Haitian Companies Still Sidelined from Reconstruction Contracts

[EFerrari]

Haitian Companies Still Sidelined from Reconstruction Contracts
Tuesday, 19 April 2011 11:51


In December 2010, the AP conducted an analysis of Haitian earthquake contracts given out by the US government, finding that only $1.60 out of every $100 went to Haitian companies. In the story, USAID responded:

US AID says it is committed to increasing the amount of contracts going to Haitians.

“We already are engaging with Haitian communities to make them aware of how they can partner with us,” said Janice Laurente, a spokeperson for US AID.

Yet a new analysis from Haiti: Relief and Reconstruction Watch shows that since December 2010, not a single contract has been awarded to a Haitian firm, according to the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS). As of April 14, 2011, 1490 contracts had been awarded, since the January 2010 earthquake, for a total of $194,458,912. Of those 1490 contracts, only 23 have gone to Haitian companies, totaling just $4,841,426, or roughly 2.5 percent of the total.

Table 1 shows the breakdown of contracts going to Haitian firms organized by the date the contract was signed. As can be seen, after originally being neglected, Haitian firms fared better from February 2010 through November 2010, receiving 5 percent of the value of all contracts. Since December 2010, however, not a single Haitian company has received a contract despite nearly $20 million being awarded in the last five months. The last contract awarded to a Haitian firm was actually signed on November 9, 2010, according to FPDS records.



http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/relief-and-reconstruction-watch/haitian-companies-still-sidelined-from-reconstruction-contracts

[Billy Burnett]

1. You still want Haitians to live in tents.

I gnu it!

:sarcasm: :rofl:

:hi:

[EFerrari]

2. LOL! Yes, I'm a Coleman lobbyist!

:hi:

[Judi Lynn]

3. Why on earth would anyone ever be suspicious of USAID? Known everywhere for their goodness.

Flowers spring up everywhere they step in this world.

Lord love them.

"“We already are engaging with Haitian communities to make them aware of how they can partner with us.....”"

Isn't that sweet?

[EFerrari]

4. Sort of sounds like stalker talk, doesn't it?

That coercive sweet spin to inflicted relationship. :)

[Judi Lynn]

5. Woooooooo. Yes, it does! Exactly. Far too creepy.

http://www.karcreat.com.nyud.net:8090/SCTV-CountFloyd.jpg

It's scary, kids. Real scary.
Reminds you of how some unlucky Honduran kid would feel if approached by Pepe Lobo and offered the chance to shake hands with him.

[Bacchus39]

6. how many Haitian contractors are there??

I doubt that the contractors that do exist have the assets to handle the enormity of the rebuilding as opposed to say a country like Japan.