KBR Services, Inc., Houston, Texas, is being awarded a maximum amount $50,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity job order construction contract for construction projects located in Djibouti, Africa, areas managed by Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Europe Africa Southwest Asia (EURAFSWA). The work to be performed provides for renovations, repairs, maintenance, replacement, alterations, demolition, and NAVFAC Construction Category II, III and IV tasks for Department of Defense activities in the Djibouti, Africa, area. No task orders are being issued at this time.

Camp Lemonnier is the primary base of operations for U.S. Africa Command in the Horn of Africa, and provides, operates and sustains superior service in support of combat readiness and security of ships, aircraft, detachments and personnel for regional and combatant command requirements and enables operations in the Horn of Africa while fostering positive U.S.-African Nation relations.

The Camp of more than 4,000 U.S., joint and allied forces military and civilian personnel and U.S. Department of Defense contractors has 20 new facilities projects, which includes an aircraft apron, runway, chapel, DFAC, a second recreation center, water production and distribution center and a wastewater treatment plant including construction projects funded this fiscal year 2012-2013 by overseas contingency operations appropriations. These projects are expanding the Camp's operational capability and increasing the utility infrastructure. 

The size of the U.S. military footprint in Africa has increased since the creation of U.S. Africa Command in October 2008. At the end of October 2008, there were about 2,600 U.S. military personnel and Department of Defense civilians on the African continent or on ships within the command’s area of responsibility. The number today is about 5,000, more than half of which represents the service members who serve tours at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, with the remainder serving on a temporary basis ranging from a few days to a few weeks. Much of this change is attributable to an increase in the number of exercises and military-to-military engagement programs in order to better enable African nations and regional organizations to strengthen their defense capabilities. On a much smaller scale, it also reflects a modest increase in the staff sizes of DOD offices resident in U.S. embassies, which average just a small number of staff members.