Report: Army to Rebid Halliburton Contract

[papau]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=4&u=/nm/20040907/ts_nm/arms_halliburton_dc

Report: Army to Rebid Halliburton Contract

Tue Sep 7, 6:44 AM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Army plans within months to break up Halliburton Co.'s contract to provide support services for U.S. troops in Iraq-- valued at up to $13 billion -- and open the work to competitive bids, The Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday, citing an internal Army memorandum.<snip>


In the Aug. 25 memo, Tina Ballard, the Army's chief of procurement policy, ordered top officials in the U.S. Army Field Support Command "to immediately begin the transition to competitively awarded sustainment contracts for support of U.S. military forces in Iraq," the newspaper said.


The newspaper said the Army is frustrated with efforts to estimate the final cost of the work and may stop negotiating contract costs with KBR, and instead estimate costs on its own. If it takes this step, Halliburton's profit might be hurt, the newspaper said, as KBR may find it harder to stay within estimated costs, making it more difficult to qualify for its 2 percent bonus.


"The award fee is where you make your money," Hall told the newspaper.


But she said KBR's contract has provisions allowing the unit to dispute final Army estimates. She said Halliburton viewed the Army's decision "as positive and will help to resolve outstanding issues." <snip>

[lil-petunia]

1. thieves scoundrels cheny-ites

[Frodo]

2. Said it before and I'll say it again. How can you REBID a contract

that originally was a "no bid" contract????

[Snellius]

3. This is all a bogus attempt to shill their con game

Note that Halliburton doesn't actually lose the contracts but that the Pentagon "might" do what they should have done in the first place, put them up for open bid. Of course, who's going to be the primary bidder, Kellogg Brown & Root. It's all political subterfuge.

[shaolinmonkey]

4. Will Crashcart "help coordinate" this one too?

eom

[EnfantTerrible]

5. It's just politics...

with Cheney having been on the bubble for the veep spot and chim-chim's handlers deciding to go with him anyway they are now going to cut off lines of attack where Haliburton is conscerned. They (Haliburton) have already made a KILLING... "so we don't pilfer as much as we could have right now... we'll make up the difference and more with four more years..." . It's a defensive move by the Repugs and an investment that will pay off if they stay in power... Haliburton will most likely gain contracts during the re-bid (which, as another DUer pointed out in another thread dealing with this story: How can you REbid on a NO-bid contract?)

[Moderator]

6. Duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=806873