GAO Dismisses Protest, Sustains Award of DTCI Contract to Menlo

Menlo Worldwide, the third-party logistics services provider of Con-way, has announced that the US Government Accountability Office has dismissed an earlier filed protest of the contract award to Menlo Worldwide Government Services, for the $1.6 billion Defense Transportation Coordination Initiative.

Earlier in August, Menlo was selected as prime contractor for Defense Transportation Coordination Initiative (DTCI), which is a strategic logistics program directed by the Department of Defense US Transportation Command to improve efficiency and performance for the domestic transportation and distribution network supporting warfighters at all four branches of the US military.

The original protest was filed by Ryder Integrated Logistics. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) dismissed the action after Ryder informed the GAO that it was withdrawing its protest.

As prime contractor for DTCI, Menlo is responsible for deploying and operating an integrated logistics solution for shipment planning, optimization, shipment execution and overall transportation resource management governing Department of Defense (DOD) materiel shipments moving into and among DOD facilities across US. The initiative is expected to eventually encompass up to 260 independent shipping sites and hundreds of transportation service providers.

Robert Bianco, president of Menlo Worldwide, said: “We are pleased to see the conclusion of this important government process which sustains the award of this contract to Menlo.”