What is FIRST?

The United States Army’s logistics mission is to provide the right support, on time, in the right condition and quantity to America’s Army – in peace and war. Contractor support has been a key factor in the Army logistics support plan.  The types and levels of support have evolved from providing supply items, to provision of individual components and equipment, to the operation of large logistical support facilities, and will continue to change as the Army evolves.  However, one imperative will remain constant – the imperative that logistic functions be performed quickly and accurately in support of unit readiness requirements.

• Executed through multiple award ID/IQ contracts.
• Four consecutive competitions, each with 5 –year ordering periods and 2 one-year stop-gap option periods – new acquisition strategy required for each competition.
• Initial competition executed via two RFPs; Small Business Setaside and Full and Open Competition.
• $9B ceiling across all contracts awarded – initial competition – ceiling for subsequent competitions to be reassessed with new acquisition strategy for each competition.

The object of the FIRST contract is to provide innovative and responsive logistics support to meet the evolving mission needs of the war fighter.

Task Areas are for functional and programmatic services that may be required by Headquarters, Army Material Command (AMC); Headquarters, Force Command (HQ FORSCOM); Headquarters, IMA (Logistics); Headquarters, U.S. Army Reserve Command (HQ USARC); Headquarters, ARCENT Third U.S. Army; Headquarters, U.S. First Army; and all other army or DOD Agencies, CONUS/OCONUS authorized to place orders against FIRST Contract.  Services may be required in CONUS or OCONUS locations.  Support for avaition assests is not included in the Scope of Work.  Specific requirements and standards of performance will be provided in each Task Order.