Army Gives KBR No-Bid Contract in Iraq Hours after Justice Dept. Joins Anti-KBR Kickback Suit

Army Gives KBR No-Bid Contract in Iraq Hours after Justice Dept. Joins Anti-KBR Kickback Suit
Saturday, May 08, 2010

The U.S. Army’s timing could have been better, while saying nothing about its better judgment. Only hours after the U.S. Department of Justice announced it was backing a lawsuit against defense contractor KBR Inc., the Army awarded the controversial company another no-bid, multi-million-dollar deal to provide logistical support for soldiers in Iraq.

The Justice Department said it will join the civil case filed against KBR by whistleblowers who claim the Houston-based company accepted kickbacks from two subcontractors working in Iraq.

The civil case comes in addition to another lawsuit already in progress that the Justice Department filed in April over allegations that KBR violated an earlier Army contract by using private armed security guards in Iraq and then trying to bill the government for their services.

The latest contract given to KBR came without any competitive bidding and will pay out $568 million for the contractor to continue supporting the U.S. military in Iraq through 2011, when the last American soldiers are scheduled to withdraw. In fact, two other companies, DynCorp and Flour had submitted bids, but the Army canceled the competition and returned the bids.

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What is it with this no bid shit??

Run by Republicans, no less. Every time someone brings up how much the democrats 'tax and spend' I bring up the no-bid issues from the repukes which have plagued this city (Jacksonville) and our state. It stops them dead in their tracks every time.

And gave US troops poisoned water?