According to the Department of Defense (DoD) this contract is being awarded in order to provide linguists, interpreters, translators, stenographers, and court reporters to assist in case preparations for hearings and trials conducted by the Office of Military Commissions. This requirement supports the Office of Military Commissions enemy combatant trials at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Work performance will take place Arlington, Virginia; and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The expected completion date is April 14, 2020.
CONTRACT AWARDS
According to USAID — The United States announced nearly $139 million in humanitarian assistance in response to the Yemen crisis.
The contribution will help meet the urgent humanitarian needs of the most vulnerable people in the Middle East's poorest and most food insecure country. Since the beginning of the current conflict in March 2015, approximately 2.7 million Yemenis have been displaced and over 20 million Yemenis are in need of humanitarian protection and assistance. The USAID-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) estimates that at least 6 million people in Yemen are currently in need of life-saving food assistance.
According to the Department of Defense (DoD), 9 construction companies was awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, design-build/design-bid-build, multiple award construction contract for construction, renovation, repair, and demolition of facilities, airfields, or other related infrastructure at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The maximum dollar value for all nine contracts combined is $25,000,000.
Work will be performed in Djibouti. The terms of the contracts are not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of April 2021. Fiscal 2008 operation and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $45,000 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.




