A special US government investigative body just released what it calls the first comprehensive audit of some 7,000 reconstruction contracts in Afghanistan.
To be clear, this isn’t an audit of each reconstruction contract. No. It was an audit whose goal was merely to figure out how many contracts have been issued, and for how much.
The takeaway from the 45-page report is that the departments of Defense and State, USAID and other agencies are “unable to readily report on how much money they spend” on contracts worth nearly $18 billion over two years.
The audit shows that navigating the confusing labyrinth of government contracting is difficult, at best. Within the Defense Department alone, there are four contracting organizations managing DOD funded reconstruction contracts. The audit found that not only do those four DOD contracting organizations not coordinate and share information with one another, there is minimal sharing of information across government agencies.
Minimal information sharing? Where have we heard that before?
Also, despite the large number of companies involved in reconstruction, “a relatively small number of contractors and other entities accounted for the majority of obligations.” For instance, approximately 75 percent of the $2.4 billion in State Department contracts went to one company, DynCorp International.
I’ve begun extracting information on contractors from the audit report, by the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction—motto: “All Up In Your Shit”—and turning them into web-friendly tables.
It’s going to take a lot more work to suss out the ownership information for these companies. Ever heard of No Lemon, Ltd.? Me neither.
But the SIGAR auditors have done a great service in giving me, and other reporters, a starting point to continue the work of holding contractors accountable for the public money they spend.
Update 6:50pm BST: Well, well. Blackwater—seen here by its alter ego, US Training Center—got a $218 million Army contract. It’s an odd choice for “reconstruction,” work, considering the company is better known for shooting people indiscriminately.
Update December 6: This list has been updated with links to the new DIY • WIB form.
The numbers reported below are reported in millions of US dollars.
Contracts reported the US Defense Department Joint Contracting Command for Iraq and Afghanistan, FY 2007-FY 2009
$691
478
452
159
138
128
Unity Logistics & Supply Services
105
98
95
78
73
69
68
64
5
56
Central Asia Development Group
55
Canafgusa International Corporation
55
Rauf Aziz Construction Company
52
50
50
49
48
47
46
44
Afghan United International Company
42
41
41
37
34
31
31
31
31
29
29
28
28
27
26
26
25
23
22
20
20
20
20
20
20
Blue Sky Construction Company, Ltd.
19
19
19
Critical Mission Support Services
18
17
Faizi Masroor Construction & Supply Company
17
17
Bashir Logistics & Construction Company
17
17
All Points International Distributors, Inc.
17
16
16
Amin Kapisa Construction Company
16
California Industrial Facilities Resources, Inc.
16
16
16
15
Kabul Marine Construction Company
15
14
14
14
14
Red Orange International Services
14
Amanullah Durbaz Trading Company
14
13
13
Aria Target Logistics Services
13
Afghanistan Rehab & Architectural Organization
12
Bob Shir Traders & General Supplies
12
12
Najeebullah Trading & Construction Company
11
Arabian Sea Eng & Karkon Construction Company, Joint Venture
11
Galaxy Sky Construction Company
11
10
10
Young Afghan Construction Company
10
10
1
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Contracts reported by the US Army Corps of Engineers, FY 2007-FY 2009
$366
FCEC United Infrastructure Projects Joint Venture
321
303
204
162
135
Road and Roof Construction Company
120
81
74
Yuksel Metag Tepe Yenigun Zafer Joint Venture
69
61
56
55
54
44
39
Network of Construction and Development Company
35
33
31
Omran Consulting Construction and Engineering Company
30
Red Sea Engineering Corporation
29
29
Highland Al Hujaz Company, Ltd.
29
28
28
28
Venco Imtiaz Construction Company
27
Krima Construction Corporation
23
21
Washington Group International, Inc.
20
Emar-e-sarey Construction Company
18
17
Areebel Engineering & Logistics
16
International Construction, Consultation and Supplies, Ltd.
16
Krima/Kainaat Construction Company Joint Venture
15
15
Sayed Bilal Sadath Construction Company
15
12
Anham Afghansitan Joint Venture
12
Afghanistan Reconstruction Company, LLC
11
Unique Builders Construction Company
11
Lakeshore Engineering Services, Inc.
11
10
10
10
9
Excellent Planning and Construction Company
9
Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc.
