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Private security companies contest last 'big money' job in Iraq
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| 30 March 2007 |
By Nathan Hodge JDW Staff Reporter
Washington, DC
Private security companies are lining up to bid on what may be the last major private security contract in Iraq.
At stake is an Iraq-wide contract to provide a broad range of services to the US Army Corps of Engineers and Joint Contracting Command Iraq. This includes management of the Reconstruction Operations Centres (ROCs), which serve as a crucial interface between coalition forces and private security operators. The ROC tracks contractor vehicles with transponders and distributes 'sanitised' military intelligence on road conditions and threat levels. The winner of the contract will oversee the six regional ROCs as well as a National Reconstruction Operations Centre in Baghdad.
The contract is worth a potential USD475 million, including all options. According to the latest information posted by the contracting office, an award is expected on 10 April.
Industry sources who spoke to Jane's suggested that only a limited number of major players - UK firms such as ArmorGroup or US companies such as Blackwater or DynCorp - would be equipped to take on such a large contract. The incumbent Aegis Defence Services is also submitting a bid.
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