Feral Jundi

Friday, July 30, 2010

Industry Talk: FBO Solicitations– PSC Services For COB Blackhawk, FOB Tarin Kowt, FOB Hadrian, And ANCOP HQ, Afghanistan

     All of these just popped up the last couple of days and I wanted to get this out there.  Just reading through all of them, they all repeat the same things.  The contracting mechanism will be that concept I loathe called LPTA or Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable. Or what I call the ‘lowest bidder’.  So lowest bidder security is what is acceptable for the protection of our most cherished assets in this war–our soldiers and civilians serving there?

     What really kills me though is that the only ones that can bid are those companies who are registered with the Afghanistan Minister of Interior.  So anyone not on the list is out.

     I certainly hope for the sake of those who will be living at these COBs and FOBs, that when your lowest bidder PSC’s show up to provide protection, that you are able to sleep comfortably at nights. I have no idea if they will be putting these folks up on the walls, or just posting them at interior facilities. Nor do I have an idea of who they will use as security contractors, but you can guess that they will be ‘bottom of the barrel’ forces. And of course it will be pissed off expats running the whole thing and having to manage that mess.

     Either way, the US military has no one else to blame but themselves for using such a god awful contracting tool.  LPTA might be good for trash disposal or pest control, but it is a terrible idea when it comes to protecting peoples lives in war zones. You get what you pay for.

     To put it another way, I would not use LPTA for picking a doctor to save my mother’s life, nor would I advocate using LPTA for protection services in a war zone.  Pfffft. –Matt

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PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTOR (PSC) SERVICES @ COB BLACKHAWK, AFGHANISTAN

W91B4L-10-R-0230

COB BLACKHAWK, AFGHANISTAN KANDAHAR PROVINCE,

09355 AF

Department of the Army

Joint Contracting Command, Iraq/Afgahnistan

KANDAHAR RCC

COMBINE

07/25/10

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PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTOR (PSC) SERVICES AT FOB TARIN KOWT, AFGHANISTAN

W91B4L-10-T-0058

FOB TARIN KOWT AFGHANISTAN FOB TARIN KOWT, 1

09355 AF

Department of the Army

Joint Contracting Command, Iraq/Afgahnistan

KANDAHAR RCC

COMBINE

07/26/10

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PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTOR (PSC) SERVICES AT FOB HADRIAN, AFGHANISTAN

W91B4L-10-T-0059

FOB Hadrian, Afghanistan FOB Hadrian, 1

09355 AF

Department of the Army

Joint Contracting Command, Iraq/Afgahnistan

KANDAHAR RCC

COMBINE

07/27/10

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PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTOR (PSC) SERVICES AT ANCOP HQ, AFGHANISTAN

W91B4L-10-T-0077

ANCOC HQ Kandahar Kandahar, 1

09355 AF

Department of the Army

Joint Contracting Command, Iraq/Afgahnistan

KANDAHAR RCC

COMBINE

07/27/10

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