Private firms carrying wartime logistics as a whole - about $7.38 billion for LOGCAP IV in Afghanistan (Amentum)
An order to Amentum Services awarded by the U.S. Army, obligating about $7.38 billion. The description reads LOGCAP IV services in Afghanistan.
Contract key facts
- RecipientAMENTUM SERVICES, INC.
- Contract value$7,376,022,275 (≈$7.38B)
- BranchArmy
- Awarding agencyDepartment of Defense
- Awarding sub-agencyDepartment of the Army
- Award typeDELIVERY ORDER
- Period of performance2009-07-07 〜 2022-06-30
- Contract ID (PIID)0004
Contract scope (original)
LOGCAP IV SERVICES IN AFGHANISTAN
Key points
- LOGCAP is the U.S. Army framework contracting wartime logistics support to private firms as a whole.
- It covers encampment, food service, fuel, transport and facility maintenance; wider scope means larger amounts per contract.
- The contract type is a delivery order, placed individually under a framework contract signed in advance.
- The period runs thirteen years, from July 2009 to June 2022, covering the running of an operation rather than a single service.
- Of the 207 records this site holds as of 2026-09-02, two mention LOGCAP, totalling about $19.9 billion.
- The other covers services in Iraq, kept as a separate award by region.
1Who sustains life and operations in theatre
Sustaining a force abroad requires the ground of daily life and operation: encampment, food, water, fuel, waste handling, transport, facility maintenance. Covering all of it with military personnel takes people away from the front. LOGCAP is the Army framework contracting that portion to private firms as a whole.
The wider the scope contracted, the larger the amount per contract. About $7.38 billion here arises from taking on services as a whole, bounded by period and region, rather than buying particular goods.
2Ordered from under a framework
That the contract type is a delivery order shows it being placed individually under a framework contract signed in advance. The framework is set first and services are carved out as needed, dividing awards by region and period. This record spans thirteen years, 2009 to 2022, showing that the object is not a single service but the running of an operation over time.
3LOGCAP: two records, about $19.9 billion
Two records this site holds as of 2026-09-02 mention LOGCAP. The other covers services in Iraq, kept as a separate award by region. Amid defense spending that draws attention toward equipment, service contracts at the scale of billions of dollars are not something a reading of the breakdown can overlook.
Why it matters
Contracting logistics to private firms generates spending in the billions along a line separate from equipment procurement. Because the definition of scope drives the amount directly, how services are carved out and how periods are bounded become the points of cost control. Aggregating public data by field while looking only at equipment misses the weight services carry.
FAQ
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Sources (primary)
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- USAspending (award details)
- Contract ID (PIID)：0004