Prizes for Coalition Victory in the Iraq War
Total Prizes to be handed out :To date: $8,341.7 million ($8 billion+) .. and more to come. ......... And the Winners are ....
SPECIAL AWARD: Lucrative contracts for postwar Iraq awarded to firms with powerful political connections, starting with:
Award $1 million immediate with $62.6 million cap
Agency USAID
Date of Award April 11, 2003
Nature of work Primary and Secondary Education. Revitalization of Iraqi Schools and Stabilization of Education (RISE). Involves upgrading schools, restocking classrooms and training teachers.
Subcontractor DynCorp
Award $50 million
Agency U.S. Department of State
Date of Award April 18, 2003
Nature of work Provide up to 1,000 civilian advisors to help the government of Iraq organize effective civilian law enforcement, judicial and correctional agencies.
Subcontractor Black & Veatch, and Contrack International
Award $100 million
Agency USACOE, Transatlantic Programs Center for work in U.S. Central Command's area of 25 countries located throughout the Horn of Africa, South and Central Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, and Northern Red Sea regions.
Date of Award April 1, 2003
Nature of work Providing work to the US military in the region. The tasks could include repairing roads and bridges, replacing damaged windows and doors and building barracks for military personnel.
Award $7.1 million - renewable annually
Agency USAID
Date of Award February 21, 2003
Nature of work Personnel Support for planning and managing reconstruction projects.
Subcontractors Tetra Tech, POWER Engineers, Willbros Group, and Najad Rock Group
Award $100 million
Agency USACOE, Transatlantic Programs Center for work in U.S. Central Command's area of 25 countries located throughout the Horn of Africa, South and Central Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, and Northern Red Sea regions.
Date of Award April 1, 2003
Nature of work Providing work to the US military in the region. The tasks could include repairing roads and bridges, replacing damaged windows and doors and building barracks for military personnel.
Award $30 million
Agency Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Nature of work to dismantle and neutralize any chemical or nuclear weapons found in the region
Award $7.9 million
Agency USAID for the ORHA
Date of Award April 11, 2003
Nature of work Local Governance. Seeks to maximize Iraqi participation in all phases and aspects of the reconstruction as the transition to Iraqi administration occurs.
Award $4.8 million
Agency USAID
Date of Award March 24, 2003
Nature of work Seaport Administration including an initial port assessment, develop improvement plans to overcome port-imposed constraints, and supply technical expertise to ensure an adequate flow of through shipment. SSA is also responsible for providing the position of Port Director in Umm Qasr. The Port Director is restricted to an American only.
Award $1 million
Agency USAID
Date of Award April 8, 2003
Nature of work Provide support for basic education in Iraq
Award $8 million
Agency USAID
Date of Award March 28, 2003
Nature of work Provide basic health, water supply and sanitation services in Iraq.
Subcontractor Stanley Group
Award $100 million
Agency USACOE, Transatlantic Programs Center for work in U.S. Central Command's area of 25 countries located throughout the Horn of Africa, South and Central Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, and Northern Red Sea regions.
Date of Award April 1, 2003
Nature of work Providing work to the US military in the region. The tasks could include repairing roads and bridges, replacing damaged windows and doors and building barracks for military personnel.
Award $10 million
Agency USAID
Date of Award March 28, 2003
Nature of work Public health. Health System Strengthening in Post-conflict Iraq. Support to the Iraqi Ministry of Health to coordinate and report on health activities.
More Prizes lined up by USAID up for grabs
A $7 billion contract to cap oil fires in Iraq.
Note: The Army Corps of Engineers sealed the deal without seeking bids from other companies, prompting calls from some in Congress for an investigation, according to CBS News
Award $30 million
Agency Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Date of Award
Nature of work to dismantle and neutralize any chemical or nuclear weapons found in the region
Subcontractors Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc. and Superior Energy Services' Wild Well Control, Inc.
Award $50.3 million to date (cost plus 7% contract)
Agency USACOE
Date of Award March 8, 2003
Nature of work Hazard and operational assessment, extinguishing oil well fires, capping oil well blowouts, as well as responding to any oil spills.
Award $680 million
Agency USAID
Date of Award April 17, 2003
Nature of work Emergency repair work on Iraqi infrastructure, including power, water and sewer systems, a seaport and an airport. May also include repair of hospitals, schools, other public buildings and irrigation systems.
(Note Pratap Chatterjee in CorpWatch (April 24, 2003 ) reported :In March, multi-billionaire Riley Bechtel was sworn in as a member of President Bush's Export Council to advise the government on how to create markets for American companies overseas.For Bechtel was just like old times. Twenty years ago, in December 20, 1983, Middle East peace envoy Donald Rumsfeld arrived in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, on a special mission from George Shultz (then secretary of state for President Ronald Reagan) to meet with Saddam Hussein. Rumsfeld asked the Iraqi dictator to support Bechtel's bid on construction of an oil pipeline from Iraq to the Jordanian port of Aqaba.
The two men meeting in Kuwait this week to plan Iraqi reconstruction -- Jay Garner and Terry Valenzano -- work for the very same public/private alliance that lobbied Saddam two decades ago. Today, Defense Secretary Rumsfield heads up the Pentagon, which is paying Garner's salary, while Shultz is a board member of the Bechtel Company who is paying Valenzano's bills.
That's not all: Jack Sheehan, a senior vice president at Bechtel, is a member of the Defense Policy Board, a government-appointed group that advised the Pentagon on the war. Meanwhile Bechtel also advises both the federal agencies that provide loans and insurance to American companies overseas. Daniel Chao, another Bechtel senior vice president, serves on advisory board of the US Export-Import Bank, while Ross J. Connelly, a 21-year veteran of Bechtel Group, is the chief operating officer for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC).
Indeed, Andrew Natsios, the administrator of USAID, which awarded the reconstruction contract for Iraq, was overseeing Bechtel just two years ago as the chairman of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, which hired the company to complete the Boston Central Artery project.
Seaport Administration: the contract for management of humanitarian freight and trans-shipment operations by sea at the port of Umm Qasr. Awarded March 24 to Stevedoring Services of America.
Airport Administration: the management of humanitarian and trans-shipment operations by air.
Capital Construction: emergency repair of electrical supply; water and sanitation systems; roads and bridges; public buildings such as hospitals and schools; irrigation structures and port facilities upgrades.
Theater Logistical Support: warehousing, customs clearance, trucking and provision of bottled water.
Public Health: help to restore the public health service.
Primary and Secondary Education: assistance in upgrading schools, printing textbooks, and training teachers.
Personnel Support: hiring of people to oversee post-war reconstruction and humanitarian efforts. Contract awarded to the International Resources Group on February 21, 2003.
Local Governance: seek to maximize Iraqi participation in all phases and aspects of the reconstruction as the transition to Iraqi administration occurs. At the province and municipal level, promote the participation selection of reconstruction projects, and setting in motion self-government activities.
Oil Infrastructure Repair: put out oil fires and make emergency repairs. One contract has been awarded to Halliburton's Kellogg Brown & Root unit, but there may be more.
Miscellaneous: Other contracts may be forthcoming via the Defense Department, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and elsewhere.
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