RCO Vicenza-Africa 414th CSB

The Army Materiel Command Expeditionary Contracting Command Regional Contracting Office Vicenza-Africa 414th CSB, a defense contracting office subordinate to Army Materiel Command, executes tactical procurements and operational support contracts in the Africa and Europe theaters, with administrative and contracting authority centered in Vicenza, Italy.

The contracting office has closed 2,211 federal contract awards cumulatively since 1999, with combined potential value of $47.8 million and combined dollars obligated of $98.8 million. Activity cadence in recent years stood at 12 awards in 2021, 13 in 2022, 9 in 2023, 17 in 2024, and 4 year-to-date in 2025. The most recent recorded award date is 2025-04-01. The office transacts through 605 distinct prime contractors across its portfolio history.

Contract competition is highly fragmented on the by-value dimension. Over the last five years, GPC Foreign Contractor Consolidated Reporting leads by potential value at $4.8 million across 14 awards, followed by GPC Consolidated Reporting at $2.9 million across 15 awards; together they represent 18 percent of combined potential value in the recent window. By award count over the same period, the top five contractors hold 86 percent of recent awards, with GPC Consolidated Reporting and GPC Foreign Contractor Consolidated Reporting again leading at 15 and 14 awards respectively. The long tail includes MPC S.R.L., Heliopolis 21 - Architetti Associati, and Degrosolutions SRL, each with minimal individual presence. The office awards nearly all contracts outside the formal set-aside stream — 2,209 of 2,211 awards (100 percent) carry no set-aside designation, with 2 awards under 8(a) Sole Source.

The nature and low dollar ceiling of most awards — the portfolio reflects tactical operational support, facility maintenance, and goods procurement in forward and regional locations — means that a substantial portion of awards carry small or unreported potential values or represent Government Purchase Card (GPC) consolidations. This structure is typical of regional contracting offices serving expeditionary commands where speed of execution and local vendor relationships take priority over large-scale competitive procurements. No recent contract opportunities are recorded against this office, and activity cadence has contracted sharply year-to-date in 2025 relative to 2024 levels.