Army Awards Amentum $609M Depot Contract, Opens $4.2B Ammunition Plant Framework

The U.S. Army has made two distinct industrial-base moves: a firm-fixed-price award to Amentum Services for depot operations staffing and a multiple-award framework through which qualified contractors may compete for ammunition-plant modernization projects. The Amentum contract is valued at $608,999,219 and requires at least 500 full-time-equivalent personnel for organic industrial base depot operations in Texarkana, Texas. It runs through November 12, 2031, and approximately $121.9 million was obligated at award. The Army received one bid. This is an award, not an open solicitation, so it does not represent a current entry point for prospective bidders; its scale and duration instead signal sustained demand for depot labor and workforce continuity.

Separately, the Army established a five-year multiple-award task order contract framework with a combined ceiling of approximately $4.17 billion—also reported as about $4.2 billion—for modernization across seven government-owned, contractor-operated ammunition facilities. Army Contracting Command–Rock Island administers the program. MSM North America, a subsidiary of CSG, is among the firms eligible to compete, but the shared ceiling is not a guaranteed award amount for MSM or any other participant. The Army will run separate competitions for individual projects, making task-order capture, rather than framework selection alone, the relevant measure of future business.

Potential work spans design and construction of new manufacturing facilities, upgrades to existing production lines, advanced technologies and automation, commissioning new production capabilities, and industrial operations and maintenance. The facilities named in source reporting are Holston in Tennessee, Radford in Virginia, Lake City in Missouri, Iowa, Scranton and Milan Army Ammunition Plants, and the Quad City Cartridge Case Facility in Illinois. The range of sites and work scopes points to opportunities for firms with ammunition manufacturing knowledge, industrial construction, systems integration, automation, commissioning, and sustainment capabilities. The government-owned, contractor-operated model also makes coordination with facility operators and the Army relevant to project delivery.

MSM North America brings a current Army industrial project as a performance reference: it is prime contractor on the separate, up-to-$635 million Future Artillery Complex at Iowa Army Ammunition Plant. Construction began in 2026, and the facility is expected to open in 2029 with capacity to load up to 36,000 rounds of 155 mm artillery ammunition per month. The company says the project remains on schedule and within budget and intends to draw on largely the same team and technical expertise in future bids. MSM Chief Executive Jason Gaines described framework selection as “an important step in our long-term efforts to become a trusted partner of the U.S. Army in modernizing its ammunition industrial base.” That positioning may support future competitions, but the existing Iowa project remains separate from any future task order and should not be treated as guaranteed follow-on work.

• Amentum Services received a $608,999,219 firm-fixed-price Army contract for depot operations staffing, with at least 500 full-time-equivalent personnel required.
• The Amentum contract supports organic industrial base operations in Texarkana, Texas, through November 12, 2031; approximately $121.9 million was obligated at award, and the Army received one bid.
• The Amentum award is not an open solicitation. For competitors, its duration and staffing requirement are indicators of continuing depot workforce demand, though the Army has not specified how personnel will be allocated among depots.
• The ammunition-plant modernization framework spans five years and has an approximately $4.17 billion shared ceiling. Individual projects will be competed separately, and framework selection does not guarantee task orders or a specific volume of business.
• MSM North America, a CSG subsidiary, is eligible to compete for task orders covering facility construction, production-line upgrades, automation, commissioning, and industrial operations and maintenance.
• Army Contracting Command–Rock Island administers the framework for seven government-owned, contractor-operated facilities: Holston, Radford, Lake City, Iowa, Scranton and Milan Army Ammunition Plants, and the Quad City Cartridge Case Facility.
• MSM’s separate, up-to-$635 million Future Artillery Complex project at Iowa Army Ammunition Plant is a relevant performance reference, not a guaranteed award under the new framework.
• The Iowa complex began construction in 2026 and is expected to open in 2029, with stated capacity to load up to 36,000 155 mm rounds per month; MSM says it is on schedule and within budget.
• Capture teams should assess task-order-specific requirements and teaming needs across construction, process technology, automation, commissioning, and sustainment rather than treating the framework ceiling as an individual contractor’s pipeline.