Gorimar Industrial Park: Lack of Electricity and Water Have Left This $7.7 Million U.S.-funded Industrial Park Underutilized by Afghan Businesses

Abstract

This report discusses the results of SIGARs inspection of the infrastructure and supporting facilities at Gorimar Industrial Park in Balkh province. The report recommends that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) (1) determine the current status of the Afghan Investment Support Agencys (AISA) effort to connect Gorimar Industrial Park to the local power grid, and, if necessary, identify appropriate steps to help complete the project, (2) determine, in consultation with AISA, the feasibility of establishing the parks generators as a backup source of electrical power, and (3) determine why contract files for Gorimar Industrial Park were missing and ensure that contract files for all future projects contain critical project design, planning, construction, quality assurance, and related documents required by Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 4.8, Government Contract Files.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2015
Accession Number
AD1140146

Entities

People

  • John Sopko

Organizations

  • Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Afghanistan
  • Construction
  • Contracts
  • Electrical Grids
  • Generators
  • Governments
  • Infrastructure
  • Inspection
  • Investments
  • Load Monitoring
  • Procurement
  • Regulations

Readers

  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.