According to the Department of Defense (DoD) — Kellogg Brown & Root Services Inc., Houston, Texas, is being awarded a $28,898,619 contract for base operations support services at Isa Air Base, Kingdom of Bahrain.

The work to be performed provides for, but is not limited to, all management, supervision, tools, materials, supplies, labor and transportation services necessary to perform galley services, bachelor quarters and laundry services, facility management, emergency service requests, urgent service, routing service, minor work I and II, facilities investment, custodial, pest control service, integrated solid waste, grounds maintenance, wastewater, operate reverse osmosis water treatment system and base support vehicles, environmental, fire emergency services, and explosive safety officer services.

According to the Department of Defense (DoD) — Kellogg Brown and Root Services Inc., Houston, Texas, is being awarded a $59,654,219 contract for base operations support services at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, and affiliated operational sites within the eastern Africa area of responsibility.

The work to be performed provides for public safety (security operations, emergency management, and fire/emergency services), air operations, ordnance, supply operations, laundry services, morale welfare and recreation, galley (food services), housing (bachelor quarters), facility support (facilities investment, janitorial services, grounds maintenance, pest control, refuse collection, and roads), utilities (electrical generation, wastewater treatment, and water operations), base support vehicles equipment, and environmental services.

According to the Department of the Navy — KBR, Inc. has been awarded Fire and Emergency Services (firefighting) at Isa Air Base (Isa AB) Logistics Support Area (LSA) Bahrain. 

The requirement is for fire and emergency services and the maintenance of that associated equipment at ISA Air Base, Bahrain. The estimated procurement cost is undisclosed for the acquisition of the service for 6 months.

A high-profile qui tam suit against Kellogg Brown & Root and Halliburton continues to generate important case law relating to the scope of attorney-client privilege and work product protection given to internal investigations.

In the lawsuit, arising out of alleged false claims to the government under Iraq reconstruction-related contracts, federal judge James S. Gwin in Washington, D.C. held, in March 2014, that internal investigation materials were not protected by the attorney-client privilege because the investigation had been conducted as a matter of regular company policy by internal compliance personnel and as required by federal law. (I wrote about Judge Gwin’s ruling in a blog entitled “When Is An Internal Investigation Not Privileged.”)

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.

Houston, Texas —  After five-plus years of litigation, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) today reaffirmed KBR’s use of private security contractors during combat operations in Iraq. The ruling clears the way for KBR to recover $45 million plus interest from the U.S. government for services rendered in 2003-2007. It also confirms the appropriateness of an additional $10 million in billings previously paid to KBR.

“KBR fulfilled its commitment to our troops and we are proud of the support that we provided our forces, ”. “Although ASBCA’s ruling is appealable, we hope this latest decision will finally conclude the matter.” said Andrew Farley, KBR Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Kellogg, Brown and Root Services, Inc., Houston, Texas, is being awarded a $56,563,357 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N62470-13-D-3008) to exercise option year one for base operation support services at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.

The work to be performed provides for public safety (security operations, emergency management, and fire/emergency services), air operations, ordnance, supply operations, laundry services, morale welfare and recreation, galley (food services), housing (bachelor quarters), facility support (facilities investment, janitorial services, grounds maintenance, pest control, refuse collection, and roads), utilities (electrical generation, wastewater treatment, and water operations), base support vehicles equipment, and environmental services. The total contract amount after exercise of this modification will be $224,153,913.

Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc., Houston, Texas, is being awarded a $22,142,994 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for base operating support services at Isa Air Base, Bahrain and its outlying support sites including the Patriot Battery Site at Riffa, Bahrain.

The work to be performed provides for all management, supervision, labor, materials, and equipment necessary to perform services for general information, management and administration, galley, housing (bachelor/unaccompanied housing), facility support (facility investment, facility management, custodial, pest control, integrated solid waste management, grounds maintenance and landscaping), electrical, wastewater, water and base support vehicles and equipment, and environmental. The maximum dollar value including the base period and four option years is $113,824,554.

Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. was awarded $18,435,894.24 for Air Terminal and Ground Handling Service Al Mubarak Air Base/Kuwait International Airport Kuwait. Services include but are not limited to all US Government owned or operated aircraft, US sponsored foreign Government aircraft, Coalition Forces aircraft, commercial contract aircraft, and tendered aircraft in support of the Department Transportation System (DTS).

The contractor shall facilitate on-time aircraft departures and maintain the ability to provide sustained ATGHS for a working Maximum on Ground (MOG) capability of two (2) wide-body aircraft or the equivalent thereof. Handling of classified information will require the contractor to have a facility clearance after contract award and prior to contract performance. The procurement is unrestricted however only United States firms may submit an offer as a facility clearance can only be granted to US firms.

KBR Inc. and Halliburton Co. aren’t automatically immune from lawsuits by military service members over illnesses caused by exposure to contractor burn pits, a U.S. appeals court said, reversing a lower court ruling. KBR is only entitled to immunity if it adhered to the terms of its contract with the government, something the district court failed to explore adequately, U.S. Circuit Judge Henry Floyd wrote in sending the case back for further proceedings.

The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel in Richmond, Virginia, is the latest rebuff to KBR’s argument that it should be insulated from liability in lawsuits over its performance in Iraq and Afghanistan by laws shielding contractors during wartime. KBR is disappointed by the ruling and is evaluating options for appeal, Richard Goins, a company spokesman said in an e-mailed statement.