Agility-led consortium wins Defense fuel management contract

The U.S. Defense Energy Support Center has awarded four fuel-management contracts worth $8.6 million over five years to a joint venture led by Agility Defense & Government Services, the U.S.-based public sector arm of Kuwait-based Agility Logistics.

The joint venture, AFH Fuel Services LLC, will operate, maintain, secure and provide safety and environmental protection for aviation and ground bulk fuel storage operations on U.S. Air Force installations at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam; Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan; Misawa Air Base, Misawa City, Japan; and Osan Air Base, South Korea.

Agility DGS is the majority shareholder in AFH Fuel Services, which also includes Ferguson-Williams and Hammer Inc. DESC, a unit of the Defense Logistics Agency, purchases and manages energy supplies for the Defense Department. In June AFH Fuels Services won three European fuel-management storage contracts worth $7.7 million over five years. Those awards were for Ramstein Air Base, Germany; Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal; and Incirlik Air Base, Turkey.

Under terms of the contracts awarded this week, AFH will operate U.S. government-owned storage tanks and equipment to provide fuel for flight-line refueling operations that are conducted by USAF personnel. 

Source: American Shipper