According to the Department of Defense (DoD), $173,756,967 contract was awarded for enterprise network capabilities and support to U.S. Central Command. Work will be performed in Kuwait, Qatar, Afghanistan, Iraq, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, and Jordan, with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2018. Fiscal 2016 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $173,756,967 were obligated at the time of the award.
Private military contractors in Iraq skyrocketed in number by eight times over the period of January 2015 to January 2016, according to a new Pentagon report to Congress. There were just 250 contractors in Iraq in January 2015, a number that has surged to 2,028. Exactly 70 percent are American nationals, 20 percent are from other countries and 10 percent are local Iraqis.
Midway through 2015, the Pentagon put out numerous offers to quickly pull in more contractors. One of the offers came from the Army in March 2015 and called for advisors to assist the Iraqi Ministry of Defense with “designing, implementing, and sustaining systems that increase its institutional capabilities.”
According to the Department of Defense (DoD), the contract worth $7,954,992 for electrical safety assessments, repairs program, materials management and control services within U.S. Central Command. Work will be performed in Kuwait, Jordan, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Bahrain, with an estimated completion date of March 30, 2018. Fiscal 2016 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $7,954,992 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W912DY-16-F-0025).
