U.S. Military Plans Gitmo Legal Compound

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- The U.S. military on Friday said it plans to build a $125 million compound at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base where it hopes to hold war-crimes trials for terror suspects by the middle of next year.

The compound, designed to accommodate as many as 1,200 people, would include dining areas, work spaces and sleeping accommodations for administrative personnel, lawyers, journalists and others involved in trials at the isolated detention center in southeast Cuba.

It would create a total of three courtrooms on the base to allow for simultaneous trials, and a separate high-security area to house the detainees on trial.

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The U.S. government is drafting new rules for the trials under the Military Commissions Act, which President Bush signed last month. The Supreme Court had declared that previous efforts to try Guantanamo detainees were unconstitutional.

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5 years later, now they plan to spend millions on a compound?
Someone please explain this reasoning to me.

[AIJ Alom]

1. Simple really. Snoopy truth-seekers won't be able to get

photos of the real happenings of an all-internal compound.

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2. the article describes an area for journalists

I am wondering if it is:

1. One last fat contract for Halliburton
2. A way to keep Americans (and others) from gathering to demonstrate during the trials.

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3. I'm hoping the new majority party can block this b.s. nt

[AIJ Alom]

6. Yes where the journalists will be able to see only what is meant

to be seen.

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8. think it will also be meant to keep international demonstrations

out of the photo ops?

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4. Will the DEMOCRATIC House and DEMOCRATIC Senate go

along with this? If they do, we've wasted a lot of time and effort giving them their fancy over-paid jobs.

The planned compound is a disgrace.

Those who enable this should be sent to the Hague to be tried along with the war criminal George Walker Bush his gang of war criminals.

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5. good news! It requires Congressional approval.

"The project, which has not yet been submitted for congressional approval, represents one of the largest upgrades to the detention center since it began taking in suspected enemy combatants in January 2002."

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9. Great! Let's hope this obscenity is stopped before it's started.

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7. Here are the details:

http://www.fbo.gov/spg/DON/NAVFAC/N62470CON/N62470-07-R-2500/SynopsisP.html

General Information


Document Type: Presolicitation Notice
Solicitation Number: N62470-07-R-2500
Posted Date: Nov 03, 2006
Original Response Date: Dec 20, 2006
Current Response Date: Dec 20, 2006
Original Archive Date: Jan 04, 2007
Current Archive Date: Jan 04, 2007
Classification Code: 56 -- Construction & building materials
Naics Code: 236220 -- Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

Contracting Office Address
Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, NAVFAC Atlantic,, Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic, Code AQ 6506 Hampton Blvd. Bldg A, Norfolk, VA, 23508-1278, UNITED STATES
Description
The Government intends to solicit a Cost Plus Award Fee Design Build Construction Contract to provide all design, engineering, and construction for a Legal Compound at U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Most facilities will be co-located with the existing courtroom at McCalla Field. The work includes, but is not limited to, a secure perimeter, siting/utilities for up to two new courthouses to include a courthouse with two large courtrooms, communications/viewing center, CCTV feed from all courtrooms, dining facility for up to 800 personnel, Interview facility, communications facilities and equipment, transportation facility to service approximately 100 Government Owned Vehicles, and housing for 800-1200 personnel. The project also includes all associated site work and utilities. The contractor shall provide all supervision, equipment, materials, labor, engineering, travel, and all means necessary to perform the services described in the solicitation. The estimated Cost Range is between $75,000,000 and $125,000,000, and the work must be completed by July 2007.

This aforementioned Design Build Construction work will be procured using a best value source selection solicitation. The solicitation is unrestricted; the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 236220 with a size standard of $31,000,000.

This best value procurement will require both technical and cost proposals. Award of the contract shall be made to the responsible offeror whose proposal, conforming to the solicitation, represents the best value to the Government, cost and technical factors considered. The specific evaluation factors will be included in the Request for Proposal. The Government may award the contract without conducting discussions; therefore, the Offerors initial proposals shall contain its best terms from a cost and technical standpoint. The Government reserves the right to enter into discussions if deemed necessary to obtain the best value for the Government. The solicitation will be issued on approximately 20 November 2006. The receipt date of proposals will be on approximately 20 December 2006. The solicitation is available in electronic format only. The official access to the solicitation is via the Internet at http://www.esol.navfac.navy.mil. Contractors are encouraged to register for the solicitation when downloading from the NAVFAC E-Solicitation website. Only registered contractors will be notified by email when amendments to the solicitation are issued. All documents will be in the Adobe Acrobat PDF file format via the Internet. The free Acrobat Reader, required to view the PDF files, can be downloaded from the Adobe website. Technical inquiries shall be emailed to [email protected].

Point of Contact
Jennifer McGuire, Contract Specialist, Phone [phone], Fax [phone], Email [email protected] - Pamela Argilan, Contract Specialist, Phone [phone], Fax [phone], Email [email protected]
Place of Performance
Address: U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Country: CUBA

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10. kick for the morning crowd