Monday, January 25, 2010
Good to Know that Some Things Never Change
It will be interesting to see if this is a chant on every talk show for the next 5 years like Haliburton was. I bet not. And this looks worse than anything the Bush Administration did about war zone contracts. There are very few companies that provide logistics and support in the Persian Gulf area so you are likely to get Haliburton for some of the work no matter what. This one looks pretty bad.
Obama Administration Steers Lucrative No-Bid Contract for Afghan Work to Dem Donor
- FOXNews.com
The Obama administration this month awarded a $25 million federal contract for work in Afghanistan to a company owned by a prominent Democratic campaign contributor without entertaining competitive bids, Fox News has learned.
Despite President Obama's long history of criticizing the Bush administration for "sweetheart deals" with favored contractors, the Obama administration this month awarded a $25 million federal contract for work in Afghanistan to a company owned by a Democratic campaign contributor without entertaining competitive bids, Fox News has learned.
The contract, awarded on Jan. 4 to Checchi & Company Consulting, Inc., a Washington-based firm owned by economist and Democratic donor Vincent V. Checchi, will pay the firm $24,673,427 to provide "rule of law stabilization services" in war-torn Afghanistan.
Here is the shady part:
The legality of the arrangement as a "sole source," or no-bid, contract was made possible by virtue of a waiver signed by the USAID administrator. "They cancelled the open bid on this when they came to power earlier this year," a source familiar with the federal contracting process told Fox News.
"That's kind of weird," said another source, who has worked on "rule of law" issues in both Afghanistan and Iraq, about the no-bid contract to Checchi & Company. "There's lots of companies and non-governmental organizations that do this sort of work."
Labels: corruption, politics
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