8
Framaco Epiksan Metis Joint Venture
8
Ariana Popal Construction Company
8
8
Albironi Construction and Engineering, Inc.
7
MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.
7
Kainaat Construction, Logistics and Trading Company, LLC
7
First Afghanistan Construction, Ltd.
7
7
Nawid Bakshi Construction and Roads
7
7
7
Yarash Huma Const and Engineering Company, Ltd.
6
6
Afghanistan Rehab and Architecture Company
6
Development Organization for the Revival of Afghanistan
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
CH2M Hill/Dragados/Soluziona Joint Venture
5
Hollywood Construction Company
5
Global Freedom Construction Company
4
Feka Insaat Sanayi Ve Ticaret, Ltd.
4
UCC Budservice Construction and Engineering, Joint Venture
4
Kolin Construction Manufacturing and Trading Company
4
4
Swiz Engineering and Construction Company
4
4
Jamshidyar Construction Company Joint Venture
4
Biltek Org Mush Basrek Tur Insaat
4
3
Associated Construction Management Inc.
3
Mustafa Sahak Construction Company
3
3
3
Abdul Khabir Construction Company
3
L3 Communications Integrated Systems
3
Sediq Now Bahar Construction Company
3
3
Ariae Koh General Maintenance and Construction Company
2
2
2
Kamal Baba Construction and Production Materials
2
2
2
Afghan Wardak Construction Company
2
Kabul Europe Construction Road and Material Company
2
Fareed Saboor Construction Company
2
2
Jamal Aziz Construction and Engineering Company
2
2
Global Engineering and Consulting Services
2
Engineering Precision Company, Ltd.
2
Pamir Zameen Construction and Logistics Company
2
Zamari Ali Ahmad Zada Construction Company
2
Ahmadzay and Noorazy Construction Company
2
Asia Khurshaid Construction Company
2
1
1
1
1
1
Hassib Azizi Construction Company
1
1
1
1
Toll Brothers Construction Company
1
1
Afghan Electrical Power Corporation
1
Team Integrated Engineering, Inc.
1
Hamza Shahab Construction Company
1
New Paiman Construction Company
1
1
Qaderdan Rural Technology Development
1
Aadel Amin Construction Company
1
Innovative Technical Solutions, Inc.
1
Wahiridullah Rahimi Construction
1
Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems, Inc.
1
Sharafat Nasari Construction Company
1
Afghan Behsazan Construction Company
1
1
Phrama Group Construction Company
1
1
1
Hameed Saeed Construction Company
1
1
Passaran Noori Construction Company
1
Najibullah Khushbin General Contractor
1
1
Young Afghan Construction Company
1
1
1
Shafi Safdary Construction Company
1
1
1
1
1
ARY and Karimi Construction Company
1
Contracts reported by the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command, FY 2007-FY 2009
Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems, Inc.
$320
218
169
118
26
Contracts reported by the Air Force Center for Engineering and Environment, FY 2007-FY 2009
$166
108
106
92
67
56
52
44
25
15
10
8
8
Lakeshore Engineering Services, Inc
6
3
2
2
Contracts reported by USAID, FY 2007-FY 2009
Louis Berger International, Inc.
$736
Development Alternatives, Inc.
296
230
130
Association for Rural Development
70
60
48
Creative Associates International, Inc.
47
42
International Foundation for Election Systems
37
Personal services contracts(a))
36
AECOM International Development
36
International Relief and Development
34
32
Associates in Rural Development
24
Advanced Engineering Associates
24
Constella Futures International
14
14
8
Al-Haj Abdul Ghafar Ghazanfar Co.Ltd
8
Rashad Elham Trading Company, Ltd.
8
6
Partnership for Child Healthcare
6
6
6
5
5
5
Camp Dresser McKefee International
3
Aircraft Charter Solutions, Inc.
3
2
2
2
Lakeshore Engineering Services, Inc.
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Reported by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (State Department), FY 2007-FY 2009
$1,826
349
79
4
Cooperative agreements as reported by the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (State Department), FY 2007-FY 2009
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
$94
International Committee of the Red Cross
32
International Rescue Committee
7
6
5
5
5
4
3
United Methodist Committee on Relief
3
3
3
2
2
Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development
2
1
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