U.S. Opens Up Bidding for New Iraq Contracts

[pinto]

Wed January 7, 2004 10:11 AM ET

By Sue Pleming

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States opened up bidding on Wednesday for $5 billion in new contracts to rebuild Iraq, the first in a string of lucrative deals funded by $18.6 billion appropriated by Congress for Iraq's reconstruction.

After more than a month's delay, the Pentagon-run Program Management Office kicked off bidding by issuing solicitations overnight for 17 major construction contracts and project management deals to oversee the work.

The Pentagon promised open competition for the deals, but the bidding for prime contracts excludes companies from nations that did not support the U.S. decision to invade Iraq without U.N. approval, including France, Russia, Germany and Canada.

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The 10 prime construction contracts put on government Web sites overnight (www.fedbizopps.gov) cover work in five sectors: electricity, water, security and justice, transportation and communications and buildings and health.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=4087313

[sallyseven]

1. Guess who will get them

Who does bush think he is. Dictator of the world?

[colonel odis]

2. well, yeah.