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Federal Procurement Data System list of Katrina Contracts (this is an Excel spreadsheet)
List compiled by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
Army Corps of Engineers Katrina Contracts list
Army Corps of Engineers list of prime contractors for post-Katrina reconstruction efforts
Senate Budget Committee releases current tally of Hurricane-Related spending, including supplemental appropriations, tax relief, and education allocations. October 24, 2005.
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ALL AMERICAN POLY -- http://www.allampoly.com/
Contracting Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Product/Service: blue tarps
Amount: $6.6 million
Competitively bid: no
SOURCE: “No-bid storm contracts prompt warnings,” USA Today, 9/26/2005.
ALLTECH INSPECTION SERVICES -- http://www.pbinspections.com/faqs/
Contracting Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Product/Service: housing inspection services
Amount: $22 million
Competitively bid: no
SOURCE: “No-bid storm contracts prompt warnings,” USA Today, 9/26/2005.
ASHBRITT – http://www.ashbritt.com
Army Corps of Engineers contract to clean up debris in Mississippi and Louisiana and for roofing in Louisiana.
SOURCE: “Sub-Contracting Opportunities and Emergency Solicitations”
Award Date: 9/3/2005-9/9/05
Award Number: DACW29-03-D-0009
$$$ Amount: $25,250,000.00
Description: Debris Removal – load, haul and remove debris – various sites
Type of Competition: Full and Open
Type of Contract: Fixed price
Business size: Large
Note: The is part of a contract “awarded prior to Hurricane Katrina”
SOURCE: “Hurricane Katrina Consolidated Contract Listing 9/16/05,” by the Army Corps of Engineers http://www.usace.army.mil/transcripts/contracts09-16.pdf
Award Date: 9/14/05
Award Number: W912P8-05-D-0025
$$$ Amount: $500,000,000.00
Description: Debris Removal in
Mississippi
Type of Competition: Full and Open
Type of Contract: Fixed Price/Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)
Business size: small
Army Corps of Engineers Comment: The Small Business Administration establishes size standards based on a by-industry basis to describe the type of work involved. A contractor may be a large business in one category and a small business in another, depending on the typical size in that industry.
SOURCE: “Hurricane Katrina Consolidated Contract Listing 9/16/05,” by the Army Corps of Engineers http://www.usace.army.mil/transcripts/contracts09-16.pdf
BECHTEL – http://www.bechtel.com/default.htm
Bechtel “is now on the scene in Gulf states to provide emergency housing relief.”
SOURCE: “FEMA Contracts to Provide Housing Relief for Displaced Hurricane Victims,” press release from FEMA, September 8, 2005.
BERTUCCI CONTRACTING CORP. – http://www.bertuccicorp.com/
"“...Zelenka, who runs Bertucci Contracting Corp. in New Orleans, had long worked with the Army Corps of Engineers and knew when Katrina hit that the Corps would need help if he could get to Vicksburg, Miss., where the Corps was setting up an emergency response center.
“...By the first hours of that Wednesday, with just a verbal agreement as a contract, Zelenka's company was at work hauling stone to repair the breached levees that had flooded his city.”
“That kind of handshake deal, with contract details to be filled in later, has been common in the rush to aid the victims of Katrina.”
SOURCE: “Government Tries to Balance Scrutiny, Speed,” Washington Post, September 15, 2005.
BLACKWATER USA – http://www.blackwaterusa.com
“Since first joining the relief efforts on September 1, Blackwater USA continues to provide support to the hurricane devastated area through a variety of services including search and rescue, helicopter support, security services, and critical infrastructure protection.”
SOURCE: http://www.blackwaterusa.com/
“Anne Duke, a Blackwater spokeswoman, said Wednesday that the company has about 200 personnel in the hurricane-ravaged area. The vast majority – 164 employees – are working under a contract with the Federal Protective Service, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, to protect government facilities. The 30-day contract can be extended indefinitely, she said.
