A hat tip to Danger Zone Jobs for putting this one out there. I haven’t a clue how these two companies will deliver this stuff, and it will either be by air or by convoy on land. I kind of assume that the SOC contract will be on land, just because they have folks over there doing convoy operations already. But you never know, and everyone might be using helicopters for this gig. I was not able to get many details about this one and if anyone in the know has stuff to add, just put it in the comments section.
Either way, I thought it was interesting to note that it is private industry once again, delivering the mail through some dangerous country for the US Government. What would really be cool is if these companies made team patches with Pony Express logos on them? lol –Matt
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World Wide Language Resources Awarded $13.9m for Postal Operations in AfghanistanBy Department of DefenseTuesday, September 14, 2010
World Wide Language Resources, Fayetteville, N.C., was awarded on Sept. 9 a $13,969,713 fixed-fee-price contract to provide postal operations in Afghanistan including, but not limited to, Bagram Airfield, Kandahar Airfield, Lagman, Airborne, Konduz, Fenty, Salerno, Sharana, Camp Phoenix, Camp Eggers, Tarin Kowt, Farah, Shank, and Qaiat.
Estimated completion date is Sept. 8, 2015, with work to be performed in Afghanistan.
Bids were solicited on the Web with four bids received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-10-C-0047).
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SOC-Afghanistan Awarded $9.3m for US Mail Transportation Services
By Department of DefenseTuesday, September 14, 2010
SOC-Afghanistan, Minden, Nev., was awarded on Sept. 10 a $9,336,687 firm-fixed-price contract to provide U.S. mail transportation services from Bragram to Shank, Fenty, and Kabul.
Estimated completion date is Sept. 9, 2015, with work to be performed in Afghanistan.
Bids were solicited on the web with nine bids received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-10-C-0059).