Contractors Sought for Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC): Too Few Soldiers Stateside to Implement

[CorpGovActivist]

So, which "SDVOSB" is fronting for Halliburton/KBR as the "prime" on this procurement, estimated to lead to $494M in contracts over 5 years?

Setting this aside for SDVOSBs (Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Businesses) keeps the "big" contractors' names off the submissions, hidden behind a sympathetic facade.

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http://www.forscom.army.mil/aacc/BAISS/default.htm

*** BRAC Augmentation and Implementation Support Services ***

A Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity Contract for Base Re-alignment and Closure)

The objective of the BRAC Augmentation and Implementation Support Services (BAISS, pronounced “base”) Contract is to provide an Army enterprise solution for contractor services to support the implementation of BRAC guidance, as well as provide staff augmentation as supported units are relocated due to BRAC. The contract will provide contractor support services to satisfy the requirements of installations and other headquarters organizations supported by the Army Contracting Agency within the Continental United States (CONUS)

Contracts will be set-aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB)

Current information as of 21 November 2006:
Notice! SRCC-East is currently evaluating the size and scope of this requirement and therefore the timeframes for solicitation and award are being changed. There will be a pre-solicitation conference but the time and date at this point are uncertain. We at SRCC-East appreciate your patience and we ask that industry remain vigilant in their interest of this worthwhile acquisition. Ample time will be provided for interested firms to make travel arrangements once the conference is announced. Please see the below links for the most up-to-date information:

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Scope of Work


Historical Links:

15 June 2006 Industry Day Brief
15 June Industry Day Participants
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FYI...

Best to all,

- Dave

[annabanana]

1. Jeez, Dave. . Just when we think we have enough on our plate. . .

you toss up another really, really tasty morsel. . .

[CorpGovActivist]

2. President Bush Allows SDVOSBs to Receive Sizable "Sole Source" (No Bid) Contracts

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=sdvosb+%22sole+source%22+executive+order+13360

- Dave

[annabanana]

3. I'll kick this into Monday and bounce it for you..

I'm sure wiser eyes than mine want to see this.

[CorpGovActivist]

4. When Congress Starts Poking into This...

... they'll find very candid evaluations by base commanders regarding the shortage of key personnel stateside.

- Dave

[annabanana]

5. Monday morning Kick! - pls recommend. . . . . eom

[radfringe]

6. reads like the "beget" Bible versus

Privatizing Walter Reed delayed 3 years
By DONNA BORAK, AP Business Writer
Mar 18, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070318/ap_on_bi_ge/walter_reed_iap_contract

An Army contract to privatize maintenance at Walter Reed Medical Center was delayed more than three years amid bureaucratic bickering and legal squabbles that led to staff shortages and a hospital in disarray just as the number of severely wounded soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan was rising rapidly.

--snip--

IAP is owned by a New York hedge fund whose board is chaired by former Treasury Secretary John Snow, and it is led by former executives of Kellogg, Brown and Root, the subsidiary spun off by Texas-based Halliburton Inc., the oil services firm once run by Vice President Dick Cheney.

--snip--

One company responded: Johnson Controls World Services Inc., which would be acquired by IAP in March 2005. It initially bid $132 million, but it and Walter Reed's then-management agreed that the Army was underestimating the cost.

[CorpGovActivist]

7. This Process Is Being Repeated for BRAC...

... as you can see, there are already significant delays.

- Dave

[DemReadingDU]

8. Blackwater?

There was a segment about Blackwater on NPR Fresh Air today.
Jeremy Scahill talks about his book Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army.

Very enlightening. Scahill said that .40 cents of every dollar being spent for the so-called war on terror, goes to private contractors!

Another interesting tidbit. During the aftermath of Katrina, Blackwater was paying something like $350 for people to work. Then billing the govenment something like $950 per day per man! Where did this $600 go???

click hear to listen...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8992128