“Under a separate contract, the company supplied an airplane to the Coast Guard, Duke said, and also provided a helicopter at no charge to support Coast Guard rescue missions. As of Monday, Blackwater air crews had moved more than 11 tons of supplies and rescued 121 people, she said.”
SOURCE: “Blackwater employees create a stir in New Orleans,” The Virginian Pilot, September 15, 2005.
Boh Brothers Construction -- http://www.bohbros.com/
"One of the most immediate tasks after Hurricane Katrina hit was repair of the breaches in the New Orleans levees. Three companies - the Shaw Group, Kellogg Brown & Root and Boh Brothers Construction of New Orleans - have been awarded no-bid contracts by the Army Corps of Engineers to perform the restoration."
SOURCE: "In Storm's Ruins, a Rush to Rebuild and Reopen for Business," New York Times, September 10, 2005
Award Date: 8/31/05
Award Number: W912P8-05-
$$$ Amount: $500,000.00
Description: Mobilization
Type of Competition: Sole Source
Business Size: Large
SOURCE: “Hurricane Katrina Consolidated Contract Listing 9/16/05,” by the Army Corps of Engineers http://www.usace.army.mil/transcripts/contracts09-16.pdf
Carnival Cruise Lines -- http://www.carnival.com
“The Federal Emergency Management Agency agreed to pay $192 million for a six-month charter of three Carnival luxury liners and a$10 million contract for a more spartan vessel.”
SOURCE: “Cruise Ships, Spurned by Evacuees, Are Home to Displaced City Workers and Families,” New York Times, September 16, 2005.
Carnival’s $76 million contract
Carnival’s $68 million contract
Carnival’s $47 million contract
CAROTHERS CONSTRUCTION -- http://www.carothersconstruction.com/
Army Corps of Engineers contract for roofing in Mississippi.
SOURCE: “Sub-Contracting Opportunities and Emergency Solicitations”
Award Date: 9/6/05
Award Number: W912P9-05-D-0518
$$$ Amount: $10,000,000.00
Description: task order for installing temporary roofing
Type of Competition: Full and Open
Type of Contract: Fixed Price
Business size: Large
SOURCE: “Hurricane Katrina Consolidated Contract Listing 9/16/05,” by the Army Corps of Engineers http://www.usace.army.mil/transcripts/contracts09-16.pdf
CERES ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES -- http://www.ceresenvironmental.com
Army Corps of Engineers contract for roofing in Mississippi.
SOURCE: “Sub-Contracting Opportunities and Emergency Solicitations”
Award Date: 9/11/05
Award Number: W912P9-05-D-0520
$$$ Amount: $20,000,000.00
Description: Temporary roofing
Type of Competition: Full and Open
Type of Contract: Fixed Price
Business size: small
SOURCE: “Hurricane Katrina Consolidated Contract Listing 9/16/05,” by the Army Corps of Engineers http://www.usace.army.mil/transcripts/contracts09-16.pdf
Award Date: 9/14/05
Award Number: W912P8-05-D-0024
$$$ Amount: $500,000,000.00
Description: Debris removal in
Louisiana
Type of Competition: Full and Open
Type of Contract: Fixed Price/Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)
Business size: Large
Army Corps of Engineers Comment: The Small Business Administration establishes size standards based on a by-industry basis to describe the type of work involved. A contractor may be a large business in one category and a small business in another, depending on the typical size in that industry.
SOURCE: “Hurricane Katrina Consolidated Contract Listing 9/16/05,” by the Army Corps of Engineers http://www.usace.army.mil/transcripts/contracts09-16.pdf
CH2M Hill – http://www.ch2m.com/
CH2M Hill “will be working on providing housing in Alabama.”
SOURCE: “FEMA Contracts to Provide Housing Relief for Displaced Hurricane Victims,” press release from FEMA, September 8, 2005.
CIRCLE B ENTERPRISES
Contracting Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Product/Service: manufactured housing
Amount: $287 million
Competitively bid: "limited competition"
SOURCE: “No-bid storm contracts prompt warnings,” USA Today, 9/26/2005.
