Contract Award: $7M to Provide Private Security Services in Afghanistan

Department of Defense (DOD) renews Academi's (formaly Blackwater) contract for $7 million in Afghanistan to provide protective services for U.S. Army and other Amercian interests. DOD announced: Academi Training Center Inc., Moyock, N.C., was awarded a $7,230,998 firm-fixed-price, option-eligible, non-multi-year contract modification (P00004) of contract (W560MY-12-C-0006) to provide private security services. Performance location will be Afghanistan with funding from fiscal 2013 operations and maintenance, Army funds. This contract was a competitive acquisition via the web with four bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command - Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity. About Academi Academi previously known as Xe Services LLC, Blackwater USA and Blackwater Worldwide—is a…