ANA Garrison at Kunduz Does Not Meet All Quality and Oversight Requirements; Serious Soil Issues Need to Be Addressed
Abstract
One objective of coalition efforts in Afghanistan is to build the countrys capacity to provide for its own security by training and equipping the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). Current plans call for the Afghanistan National Army (ANA) to grow from 103,475, as of June 2009, to almost 172,000 by October 2011. As a result, additional facilities will be needed to train, base, and house the Afghan forces. The NATO Training MissionAfghanistan/Combined Security Transition CommandAfghanistan (NTMA/CSTCA), through the Afghanistan National Security Forces Fund, is providing $72.8 million to establish an ANA garrison in Kunduz, located in Kunduz province on Afghanistans northern border. Large enough to house 1,800 personnel, the garrison is being built in two phases by DynCorp International, LLC. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Afghanistan Engineer DistrictNorth (AEDNorth) provides program management and oversight of construction. This report addresses the contracts cost, schedule, and outcome; oversight; and the sustainment of the Kunduz garrison. We examined criteria and guidance in the Federal Acquisitions Regulations (FAR) and the AED District Level Quality Assurance Plan for Construction, dated December 15, 2008. We interviewed officials from NTMA/CSTCA and AEDNorth, as well as the prime contractor. We performed a site inspection of the garrison from January 2628, 2010. We conducted our work in Kabul, Afghanistan, and Washington, D.C., from November 2009 to April 2010 in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 30, 2010
- Accession Number
- AD1141115
Entities
Organizations
- Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction