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06/13/2005
Who Keeps Tabs On Contractors In Iraq?
By DEBORAH HASTINGS & ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.theday.com/eng/web/news/re.aspx?re=E7F232C1-7072-4394-
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There is no centralized procedure for monitoring scores of
contracting firms rebuilding Iraq with U.S. funds, according to the
military. The controls that do exist have been criticized for
failing to keep track of millions.
Instead, most contracts are monitored by the individual agencies
that award them. The Army Corps of Engineers, for example, which
issues the bulk of reconstruction work, has its own inspectors and
quality assurance monitors. The U.S. Defense Contract Management
Agency provides oversight on behalf of the Army for troop support
contracts - private firms that do everything from serving meals to
washing fatigues.
Congress has set aside $18.4 million to help Iraq rebuild its
roads, water systems, airports, rail lines, seaports, housing and
other needed projects. The cost of reconstruction has been
estimated at $150 billion.
The International Advisory and Monitoring Board, established by the
United Nations after Iraq's interim government took power last year
summer, audits cash and oil revenues held by the Development Fund
for Iraq, which funds additional rebuilding contracts with Iraqi
money.
The Coalition Provisional Authority ran the country for 13 months
following its invasion, and rushed to issue rebuilding projects
using a combination of seized Iraqi money and international
funds.
Last month, investigators said incompetence and "indications of
fraud" was responsible for nearly $100 million in cash not being
accounted for by the CPA. That amount included more than $7 million
that simply vanished, according to the Special Inspector General
for Iraq Reconstruction, appointed in January 2004 to serve as a
U.S. government watchdog for Iraqi reconstruction.
The CPA, predominantly run by Americans, has provided a poor
example for reconstruction, critics say. Millions handed out to
contractors, including Custer Battles, has not been accounted for,
auditors said.
06/13/2005
CONTRACTS from the United States Department of
Defense
Computer Sciences Corp., Arlington, Va, is being awarded a
cost-plus-award-fee contract, HQ0006-05-C-0024, to provide
scientific, engineering, and technical assistance support for the
Executive Management Council to the Missile Defense Agency's deputy
director for Ballistic Missile Defense System Integration, the
deputy director for Technology & Engineering, and the Chief of
Staff. The contract has a one-year base period of performance and
four one-year options. The contract will be performed in Fairfax
and Arlington, Va. The contract value is $62,513,185, including
options. Fifty-nine offers were solicited and two were received.
The Missile Defense Agency is the contracting activity.
(HQ0006-05-C-0024)
Lockheed Martin Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded a
$6,449,05 contract modification to the existing Space Base Infrared
System High component engineering, manufacturing, and development
contract. This contract primarily provides technical support to
2SWS contractor test force/mission assurance in the areas of
Space-Based Infrared System hardware/software/communications
testing, exercise support, and verification of operational
suitability. Contractor support will include testing and exercise
support to external operations centers, Air Force Satellite Control
Network operations, and other organizations/agencies as required.
This contract action supports the Space -Based Infrared System
Support Manager in SMC/ISO located at Peterson Air Force Base,
Colo. At this time $372,916 of the funds has been obligated. The
Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base,
Calif., is the contracting activity. (F04701-95-C-0017,
P00320).
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