturing, retail and government customers globally. The company provides a complete range of value-added supply chain solutions, including contract warehousing, reverse logistics, pharmaceutical returns, asset recovery, transportation management, supply chain analysis, parcel management, damage research and government logistics and support services. For more information, visit www.genco.com.
CACI International Inc provides the integrated solutions needed to prevail in today's new era of defense, intelligence and e-government. CACI leads the transformation of defense and intelligence, assures homeland security, enhances decision-making and helps government to work smarter, faster and more responsively. CACI has been named to the Fortune 1000 Largest Companies of 2006. A member of the Russell 1000index, CACI provides dynamic careers for approximately 10,200 employees working in over 130 offices in the U.S. and Europe. Visit CACI on the web at www.caci.com.
