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 private military company founded in 1997 by Erik Prince and Al Clark. Academi is currently the largest of the U.S. State Department's three private security contractors. Academi provided diplomatic security services in Iraq to the United States federal government on a contractual basis. Academi also has a research and development wing that was responsible for developing the Grizzly APC along with other military technology. The company'seadquarters is located in Arlington County, Virginia.