# DOJ Reevaluates $1B Asset Forfeiture Contract

The Department of Justice is withdrawing and reevaluating its approximately **$1 billion, five-year** asset-forfeiture support award after KACE Co. challenged the evaluation and award decision. Forfeiture Support Associates, a joint venture owned by Amentum and SAIC, received the recompete award in late August 2026; DOJ announced the reevaluation by October 2. The contract covers administrative, clerical, and professional support at approximately 490 locations, with about 1,400 contractor personnel, so a new award decision could affect the incumbent, the protester, and transition and performance planning.

- The original award is no longer settled; firms should base transition and performance assumptions on DOJ’s forthcoming award decision rather than treating the late-August selection as final.
- The scale and distributed staffing model make continuity planning material for the incumbent joint venture and any competing offeror, including planning for changes to staffing or transition timing if the award outcome changes.
- Companies pursuing similar federal support work can use this case to account for protest-related uncertainty in bid, mobilization, and resource plans.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Professional Services
**Published:** October 02, 2026

### Government Entities
- U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
- U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)

### Vendors
- Forfeiture Support Associates (Incumbent joint-venture awardee)
- Amentum (Joint-venture owner of the incumbent awardee)
- Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) (Joint-venture owner of the incumbent awardee)
- KACE Co. (Bidder and protester)

### Sources
- [Justice agrees to take another look at $1B asset forfeiture support contract - Washington Technology](https://www.washingtontechnology.com/contracts/2026/10/justice-agrees-take-another-look-1b-asset-forfeiture-support-contract/416376) - Washington Technology