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5 Dec 2024 Huntsville Center Awards Historic $960 Million Contract to Small Businesses for Munitions Cleanup
Contracted explosive ordnance disposal technicians secure four WWII-era Japanese 75mm Type 94 high-explosive projectiles prior to a disposal operation on U.S. Army Garrison-Kwajalein Atoll in 2021. Huntsville’s Ordnance and Explosive Directorate recently awarded an unprecedented $960 million contract fully for small businesses, marking the first time that the Center has dedicated such a large project to exclusively to small enterprises.
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A hazardous material reuse center employee in Grafenwoehr, Germany, operates a forklift and moves HAZMAT items at the HMRC. Huntsville Center’s Environmental and Munitions Center of Expertise (EM CX) Directorate is providing implementation and training as the Army begins using a new hazardous material (HAZMAT) management system.
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The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Ala., Critical Public Facilities Planning and Response Team deployed to western North Carolina Hurricane Helene disaster relief efforts. The team was tasked by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to conduct preliminary assessments on critical public facilities affected by the hurricane. The facilities included fire stations, police stations, and local government offices. The 10 members of the CPF team performed preliminary assessments in Avery, Buncombe, Haywood, Madison, and Mitchell counties. A total of 17 sites were visited and assessed for site layout, utility connections, environmental and floodplain concerns. Assessment reports were provided to FEMA, State, and the requesting officials that included a preliminary design and a rough order of magnitude cost estimate. Once reports are accepted and approved by the reviewers, FEMA has the option to either authorize USACE to award contract to install or contract it out themselves. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Edward Rivera)
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Michelle Lordemann, Huntsville Center Environmental and Munitions Mandatory Center of Expertise director, pictured at the Military Munitions Support Services Conference discussing updates and initiatives related to environmental programs.
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Gunarti Coghlan, USACE Headquarters DOD Environmental Programs branch chief, pictured at the Military Munitions Support Services Conference discussing updates and initiatives related to environmental programs.
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Participants at the Military Munitions Support Services, M2S2, Conference pictured asking questions on requirements and regulations related to environmental programs and munitions support.

The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center Huntsville’s Ordnance and Explosives Directorate is the execution arm for the environmental work executed at the Center.  The Directorate is organized into four divisions: Military Munitions Design Center, Chemical/Biological Weapons Material Design Center, Global Operations and Ballistic Missile Defense. 

Capabilities: Ordnance removal (conventional, chemical, radioactive); Ordnance investigations and environmental studies; Environmental remediation; Training and capacity building; Independent operation capability to include security, logistics, and life support; Ability to reach out to other U.S. Army Corps of Engineers capabilities and assets; Service contract capabilities and in-place contracts for world-wide use; USACE Ballistic Missile Defense Mandatory Center of Expertise (ER 1110-2-8163)

Objectives: Support National Security; Rapid Response expeditionary mindset supporting Department of Defense and US Government Agency operations worldwide with qualified and responsive munitions and environmental support; Independent operation capability includes security, logistics, and life support; Provide DOD, Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and USACE with acquisitions, architect-engineering services to include sustained subject matter experts fully supporting and executing the dynamic missile defense mission; Provide facility guidance in support of MDA Facilities associated with Foreign Military Sales (FMS) cases

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