# Army Modernizes Industrial Base Operations

On November 5, 2026, the Army announced a $4.171 billion multiple-award contract pool for design, construction, and commissioning work at government-owned ammunition plants. Eleven contractors, including CSG subsidiary MSM North America, will compete for future task orders across seven facilities; the ceiling is not funding already spent, and each order will establish its own scope, location, and funding. Separately, the Army awarded Amentum Services a **$608,999,219** firm-fixed-price contract to provide at least 500 full-time-equivalent workers supporting organic industrial base depot operations, with **$121,946,770** obligated at award and work in Texarkana, Texas, through November 12, 2031.

- The ammunition-plant MATOC creates follow-on competition for facility construction, production-line upgrades, automation, commissioning, and operations and maintenance. Eligible firms should prepare for project-level competitions; selection to the pool does not guarantee task orders.
- Army Contracting Command–Rock Island is identified as the source for future ammunition-plant solicitations. Contractors can use MSM North America’s existing Iowa Army Ammunition Plant work as a relevant performance reference when assessing competition and teaming opportunities.
- The Amentum award is not an open solicitation. Its scale signals demand for depot workforce capacity, including skilled trades and workforce retention, but the Army has not specified staffing assignments among depots.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Defense & Military, Construction & Infrastructure
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure, Contracting Vehicles
**Published:** November 09, 2026

### Government Entities
- U.S. Army (Army)
- Army Contracting Command–Rock Island (ACC-RI)
- Department of War (DoW)

### Vendors
- Amentum Services (Awardee of the Army depot workforce-support contract)
- MSM North America (Selected contractor eligible to compete for ammunition-plant task orders)
- CSG (Parent company of MSM North America)
- Clark Construction Group LLC (Awardee on the ammunition-plant modernization contract pool)
- Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co. Inc. (Awardee on the ammunition-plant modernization contract pool)

### Key Quotes
> Being selected as one of the contractors under this program represents an important step in our long-term efforts to become a trusted partner of the U.S. Army in modernizing its ammunition industrial base.
> — Jason Gaines, Chief Executive of MSM North America

### Sources
- [Amentum Lands $609 Million Contract to Staff Army Depot Operations With 500-Plus Workers - ClearanceJobs](https://news.clearancejobs.com/2026/11/06/amentum-lands-609-million-contract-to-staff-army-depot-operations-with-500-plus-workers) - Security Clearance Jobs
- [CSG says U.S. Army selects its unit to bid for ammunition plant upgrades under $4.2 billion framework](https://defence-industry.eu/csg-says-u-s-army-selects-its-unit-to-bid-for-ammunition-plant-upgrades-under-4-2-billion-framework) - Defence Industry Europe
- [CSG selected for US Army ammunition plant modernization programme - Defensehere](https://defensehere.com/en/csg-us-army-ammunition-plant-modernization-framework) - Defensehere