Company to handle pre-positioning and logistics of humanitarian aid
STRATFORD, Conn., Nov. 5, 2009 – Agility Defense & Government Services (DGS), a leading provider of logistics and supply chain services, won a contract to manage the receipt, warehousing and re-export of food aid and commodities for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
The contract is an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity award with a one-year base and four one-year options. The potential value of the contract is $10 million a year, or $50 million over five years.
Under the first task order, valued at $4 million, Agility DGS will receive and store food aid at Jacintoport in Houston in preparation for shipment to Djibouti Free Zone in Djibouti, Africa. Agility DGS will be responsible for receipt, warehousing and movement at both locations.
Agility DGS will be the prime contractor. BMMI will act as subcontractor in Djibiouti; Jacintoport International will be the subcontractor in Houston.
In addition, Agility DGS can be called on to provide regionally based pre-position warehousing in Durban, South Africa; Lome, Togo; Mombasa, Kenya; and Colombo, Sri Lanka.
The USAID award is part of the strategic diversification of Agility DGS. DGS is successfully performing logistics work for international institutions by offering supply chain services in support of humanitarian, stabilization and peacekeeping efforts in Africa and elsewhere.
About Agility Defense & Government Services
Agility Defense & Government Services is the public sector arm of Agility. It provides complete supply chain management, logistics services and commodity services to defense and government customers. With more than 550 offices in 120 countries, Agility DGS and its parent offer a vast network of global land, sea and air transportation capabilities, including warehousing and storage.
For more information, contact Jim Cox, Agility DGS vice president of public affairs and marketing, at +1.703.417.6050 or at jcox@agilitylogistics.com, or visit www.agilitylogistics.com.