“Since Katrina devastated the
Gulf
Coast
in late August, FEMA has awarded more than $1.2 billion in contracts.
“The largest post-Katrina contracts were awarded to manufacturers of travel trailers and manufactured housing. Big winners included companies such as Circle B Enterprises, Gulfstream Coach and Dallas-based
Morgan
Buildings
, Spas & Pools.”
SOURCE: “In making up for Katrina, critics say, agency spending wildly,” Dallas Morning News, September 22, 2005.
CLAYTON
HOMES --
http://www.clayton.net/
“Since Katrina devastated the
Gulf
Coast
in late August, FEMA has awarded more than $1.2 billion in contracts.
“The largest post-Katrina contracts were awarded to manufacturers of travel trailers and manufactured housing. Big winners included companies such as Circle B Enterprises, Gulfstream Coach and Dallas-based
Morgan
Buildings
, Spas & Pools.”
SOURCE: “In making up for Katrina, critics say, agency spending wildly,” Dallas Morning News, September 22, 2005.
DEAN EQUIPMENT
Award Date: 8/31/05
Award Number: W912P80-05-
Description: Rental and Operation of Marshbuggies/Excavator
Type of Competition: Sole Source
Type of Contract:
Business size: small
SOURCE: “Hurricane Katrina Consolidated Contract Listing 9/16/05,” by the Army Corps of Engineers http://www.usace.army.mil/transcripts/contracts09-16.pdf
DEWBERRY -- http://www.dewberry.com/
Dewberry “will be providing planning and reporting tools.”
SOURCE: “FEMA Contracts to Provide Housing Relief for Displaced Hurricane Victims,” press release from FEMA, September 8, 2005.
Dewberry press release “Dewberry Sending Employees to Assist FEMA in Hurricane Katrina Response describing in more detail Dewberry’s contractual work.:
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Award Date: 9/14/05
Award Number: W912P8-05-D-0023
$$$ Amount: $500,000,000.00
Description: Debris removal in
Louisiana
Type of Competition: Full and Open
Type of Contract: Fixed Price/Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)
Business size: Large
SOURCE: “Hurricane Katrina Consolidated Contract Listing 9/16/05,” by the Army Corps of Engineers http://www.usace.army.mil/transcripts/contracts09-16.pdf
FLUOR – http://www.fluor.com
Fluor is “now in Louisiana beginning construction on temporary housing units that will provide electricity, potable water and sanitary sewage facilities.”
SOURCE: “FEMA Contracts to Provide Housing Relief for Displaced Hurricane Victims,” press release from FEMA, September 8, 2005.
G.A. FOOD SERVICE -- http://grafeauction.com/ads/index.cfm
Contracting Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Product/Service: prepared meals
Amount: $28 million
Competitively bid: no
SOURCE: “No-bid storm contracts prompt warnings,” USA Today, 9/26/2005.
GULFSTREAM COACH -- http://www.gulfstreamcoach.com/
Contracting Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Product/Service: Travel trailers
Amount: $521 million
Competitively bid: "limited competition"
SOURCE: “No-bid storm contracts prompt warnings,” USA Today, 9/26/2005.
“Since Katrina devastated the
Gulf
Coast
in late August, FEMA has awarded more than $1.2 billion in contracts.
“The largest post-Katrina contracts were awarded to manufacturers of travel trailers and manufactured housing. Big winners included companies such as Circle B Enterprises, Gulfstream Coach and Dallas-based
Morgan
Buildings
, Spas & Pools.”
SOURCE: “In making up for Katrina, critics say, agency spending wildly,” Dallas Morning News, September 22, 2005.
