Baghdad Life Support Contract Protested by 4 Major Contractors
In July 3, 2013 Department of State (DOS) awarded PAE a contract for $403 million to provide life support services at U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. The contract is to provide life support services including food procurement, preparation and serving, fuel procurement and delivery, postal support services, solid waste management, property acrap, destruction and disposals; recreation support services; airfield and structural fire protection, warehouse operations support, airfield management and operations support, transportation services, RSO supplemental staffing support for vetting, badging and security systems maintenance, and program management.
After the contract award, DynCorp International LLC, of Fort Worth, Texas, Fluor, SOSi Diplomatic Support Services, LLC, of Greenville, South Carolina, and Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. (KBR), of Houston, Texas, protest the award of a contract to PAE Government Services, Inc., of Arlington, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of State (DOS) for life support and logistics services, called Baghdad Life Support Services (BLiSS), in Iraq to challenge the agency's evaluation of the proposals and selection decision.
U.S. Government Accounting Office promptly denied protests from all parties.