US Logistics receives $98 million contract for USMC tactical vehicle maintenance

US Logistics, Inc. has been awarded an initial US Marine Corps multi-year contract for tactical vehicle maintenance which, at full maturity with all options exercised, would have total value of nearly $100 million. The US Department of Defense announced on July 1, 2009 that it has selected US Logistics to provide labor in Barstow, California to support the overhaul and maintenance on several hundred military vehicles returning from Iraq. This time and materials contract is for a base period of 3 months plus 5 option periods each for an additional 6 months. If all of the options are exercised this will be a 33-month effort concluding in March of 2012. The maximum dollar value would reach $98 million if all of the options are exercised. The number of personnel for this contract could rise to a maximum of about 360 persons to support this mission-critical maintenance effort. Mike Boyce, President of USL, said: "US Logistics is extremely proud to have been chosen to perform this very important maintenance work for the US Marine Corps. This award is solid testimony to the excellence of our people, and the skills that we bring to our Government customers. We are working with the Barstow program office and the Albany, GA contracts office to have personnel on the ground within the next few weeks. US Logistics is capable, over time, of providing this type of highly efficient, cost-effective technical workforce at multiple depots, for multiple large scale maintenance and retrofit programs". The work on this new Marine Corps contract will be performed at the Marine Corps Logistics Base-Barstow (MCB). MCB is one of three very large support depots in the Marines' national logistics network. Barstow supports Marine forces west of the Mississippi, the Far East and Asia. MCB provides a ready and controlled source of technical competence for the entire array of Marine Corps ground weapon systems and equipment. MCB is the only remaining full capability ground combat support maintenance facility west of the Mississippi River, according to its official website.