IAP WORLDWIDE SERVICES -- http://www.iapwws.com/
Army Corps of Engineers contract for power (see “Sub-Contracting Opportunities and Emergency Solicitations”
SOURCE: http://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/offices/contract/main.htm
Award Date: 8/28/05-9/6/05
Award Number: DACW59-03-D-0001
$$$ Amount: $5,144,485.00
Description: Mobilization/Support for Generator Activities
Type of Competition: Full and Open
Type of Contract: Fixed Price
Business Size: Large
Note: The is part of a contract “awarded prior to Hurricane Katrina”
SOURCE: “Hurricane Katrina Consolidated Contract Listing 9/16/05,” by the Army Corps of Engineers http://www.usace.army.mil/transcripts/contracts09-16.pdf
INTELSAT -- http://www.intelsat.com/index_flash.aspx
“Intelsat, a global satellite services provider, already has established new contracts with the Defense Department and FEMA, said spokesman Tony Trujillo. He said he did not know of the value or exactly how they were awarded. The contracts were developed some time last week after agencies called Intelsat ‘because of the long-standing relationship’ the company has with the government,
Trujillo
said.”
SOURCE: “Relief efforts spawn quick contracts,” GovExec.com, September 8, 2005.
KELLOGG, BROWN AND ROOT (A Subsidiary of Halliburton) http://www.halliburton.com/index.jsp
“[A]s part of the company’s Construction Capabilities (CONCAP) contract with the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), Halliburton’s subsidiary KBR is providing power distribution restoration, emergency roof repair and debris removal at three Mississippi Naval facilities that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Additionally, KBR will begin performing damage assessments on other Naval facilities in New Orleans as soon as it is deemed safe to do so.”
SOURCE: www.haliburton.com for more info about KBR’s CONCAP contract visit http://www.halliburton.com/news/archive/2004/kbrnws_072704.jsp
Kellogg Brown & Root Services Inc., Arlington, Va., was awarded on Sept. 9, 2005, $15,000,000 for Task Order 0020 under a cost reimbursement, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity construction capabilities contract for recovery efforts in support of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers response to the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina for unwatering activities in Plaquemines, East and West basins, New Orleans. The work to be performed provides for immediate disaster recovery response to repair pumps and restore utilities to efficiently and rapidly unwater. Work will be performed in New Orleans, La., and is expected to be completed by November 2005. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The basic contract was competitively procured with 59 proposals solicited, three offers received, and award made on July 26, 2004. The total contract is not to exceed $500,000,000, which includes the base period and four option years. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N62470-04-D-4017).
SOURCE: http://www.defenselink.mil/contracts/2005/ct20050914.html
Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Arlington, Va., was awarded on Aug. 29, 2005, $12,000,000 for Task Order 0017 under a cost reimbursement, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity emergency construction capabilities contract for Hurricane Katrina stabilization and recovery at Naval Air Station Pascagoula, Naval Air Station Gulfport, Stennis Space Center and other Navy installations in the Southeast Region. The work to be performed includes the re-roofing of most buildings, barracks, debris removal from the entire base, water mitigation, mold mitigation, interior and exterior repairs to most buildings, waste treatment plants, and all incidental related work. Work will be performed in Pascagoula, Miss.; Gulfport, Miss.; and other Navy installations in the Southeast Region, and is expected to be completed by September 2007. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The basic contract was competitively procured with 59 proposals solicited, three offers received and award made on July 26, 2004. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southern Division, North Charleston, S.C., is the contracting activity (N62470-04-D-4017).
SOURCE: http://www.defenselink.mil/contracts/2005/ct20050909.html
Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Arlington, Va., was awarded on Sept. 4, 2005, $10,000,000 for modification 05 to Task Order 0016 under a cost reimbursement, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity emergency construction capabilities contract for Hurricane Katrina stabilization and recovery at Naval Support Activity New Orleans, Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, and other Navy installations in the South Region. The work to be performed includes re-construction, re-roofing of most buildings, barracks, debris removal from the entire base, water mitigation, mold mitigation, interior and exterior repairs to most buildings, waste treatment plants, and all incidental related work. Work will be performed New Orleans, La., and other Navy installations in the South Region, and is expected to be completed by September 2007. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The basic contract was competitively procured with 59 proposals solicited, three offers received and award made on July 26, 2004. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southern Division, North Charleston, S.C., is the contracting activity (N62470-04-D-4017).
