RCC Kabul

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Expeditionary Contracting Command Regional Contracting Center Kabul is the Army's forward contracting office for materiel and services in support of operations and base sustainment in the Kabul theater of operations, operating as a sub-office within the Army's principal contracting apparatus for expeditionary and overseas procurement. The contracting center closed operational activity in September 2018 and has recorded no awards since that date.

Across its operational history from October 2004 through September 2018, the Kabul Regional Contracting Center awarded 27,597 federal contracts valued at $7.89 billion in combined potential value, with $7.69 billion obligated (97% of potential). The center's award cadence declined sharply in the final years: 500 awards in 2014, 112 in 2015, 6 in 2016, 4 in 2017, and 1 in 2018. The center transacted with 163 distinct prime contractors across its portfolio history. Competition was highly concentrated by value despite the large number of contractors; the portfolio reflects the typical contracting posture of forward-deployed Army theater operations, where a small set of large logistics and construction primes dominate volume, supplemented by local and regional vendors.

The set-aside mix was negligible across the center's history. Virtually all 27,590 awards (100%) were awarded without set-aside designation, reflecting the operational environment and expeditionary mission structure. Only 5 awards carried competitive 8(a) designation, and just 1 award was set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business; no other small-business set-asides were recorded.

No federal contract opportunities or grant activity is recorded against this office. The contracting center's historical role was to support contingency operations and base operations in Afghanistan; the closure of regional contracting operations in September 2018 marked the end of its active procurement mission. Contractors and staffing holding relationships with this office should update their engagement strategy to reflect the center's inactive status and redirect business development efforts to active Army contracting entities within CONUS or other currently operational commands.