New Report Offers First Look At 7,000 Afghanistan Reconstruction Contracts

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

Kabuljan Construction Company

$691

Red Sea Construction Company

478

KBY & Bozdemir Joint Venture

452

Recon International

159

Nimrah Construction Company

138

RM Asia Limited

128

Unity Logistics & Supply Services

105

Arrow General Supplies

98

No Lemon, Ltd.

95

GLC Group

78

IAP Worldwide Services

73

Abdul Wasi Faqire, Ltd.

69

Alaska Structures, Inc.

68

Network Innovations

64

Kabul Melli Trading, Ltd.

5

Green United Group, Inc.

56

Central Asia Development Group

55

Canafgusa International Corporation

55

Rauf Aziz Construction Company

52

Heb International Logistics

50

Dell Federal Systems

50

Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc.

49

Qasemi

48

Ronco Consulting Corporation

47

Downrange Services

46

Tarsian & Blinkley

44

Afghan United International Company

42

The Marshal Group, LLC

41

Qasem Hadad

41

Worldwide Language Resources

37

The Management Group

34

Rona Trading Company

31

Jubaili Brothers

31

Ansar Noori Group

31

Anham, LLC

31

Toifor

29

Yuksel Insaat

29

CADG Engineering, Ltd.

28

National Trading Company

28

Overseas Lease Group, Inc.

27

AIT

26

Afghan Trade Transportation

26

Bennett Fouch & Associates

25

SSG, LLC

23

Cetena Group

22

Saleem Apparel & Supplies

20

A-Z Corporation

20

Mowlana Construction Company

20

Dasnet Corporation

20

Afghan Wireless

20

Alops

20

Blue Sky Construction Company, Ltd.

19

Safi Apparel Corporation

19

Attayee Logistics, Ltd.

19

Critical Mission Support Services

18

Blue Hackle Middle East

17

Faizi Masroor Construction & Supply Company

17

Prosima Four Horsemen

17

Bashir Logistics & Construction Company

17

Wise Global Group

17

All Points International Distributors, Inc.

17

Zmatrix Solutions Corporation

16

Allied Machinery, Ltd.

16

Amin Kapisa Construction Company

16

California Industrial Facilities Resources, Inc.

16

Supreme Site Services

16

Capital Aviation, Inc.

16

EOD Technology, Inc.

15

Kabul Marine Construction Company

15

AWCC

14

Khenj Logistics Group

14

PAE Government Services, Inc.

14

Asia Security Group

14

Red Orange International Services

14

Amanullah Durbaz Trading Company

14

Afghan Armada

13

Uniworld Fze

13

Aria Target Logistics Services

13

Afghanistan Rehab & Architectural Organization

12

Bob Shir Traders & General Supplies

12

L3 Services, Inc.

12

Najeebullah Trading & Construction Company

11

Arabian Sea Eng & Karkon Construction Company, Joint Venture

11

Galaxy Sky Construction Company

11

SSG Offshore

10

Zaatc

10

Young Afghan Construction Company

10

Afghan Ready Mix

10

New Jan Group

1

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Contracts reported by the US Army Corps of Engineers, FY 2007-FY 2009

Contrack International Inc

$366

FCEC United Infrastructure Projects Joint Venture

321

Technologists, Inc.

303

ECC International, LLC

204

DynCorp International, LLC

162

Perini Corporation

135

Road and Roof Construction Company

120

Proccea Consulting

81

NGI Afghanistan

74

Yuksel Metag Tepe Yenigun Zafer Joint Venture

69

BYA International

61

Metag Insaat Ticaret A.S.

56

Zurmat Construction Company

55

Fluor Intercontinental, Inc.

54

Zafer Construction Company

44

Afghan Builders Consortium

39

Network of Construction and Development Company

35

Herai Alpha Construction

33

Ronco Consulting Corporation

31

Omran Consulting Construction and Engineering Company

30

Red Sea Engineering Corporation

29

Prosima International

29

Highland Al Hujaz Company, Ltd.

29

Rizzani de Eccher S.P.A.

28

OBD Construction Company

28

AZ Corporation

28

Venco Imtiaz Construction Company

27

Krima Construction Corporation

23

Sadath Business Group, Ltd.

21

Washington Group International, Inc.

20

Emar-e-sarey Construction Company

18

Swiz Hewadwal JV

17

Areebel Engineering & Logistics

16

International Construction, Consultation and Supplies, Ltd.

16

Krima/Kainaat Construction Company Joint Venture

15

Shafi Sirat, Inc.

15

Sayed Bilal Sadath Construction Company

15

Basirat Construction

12

Anham Afghansitan Joint Venture

12

Afghanistan Reconstruction Company, LLC

11

Unique Builders Construction Company

11

Lakeshore Engineering Services, Inc.

11

Farzam Construction Company

10

SAF/FMBIB Company

10

Patriot Builders

10

Michael Baker Jr, Inc.

9

Excellent Planning and Construction Company

9

Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc.

8

Framaco Epiksan Metis Joint Venture

8

Ariana Popal Construction Company

8

TASC, Inc.

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

Lotfi Construction Company

7

Nawid Bakshi Construction and Roads

7

Mercury Development

7

Yuksel Insaat

7

Yarash Huma Const and Engineering Company, Ltd.

