MONROVIA, Liberia — U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah announced nearly $142 million in humanitarian projects and grants to combat the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Shah made the announcement after meeting with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia in the capital city of Monrovia. It was the first stop in a week-long trip for Shah to Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Senegal to meet with national and local officials, aid organizations, and staff involved in the international response to the Ebola outbreak. The announcement brings total U.S. humanitarian assistance for the Ebola crisis to more than $258 million.
According is to the Department of Defense (DoD) — Jacobs Technology Inc., Fort Walton Beach, Florida, was awarded a $45,000,000 contract to provide support functions to the Army Sustainment Command Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP), and the Army Contracting Command-Rock Island LOGCAP and reachback divisions.
Funding and work location will be determined with each order. Estimated completion date is Oct. 20, 2015. Army Contracting Command - Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois is the contracting activity.
B.L. Harbert International LLC, Birmingham, Alabama, was awarded a $33,266,360 firm-fixed-price contract to construct a 14,500 square foot secure facility containing administrative offices, an operations center, and data center in the proposed 2d Infantry Division headquarters.
Work will be performed at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 30, 2016. The Republic of Korea is funding the project. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Far East, is the contracting activity (W912UM-15-C-0002).