Afghan Ministry of Interior Headquarters Project: Phase 2 Experienced Lengthy Delays, Increased Costs, and Construction Deficiencies that Need to Be Addressed
Abstract
In September 2011, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) initiated a three-phase, $90 million project to construct a headquarters complex near the Kabul International Airport for the Afghan Ministry of Interior (MOI) and the national police. This report focuses on phase 2 of the project. SIGAR will issue a separate report examining phases 1 and 3. On December 16, 2011, USACE awarded a $30.6 million firm-fixed-price contract to Technologists Inc. to complete phase 2 of the project. This phase required the construction of the MOI headquarters building, a communications building, gatehouse, water supply, wastewater treatment plant, powerplant, and fuel storage facility. On December 24, 2012, USACE terminated the contract with Technologists Inc. for default, citing poor contractor performance. On June 23, 2013, USACE awarded a second contract, worth $31.5 million, to YukselInsaat, a Turkish company, to complete the project. Following the contract's completion, the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) funded a third contract on September 15, 2015, worth $2.3 million, that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Support Agency awarded to FEKA Insaat to make several aesthetic enhancements to the MOI headquarters building. The phase 2 project was completed on November 21, 2015. The objectives of this inspection were to assess whether (1) construction was completed in accordance with contract requirements and applicable construction standards, and (2) the MOI headquarters building was being used and maintained.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2017
- Accession Number
- AD1139909
Entities
People
- John Sopko
Organizations
- Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction