Afghan National Defense and Security Forces Facilities: Action Needed to Address Confiscation of Contractor-Owned Property and Contractor Mistreatment

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Abstract:

A key U.S. government objective in Afghanistan is to build the countrys capacity to provide for its own security.1 To achieve that objective, as of June 30, 2018, the U.S. Congress had appropriated more than $78.2 billion to support the ANDSF, and the Department of Defense (DOD) had disbursed approximately $9 billion to construct or rehabilitate ANDSF infrastructure.2 The Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan (CSTC-A) is the primary liaison between the United States and the ANDSF for military infrastructure. CSTC-A sets the requirements for both constructing ANDSF infrastructure and providing operation and maintenance (O and M) support to ANDSF facilities. CSTC-A also authorizes and provides funds to designated organizations to award, administer, and oversee contracts to support CSTC-As objectives forANDSF infrastructure projects. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Middle East District is one of four organizations responsible for executing CSTC-As infrastructure requirements for the ANDSF.3 In July 2010, USACE awarded two firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity service contracts to ITT/Exelis Systems Corporation (Exelis)4 to provide O and M services for ANDSF facilities throughout Afghanistan. The contracts provided an agreed-upon allowable cost for services that is fixed and not subject to any adjustment of the contractors actual costs. One contract covered ANDSF facilities in designated northern provinces, and the other contract covered ANDSF facilities in the southern part of the country.5 The contract covering facilities in Afghanistans northern and eastern provinces was valued at $498 million and the contract covering Afghanistans southern and western provinces was valued at $350 million. The contracts, covering up to 800 facilities, expired in June 2015. See figure 1 for a map of the locations under the northern and southern contracts.

Author(s):
Sopko, John F.
Author Organization(s):
SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION ARLINGTON VA
Funding Organization(s):
SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION ARLINGTON VA, ARLINGTON , VA
Document Type:
Technical Report/Special Report
Publication Date:
2019 Mar 01
Pagination:
19

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A - Approved For Public Release
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Collection: TRECMS
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
SIGAR-19-22-SP
Project Number(s):
SP-175
Subject Terms
Communities of Interest:
No COI(s) Identified
Descriptor(s):
contractors, contracts, governments, spare parts, corporations, maintenance, army corps of engineers, department of defense, national security, personal protective equipment, procurement, protective equipment, security, afghanistan, army, engineers, fixed price contracts
Keyword(s):
andsf (AFGHAN NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY FORCES), CONTRACTOR-OWNED PROPERTY, CONTRACTOR MISTREATMENT, cstc-a (Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan), usace (united states ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS)
Subject Categories:
Behavioral and Social Sciences; Behavioral and Social Sciences; Mechanical, Industrial, Civil and Marine Engineering
Creation Date:
2021 Jul 26
Update Date:
2021 Sep 21