Outlook The Big Ones

Government Executive July 1, 2003

The Defense Department has conducted more job competitions than any other agency. They also have involved the largest number of employees. The top five since 1999 all were for military base operations.

NAVY

Guam Naval Station
Work: Base operations support, which includes housing maintenance, communications, civil engineering administrative services.
Contract Award: January 2000
Contractor: Raytheon Technical Services
Cost: $433.2 million
Employees: 1,720
Civilians: 1,488
Military: 232

ARMY

Fort Polk, La.
Work: Joint Readiness Training Center operations and whole base activities, including logistics and basic maintenance.
Contract Award: September 2002
Contractor: AECOM Government Services Inc.
Cost: $187.7 million
Employees: 1,655
Civilians: 1,407
Military: 248

Fort Benning, Ga.
Work: Base support, civil engineering.
Contract Award: July 2002
Contractor: IT Corp.
Cost: $99.3 million Employees: 1,617
Civilians: 1,602
Military: 15

AIR FORCE

Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.
Work: Operations support, aircraft maintenance, civil engineering.
Contract Award: March 2002
Contractor: In house
Cost: $336 million
Employees: 1,459
Civilians: 313
Military: 1,146

Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.
Work: Infrastructure support, communications.
Contract Award: March 1997
Contractor: Del-Jen
Cost: $130.6 million
Employees: 1,360
Civilians: 274
Military: 1,086

Source: Office of the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Installations and Environment

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