(POC) - KBR has announced it has been awarded a contract to provide mission-critical labor at three locations in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of operations. Through the Air Force Contract Augmentation Program (AFCAP V), the cost-plus contract is worth up to $69M and has a base period of two years with an eight-month option.

(POC) — Department of Defense has awarded a $9,455,640 contract for dining facility food services. Work will be performed in Kuwait City, Kuwait, with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2023.

Fiscal 2023 operation and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $9,455,640 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity.

(POC) — Department of Defense has awarded $42,999,089 to a previously awarded contract (N0042120C0032). This modification increases the scope by merging F/A-18 contractor support services for the governments of Australia and Switzerland.

Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Maryland (78.4%); Dusseldorf, Switzerland (13%); Amberley, Australia (4.4%); and Kuwait City, Kuwait (4.2%), and is expected to be completed in August 2025.

Department of Defense has awarded a $7,630,924 contract for fire and electric safety assessments. Work will be performed in Kuwait with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2025.

Fiscal 2020 operation and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $7,630,924 were obligated at the time of the award.

Suspicions of corruption show their ugly face again on the land of Kuwait, but this time not involving the locals, as the US Defense Department Inspector General said in a report released Monday that the property books of his forces witnessed mistakes in the millions of dollars, noting that the auditor’s report monitored the price of one office printer exceeding 1.1 million dollars in exchange for the purchase of 82 similar printers for only $412 each, reports Al-Jarida daily. The inspector general added that the Army’s databases included the listing of a basic fire department simulator worth $36.3 million, although its actual value was only $49,950.

Kuwait is basically surrounded by deserts. The average annual rainfall is about 115 mm. During the summer months, temperatures can climb up to 50°C / 122 °F in the shade. Nevertheless, extensive use of air-conditioning makes ex-pat life in Kuwait bearable even for those who are not used to the heat. However, do not forget to pack some coats for the winter, too. Temperatures can be as low as 0°C / 32 °F in the winter.

DOD awards $13,861,113 contract to provide pilot, enlisted aircrew, and maintenance training support services as well as program management and administrative support services for the government of Kuwait.

Work will be performed in Altus, Oklahoma (13%); and Kuwait (87%), and is expected to be completed in March 2025.

A former civilian contractor for the U.S. Army was charged in an indictment unsealed today for his role in a scheme to steer Army contracts for work to be performed at Camp Arifjan, a U.S. Army base in Kuwait.

Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Special Agent Jozette Gillespie, Acting Director, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command's (CID) Major Procurement Fraud Unit and Special Agent in Charge Robert E. Craig Jr. of the U.S. Defense Criminal Investigative Service’s (DCIS) Mid-Atlantic Field Office made the announcement.

Department of Defense has been awarded a $67,053,789 to previously awarded contract FA4890-17-C-0005 for Air Forces Central Command war reserve materiel.

The location of performance is Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina; Kuwait; Oman; Qatar; and the United Arab Emirates. The contract modification provides for the exercise of Option Year Five and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2022. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $317,211,207.

DOD awarded $9,918,884 to a previously awarded contract (N0001917C0080). This is to provide organizational and intermediate depot maintenance, logistics, and supply support for three KC-130J aircraft for the government of Kuwait.

Additionally, this modification provides limited repair of common support equipment. Work will be performed in Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base, Kuwait, and is expected to be completed in August 2022.

According to the Department of Defense (DoD) a company out of Arlington, Virginia, was awarded a $19,565,839 modification (P00044) to contract W52P1J-15-F-0039 for network and communications, engineering and installation support.

Work will be performed in Kuwait, with an estimated completion date of July 23, 2021. 

Vectrus Systems Corp., Colorado Springs, Colorado, was awarded an $18,337,000 modification (P00021) to contract W52P1J-18-C-0025 to provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary for food services at the Area Support Group-Kuwait dining facility.

Work will be performed in Kuwait City, Kuwait, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 10, 2022.

According to the Department of Defense (DoD), a company out of Sterling Heights, Michigan, was awarded an additional $25,982,972 to contract W56HZV-20-C-0031 to provide maintenance training and procedural technical assistance to the Kuwait Land Force.

Work will be performed in Kuwait City, Kuwait, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 5, 2023.