ANP District Headquarters Facilities in Helmand and Kandahar Provinces have Significant Construction Deficiencies Due to Lack of Oversight and Poor Contractor Performance
Abstract
One objective of coalition efforts in Afghanistan is to build the country's capacity to provide for its own security by housing, training, and equipping up to 134,000 Afghanistan National Police by September 2011. The Combined Security Transition Command- Afghanistan (CSTC-A) provided $5.9 million to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to construct seven District Headquarters facilities in Bughram (later de-scoped from the contract), Garm Ser, Nad Ali, Nahri Saraj in Helmand Province and Takhta Pul, Spin Boldak, and Zeheli in Kandahar Province. USACE awarded this firm fixed-price contract to Basirat Construction, an Afghan firm, in May 2007. USACE's Afghanistan Engineer District-South (AED-S) was responsible for providing program management, contract administration, and oversight of construction activities. This report assesses (1) contract schedule and cost, (2) construction outcomes, and (3) oversight of the project. To accomplish these objectives, we reviewed relevant contract documents and USACE quality assurance guidelines, interviewed officials from USACE and the contractor, and performed site inspections at all six project sites during the months of May and June of 2010. We conducted our work in Kabul and in the Kandahar and Helmand Provinces of Afghanistan from May 2010 to September 2010, in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 27, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA534991
Entities
Organizations
- Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction