Construction of the Special Forces Kandak in Kandahar: Audit of Costs Incurred by Environmental Chemical Corporation
Abstract:
On February 28, 2011, the 772nd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron, in support of the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment--reorganized in 2012 as the Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC)--awarded a 19-month, $13.0 million task order to Environmental Chemical Corporation (ECC) to design and construct facilities and infrastructure for the 2nd Special Forces Kandak in Kandahar, Afghanistan. A kandak is a battalion-sized unit consisting of approximately 800 Afghan National Army soldiers. Under the task order, ECC was to construct various buildings and facilities, including barracks, a power plant, and a road system, at the kandak. After seven modifications, the total funding of the task order increased to $21,647,410, and the period of performance was extended to April 23, 2014.