- Day & Zimmermann has won a potential $2.3 billion Army depot modernization contract
- The award also covers ammunition demilitarization and supply depot operations
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A Day & Zimmermann business has won a $2.3 billion contract from the U.S. Army to operate, maintain and modernize Hawthorne Army Depot in Nevada.
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The Department of War said Tuesday the Army Contracting Command launched an online solicitation and received four bids for the firm-fixed-price contract.
In October, the service issued a solicitation for the Hawthorne Army Depot modernization and operations contract.
What Is the Scope of the Army Contract?
The contract awarded to Day & Zimmermann Hawthorne includes modernization, operation and maintenance activities at Hawthorne Army Depot, as well as ammunition demilitarization efforts and supply depot operations.
The service will determine work locations and obligate funding upon award of each task order and expects contract work to run through Dec. 29, 2046.
According to DOW, the award also requires execution of 14 additional performance work statements covering support functions, including security, safety, fire and emergency services, environmental, government property, IT and occupational health.
What Is Day & Zimmermann?
Day & Zimmermann is a government services, engineering, construction and munitions company that has supported the Army through multiple ammunition and defense industrial base initiatives.
In 2025, the Army awarded the company a $31 million contract to supply percussion primers for M82A1 semi-automatic rifles.
In 2023, the service awarded Day & Zimmermann and eight other companies $1.5 billion in contracts to procure materials and components needed to boost production of 155-millimeter ammunition. Day & Zimmermann also secured an Army contract to supply modular artillery charge system equipment for 155 mm ammunition.