6

Mensel Joint Venture Company

6

Afghanistan Rehab and Architecture Company

6

Development Organization for the Revival of Afghanistan

6

FKH Geoexpert Services

6

New Vegas Construction

6

ARAO

5

New Jan Group

5

Shaw Centcom Services, Ltd.

5

Midfield International

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

Jubaili Bros

4

Swiz Engineering and Construction Company

4

Kestral SPD, Ltd.

4

Jamshidyar Construction Company Joint Venture

4

Biltek Org Mush Basrek Tur Insaat

4

John’s Construction Company

3

Associated Construction Management Inc.

3

Mustafa Sahak Construction Company

3

Dora Construction Company

3

TFI International, LLC

3

Abdul Khabir Construction Company

3

L3 Communications Integrated Systems

3

Sediq Now Bahar Construction Company

3

Mowlana Construction Company

3

Ariae Koh General Maintenance and Construction Company

2

Blue Sky Logistics Company

2

Armada Afghan

2

Kamal Baba Construction and Production Materials

2

Soufiany Construction Company

2

Attayee Logistics

2

Afghan Wardak Construction Company

2

Kabul Europe Construction Road and Material Company

2

Fareed Saboor Construction Company

2

Allied Machinery Limited

2

Jamal Aziz Construction and Engineering Company

2

FIN/FOS/LS Joint Venture

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

Wise Global Group

1

Combat Construction Company

1

Kuwait Kochak Company

1

Mostafa Construction Company

1

Centex Construction Company

1

Hassib Azizi Construction Company

1

JQ Builders and Contractors

1

State Corps, Ltd.

1

Stanley Consultants, Inc.

1

Toll Brothers Construction Company

1

Zaaztc Trading Company

1

Afghan Electrical Power Corporation

1

Team Integrated Engineering, Inc.

1

Hamza Shahab Construction Company

1

New Paiman Construction Company

1

Esko International, Inc.

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

Versar, Inc.

1

Phrama Group Construction Company

1

Swiz Grand Joint Venture

1

Haroki Construction Company

1

Hameed Saeed Construction Company

1

HCG/TFI International

1

Passaran Noori Construction Company

1

Najibullah Khushbin General Contractor

1

Haspania Construction Company

1

Young Afghan Construction Company

1

Kani Construction Company

1

Sysorex Federal, Inc.

1

Shafi Safdary Construction Company

1

Panjsher Group

1

CCSO

1

Empire Construction Company

1

Black Panther Construction

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

U.S. Training Center

218

ARINC Incorporated

169

Northrop Grumman TASC

118

Raytheon Company

26

Contracts reported by the Air Force Center for Engineering and Environment, FY 2007-FY 2009

AMEC Earth and Env.

$166

ITSI

108

URS Group Inc.

106

CH2M Hill Constructors Inc.

92

Toltest Inc.

67

ECC

56

Weston Solutions

52

MACTEC Engineering

44

PRI-DJI

25

Versar Inc.

15

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

10

CDM/CAPE – Joint Venture

8

TEAM, IE

8

Lakeshore Engineering Services, Inc

6

AECOM

3

E2M

2

Portage

2

Contracts reported by USAID, FY 2007-FY 2009

Louis Berger International, Inc.

$736

Development Alternatives, Inc.

296

Chemonics International, Inc.

230

Bearing Point, Inc.

130

Association for Rural Development

70

Deloitte Consulting

60

Norse Air Charter, Ltd.

48

Creative Associates International, Inc.

47

Checchi & Company

42

International Foundation for Election Systems

37

Personal services contracts(a))

36

AECOM International Development

36

International Relief and Development

34

Emerging Markets Group

32

Associates in Rural Development

24

Advanced Engineering Associates

24

Constella Futures International

14

International Resources Group

14

State University of New York

8

Al-Haj Abdul Ghafar Ghazanfar Co.Ltd

8

Rashad Elham Trading Company, Ltd.

8

Ahham FZCO, Ltd.

6

Partnership for Child Healthcare

6

PA Government Services, Inc.

6

Global Strategies Group

6

Afghanistan Management Group

5

Descon Holdings, Ltd.

5

ECODIT

5

Camp Dresser McKefee International

3

Aircraft Charter Solutions, Inc.

3

IO Global Services

2

QED Group

2

Protection Devices, Inc.

2

Lakeshore Engineering Services, Inc.

2

University Research Company

2

Bank Alfalah, Ltd.

2

Macro International

2

Agility International, Inc.

1

GW Consulting

1

Dell Computer

1

Computer Sciences Corporation

1

MWH Americas, Inc.

1

Reported by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (State Department), FY 2007-FY 2009

DynCorp International

$1,826

PAE Government Services

349

Civilian Police International

79

Hill and Knowlton

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

Save the Children Federation

6

Mercy Corps

5

International Medical Corps

5

Church World Service

5

CARE International

4

Afghan Center

3

United Methodist Committee on Relief

3

American Refugee Committee

3

Shelter for Life, Inc.

3

Christian Children’s Fund

2

Norwegian Refugee Council

2

Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development

2

Catholic Relief Services

1

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