SOURCE: http://www.defenselink.mil/contracts/2005/ct20050909.html
Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Arlington, Va., was awarded on Sept. 3, 2005, $7,800,000 for modification 04 to Task Order 0016 under a cost reimbursement, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity emergency construction capabilities contract for Hurricane Katrina stabilization and recovery at Naval Support Activity New Orleans, Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, and other Navy installations in the South Region. The work to be performed includes re-construction, re-roofing of most buildings, barracks, debris removal from the entire base, water mitigation, mold mitigation, interior and exterior repairs to most buildings, waste treatment plants, and all incidental related work. Work will be performed New Orleans, La., and other Navy installations in the South Region, and is expected to be completed by September 2007. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The basic contract was competitively procured with 59 proposals solicited, three offers received and award made on July 26, 2004. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southern Division, North Charleston, S.C., is the contracting activity (N62470-04-D-4017).
SOURCE: http://www.defenselink.mil/contracts/2005/ct20050909.html
Award Date: 9/4/05-9/9-05
Award Number: N62470-04-D-4017
$$$ Amount: $16,000,000.00
Description: Unwatering/Mobilization
Type of Competition: Full and Open
Type of Contract: Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)/Fixed Fee
Business Size: Large
Army Corps of Engineers Comment: The Navy's Construction Capabilities contract provides private sector construction and related services for quick response for civilian construction contract capability. Due to the urgent need to plug levee breaches, the Corps chose to use this competitively awarded contract to get workers on site quickly.
Note: The is part of a contract “awarded prior to Hurricane Katrina”
SOURCE: “Hurricane Katrina Consolidated Contract Listing 9/16/05,” by the Army Corps of Engineers http://www.usace.army.mil/transcripts/contracts09-16.pdf
KENYON INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY SERVICES – http://www.kenyoninternational.com/
Federal Emergency Management Agency has slowed down the relief “process by failing to sign a contract” with Houston-based Kenyon International Emergency Services, the company hired to handle the removal of the bodies. “Kenyon is working without a contract but threatened to pull its workers out of Louisiana unless either the state or the federal government offered it a signed agreement, the governor said.”
SOURCE: “Death Toll In Louisiana Climbs Past 400,” KOMO 4 News, September 13, 2005.
Company hired to recover La. bodies has ties to lawsuit, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, September 16, 2005
The company hired to recover Louisiana bodies in the wake of Hurricane Katrina is owned by the same corporate parent sued for mishandling bodies and desecrating graves in South Florida cemeteries.
LJC CONSTRUCTION
Award Date: 9/8/05
Award Number: W912P9-05-D-0522
$$$ Amount: $23,400.00
Description: Roofing aperations manager and temporary roof
Type of Competition: Full and Open
Type of Contract: Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)/Fixed Fee
Business size: SDB
SOURCE: “Hurricane Katrina Consolidated Contract Listing 9/16/05,” by the Army Corps of Engineers http://www.usace.army.mil/transcripts/contracts09-16.pdf
LL&G INC.
Award Date: 9/1/05
Award Number: WP12P8-05-
$$$ Amount: $350,000.00
Description: Mobilization
Type of Competition: Sole Source
Type of Contract:
Business size: small
SOURCE: “Hurricane Katrina Consolidated Contract Listing 9/16/05,” by the Army Corps of Engineers http://www.usace.army.mil/transcripts/contracts09-16.pdf
LIPSEY MOUNTAIN SPRING WATER -- http://www.lipseywater.com/
Nationwide contract for bottled water during periods of emergency
Contract No. DACW33-03-D-0003
Solicitation No. DACW33-03-R-0005
Award Amount: Requirements Contract
Period of Performance: Base Year Plus 4 One Year
SOURCE: Army Corps of Engineers
New England
District
Contractors Hired To Work On