Need to Enhance Oversight of Theater-Wide Internal Security Services Contracts

Abstract

This report discusses the Department of Defense's (DoD) Theater-Wide Internal Security Services (TWISS) contracts for labor, weapons, equipment, and other essentials to augment and/or replace military security guard operations at forward operating bases and camps throughout Iraq. Altogether, DoD awarded TWISS contracts in September 2007, with a combined not-to-exceed value of $450 million, to five companies: Aegis Defence Services, Limited;1 EOD Technology, Inc.; Sabre International Security; Special Operations Consulting- Security Management Group; and Triple Canopy, Inc. The companies are among the seven largest private security service providers in Iraq. The five contractors participating in TWISS each received a $250,000 task order obligation to meet the guaranteed minimum and initiate the contract; the contractors then competed to provide security services at various locations in Iraq. Between February 2008 and March 2009, 50 task orders had been issued to the companies. This report responds to the mandate in the National Defense Authorization Act for 2008 (Public Law 110-181) that requires audits of the performance of security functions to address the manner in which contract requirements were developed and contracts or task orders were awarded, and the manner in which DoD exercised control over the performance of contractors. The TWISS contracts and subsequent task orders were awarded by the Joint Contracting Command- Iraq/Afghanistan (JCC-I/A) on behalf of Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I). To provide oversight of the contracts, JCC-I/A delegated contract administration and oversight to the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA). The task orders set forth specific security services that are required. DCMA uses Contracting Officer Representatives (CORs) to conduct day-to-day oversight of the contractors' performance and compliance with contract requirements. CORs are selected by the installation command and report to DCMA and the contracting officer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 24, 2009
Accession Number
ADA498406

Entities

People

  • Michael E. Belko

Organizations

  • Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Combat Operations
  • Contract Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • International Security
  • Law
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Private Military Companies
  • Security
  • Security Personnel
  • Training
  • United States Central Command

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.