Get ready for a professional services showdown! The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has selected six companies for its potential 10-year, $3.5 billion Cooperative Threat Reduction contract, officially kicking off a massive task order competition. This isn’t your average award where winners simply get a static piece of the pie. Instead, they’ve merely earned the right to enter a fierce and ongoing task order competition for specific projects combating weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) across the globe. The lineup features savvy incumbents like Amentum the historical champion Black & Veatch, and Parsons, who will now defend their turf against ambitious and highly capable newcomers Fluor and V2X, all vying for critical work under the global CTR program.
A Closer Look at the $3.5B Award
This entire task order competition structure is a masterclass in strategic sourcing, designed to ensure the U.S. government continuously gets the best value, innovation, and niche expertise for each unique mission, from advanced research to hands-on ally training. The sheer scale of this task order competition is monumental, with the previous CTRIC III contract seeing over $779 million in obligations since 2018. Amentum alone secured a staggering 64.5% of that past work, but with powerful new players entering the arena, the competitive dynamics are sure to shift dramatically, keeping everyone on their toes.Every individual project under this contract will essentially be a new battle in this decade-long task order competition, a process that drives performance, reduces costs, and fosters innovation for a mission that couldn’t be more critical: making the world safer from WMD threats. This model ensures that excellence is consistently rewarded and that DTRA’s partner nations receive the absolute best capabilities the private sector has to offer. The qualifying round is over; the real contest begins now. Let the games begin.
