Blackwater loses $1.1bn Afghan police contract

[G_j]

http://www.theage.com.au/world/blackwater-loses-11bn-afghan-police-contract-20100316-qcii.html


Blackwater loses $1.1bn Afghan police contract

JOBY WARRICK, WASHINGTON
March 17, 2010

US FEDERAL auditors have put a stop to US Army plans to award a $US1 billion ($A1.1 billion) training program for Afghan police officers to the company formerly known as Blackwater, concluding that other companies were unfairly excluded from bidding on the job.

The decision by the Government Accountability Office leaves it unclear who will oversee training of the Afghan National Police, a poorly equipped 90,000-strong paramilitary force that will inherit the task of preserving order in Afghanistan after NATO troops depart.

GAO officials upheld a protest by DynCorp International, which conducts training for Afghan police under a State Department contract. DynCorp lawyers argued that the company should have been allowed to submit bids when management of the training program passed from the state to the army.

Instead, Pentagon officials allowed the training program to be attached to an existing Defence Department contract that supports counter-narcotics efforts in Afghanistan.

Xe Services, the new name of Blackwater, was poised to win one portion of a much larger group of contracts, shared among five corporations, that could earn the companies more than $US15 billion over five years.

A new round of bidding will now take place.

..more..



of course, DynaCorp has some very nasty history also:

DynCorp whistleblower revealed sex-slave trade among fellow Americans in Bosnia
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4846629

DynCorp Manager Used Armored Car To Transport Hookers in Iraq
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3223706

Haitian Journalists Assaulted by DynCorp Thugs Hired By USA
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4962574

DynCorp Accused of Overcharging for Army Contract Work
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6281048

and so on....

[Robb]

1. Of course the decision has nothing to do with Xe's practices or history

...just that another contractor felt slighted. Amazing.

[G_j]

5. yep

it's not like DynaCorp is without blemish.

[pleah]

2. K&R

[unhappycamper]

3. Good. n/t

[mod mom]

4. It's a start. Now for some prosecutions. Watch for another name change, this time under the radar.

[G_j]

6. interesting how the media still uses "Blackwater"

that ok w/ me.

[Solly Mack]

7. k/r