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08/04/2006
Bechtel Takes a Hit for War Profiteering
By Antonia Juhasz, AlterNet
http://www.alternet.org/story/39860/
A comprehensive U.S. government audit of a Bechtel project in Iraq
has exposed gross mismanagement by the company. As a result, the
$50 million contract has been canceled.
As the auditors plan to expand their investigations to all of
Bechtel's $2.85 billion in Iraq contracts, they are sure to
discover a pattern of failure. Not only should Bechtel be dropped
from all of its failing contracts, but the company should be
required to refund all misspent U.S. taxpayer and Iraqi funds so
that Iraqi contractors can get to work and real reconstruction can
finally begin.
But time is running out.
On Sept. 30, 2006, all unobligated money for reconstruction in Iraq
reverts back to the U.S. Treasury. This means that unless action is
taken now to ensure that this money goes to Iraqis, U.S.
corporations will keep their billions, while Iraqis are left with
failed projects and little money to recover...
08/04/2006
CONTRACTS from the United States Department of Defense
Atlantic Contingency Constructors, LLC, Virginia Beach, Va.; Fluor
Intercontinental Inc., Greenville, S.C.; and URS-IAP, LLC,
Washington, D.C., are being awarded a
cost-reimbursable-plus-award-fee, indefinite-delivery/
indefinite-quantity contract for global contingency construction.
The total aggregate contract amount for a base year and four option
years is not to exceed $1,000,000,000, with a guaranteed minimum of
$100,000 to each contractor. The work to be performed provides for
supervision, equipment, materials, labor, travel and all means
necessary to provide the Navy, the Navy on behalf of Department of
Defense, and the Navy on behalf of other federal agencies when
authorized, an immediate response for civilian construction
contract capability. The construction and related engineering
services would be in response to natural disasters, humanitarian
assistance, conflict, or projects with similar characteristics.
This includes occasional projects to ensure readiness to perform
under emergency situations. The scope includes the capability to
provide general mobilization services for personnel, equipment and
material in support of Naval Construction Forces (NCF) mobilization
efforts and similar mobilization efforts. The work also includes
the capability to set up and operate Material Liaison Office at a
deployed site in support of NCF operations. The contractors may be
tasked to participate in military exercises. Work will be performed
worldwide, and the expected date of completion is August 2007
(August 2011 with options). Contract funds will expire at the end
of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively
procured with 44 proposals solicited and eight offers received. The
Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is
the contracting activity (N62470-06-D-6007/6008/6009).
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