(POC) - KBR has announced it has been awarded a contract to provide mission-critical labor at three locations in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of operations. Through the Air Force Contract Augmentation Program (AFCAP V), the cost-plus contract is worth up to $69M and has a base period of two years with an eight-month option.

(POC) — The U.S. Army plans to compete for four Care of Supplies in Storage task orders in support of the Army Prepositioned Stock program among four prime contractors under the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program V contract as reported by DVIDSHub last week.

The United States Government employs thousands of individual private and defense contractors every year to work overseas. The Department of Defense, State Department, USAID, and various military branches employ these companies to contract with and employ thousands of people as construction, security personnel, IT specialists, logistics, administrators, food service, doctors, accountants, etc.

Department of Defense has awarded $13,478,740 to a previously awarded contract for the Satellite Control Network.

This contract modification provides for the addition of systems engineering and integration a Modularized Transitional Remote Tracking Station - Deployable. Work will be performed in Oakhanger, England, and is expected to be completed by April 30, 2025.

Andrea Martinez, Associate Technical Professional - Civil, traveled to Kandahar, Afghanistan to work on a KBR project based at a NATO airfield. Below is an account of her time on the project through her own eyes.

As a civil engineer, I have faced many challenging situations in my career but this opportunity offered me one of my biggest challenges to date. On my first day back in the office after the Christmas holidays last year, I was offered the opportunity to work on the KBR project based at NATO's Kandahar Airfield (KAF) in Afghanistan in the role of Building & Civil Engineering Technical Officer.

According to the Department of Defense (DoD)  Houston, Texas, is being awarded an $8,203,733 indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for base operating support (BOS) services at the Navy Compound, Quay 9, Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates.  The BOS services to be performed include general information, management and administration; force protection; unaccompanied housing, facility support (facility investment, facility management, custodial, integrated solid waste management, pest control and pavement clearance); utilities (electrical and wastewater); and transportation.

Work will be performed in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates, and is expected to be complete by August 2029.  No funds will be obligated at time of award.  Fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $7,879,740 for recurring work will be obligated on an individual task order issued during the base period.  The maximum dollar value including the base period and seven option periods is $67,391,232.

According to the Department of Defense (DoD), a company out of Houston, Texas, is awarded a $28,324,156 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification for the incorporation of additional services for Option Periods Three through Seven under the base operating service contract at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Kingdom of Bahrain.

After award of this modification, the total cumulative contract value will be $139,809,309.

According to the Department of Defense (DoD) a company out of Houston, Texas, is awarded a $9,885,077 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) modification (N62470-14-D-6012) for the exercise of bridge Option Two under an IDIQ contract for base operations support services at Isa Air Base, Kingdom of Bahrain.

KBR has announced it has been awarded an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Air Force for worldwide contingency and humanitarian support. This Air Force Contract Augmentation Program V (AFCAP V) contract has a maximum ceiling of $6.4 billion.

Under this multiple-award contract, KBR will have the opportunity to compete on task orders to provide a full range of support for the U.S. government. These services could include assisting with contingency planning, deploying, training and equipping of U.S. military forces; emergency and contingency construction; and logistics and commodities.

KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today it has been awarded a $23.7 million contract modification by Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Europe, Africa and Southwest Asia (NAVFAC EURAFSWA) to provide base operations support services at Shaikh Isa Air Base in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

KBR inc. announced that it was awarded two contract modifications totaling almost $40 million to upgrade remote tracking stations in the Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN).

The U.S. Air Force Space Command (AFSC) Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) awarded these firm fixed price modifications under the existing Hybrid Remote Tracking Station (RTS) Block Change (RBC) Contract. KBR was awarded the RBC Hybrid contract in February 2013.

Kellogg Brown & Root is an American engineering, procurement, and construction company, formerly a subsidiary of Halliburton. KBR and its predecessors have received many contracts with the U.S. military including during World War II, the Vietnam War, and the Iraq War.

In the 2000s, KBR employed more American private contractors and holds a larger contract with the U.S. government than does any other firm in Iraq. The company's roughly 14,000 U.S. employees in Iraq provide logistical support to the U.S. military.