HomeSafe’s DOD Award Didn’t Raise National Security Concerns

HomeSafe Alliance LLC’s $18 million bid to provide household goods relocation services to military personnel didn’t raise national security concerns requiring disruption of US Transportation Command’s contract award.

Protester American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier Group Inc. argued that the agency didn’t properly consider security risks posed by by HomeSafe’s ownership structure. HomeSafe is a joint venture of KBR Services LLC and Tier One Relocation LLC.

American Roll-On said Tier One’s “higher-level parents” presented intelligence operation concerns because of their investments in China and Russia. But the agency reasonably found there is no realistic possibility of foreign control or influence over Tier ...