Defense Agencies Issues Solicitation for Afghanistan Transportation Network

The purpose of the Afghanistan Transportation Network (ATN) is to provide commercial transportation alternatives in the Afghanistan Combined Joint Operations Area (CJOA) while promoting counterinsurgency (COIN) objectives. The overarching ATN plan is to make operations, expansion and partnering decisions in close coordination with US military commanders to ensure the ATN supports their regional COIN objectives. The COIN strategy focuses on reconciliation, reintegration, cooperation with tribal elders and winning the support of Afghans through economic development.

These are the core objectives that ATN strives to achieve. The ATN will utilize a network of U.S. Government (USG) approved Elder Owned Companies (EOC’s or Subcontractors) operating under a Management Company to provide secure and reliable means of distributing reconstruction material, security equipment, fuel, miscellaneous dry cargo, and life support assets and equipment. This resultant contract will not utilize private security contractors (PSCs) nor the Afghan Public Protection Force (APPF) to protect convoy operations.

Joint Sustainment Command-Afghanistan (JSC-A) has a continuing requirement for a secure and reliable means of distributing reconstruction material, security equipment, fuel, miscellaneous dry cargo, and life support assets throughout the Combined Joint Operations Area – Afghanistan (CJOA-A) to and from Forward Operating Bases (FOBs), Combat Outposts (COPs), and other distribution sites.