Protest Battle Emerges Over Key Diego Garcia Support Contract

DIEGO GARCIA — Here’s something you’ll want on your radar — there’s a surge in U.S. Defense Department contracting and competitive protests tied to base‑support work on Diego Garcia, a remote but pivotal Indian Ocean military hub, underlining new logistics and construction opportunities that aren’t just routine awards but flashpoints in broader geopolitical and acquisition tensions. Recent federal procurement records show the U.S. Navy via NAVFAC Pacific awarded an indefinite‑delivery/indefinite‑quantity base operating support contract at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, initially ~$85M with a total potential value near $656M to Amentum Mitie Pacific — covering everything from port and air operations to logistics and facilities services with work through the…