Take Our Money and Run: Contractors in Iraq - Parsons
Let's look at a few other winners in the Iraq war. You know these folks. They're the ones who have the multi-million dollar contracts to do help the government or military in Iraq. We're going to take a peak at some of the people who are making millions of tax-payer dollars in this boondoggle. They're doing well because we're paying companies several times more to complete tasks than it would cost if the government or military did it. They get to pocket our tax dollars, but what do we get in return?
In the case of Parsons Delaware, not a whole lot. Assigned to build and renovate barracks for the Iraqi police in Baghdad, Parsons (assisted here by the Army Corps of Engineers), created a barracks that leaked "urine and fecal matter" so badly that they were unusable. But no matter, the design drawings, which were "incomplete, inaccurate and substandard," didn't include things like a kitchen to go with the dining facility (maybe they were all going to order out?). After spending $450,000 on one building, it was almost immediately abandoned as unusable.
The report on this makes for interesting reading. Page iii notes, "Finally, as a result of the lack of oversight and poor project management by the US Army Corps of Engineers, the government paid Parsons approximately $5.3 million in base and award fees for substandard work." Yes, you read correctly - the money we gave Parsons included "award fees." Makes you want to tear your hair out, doesn't it. The report goes on to note that "the as-built drawings submitted by the contractor, in many cases, do not reflect the work that was actually done." Oops. How horrible of us to insist that not only do the drawings look good, but that the buildings actually work.
But wait, there's more! "The government estimates it will pay Parsons approximately $62 million for work both fully and partially completed. Additional contracts with OTHER contractors in excess of $8 million have been awarded to complete some of the construction work not finished by Parsons."
Yes, you read that correctly. Not only did we pay Parsons even though they screwed up the job, we paid a SECOND contractor over $8 million to do the work we had ALREADY PAID Parsons to do.
No, the Parsons idiocy is not new news. Unfortunately, as we've already noticed with the administration, government contractors also do not learn from history.
In the case of Parsons Delaware, not a whole lot. Assigned to build and renovate barracks for the Iraqi police in Baghdad, Parsons (assisted here by the Army Corps of Engineers), created a barracks that leaked "urine and fecal matter" so badly that they were unusable. But no matter, the design drawings, which were "incomplete, inaccurate and substandard," didn't include things like a kitchen to go with the dining facility (maybe they were all going to order out?). After spending $450,000 on one building, it was almost immediately abandoned as unusable.
The report on this makes for interesting reading. Page iii notes, "Finally, as a result of the lack of oversight and poor project management by the US Army Corps of Engineers, the government paid Parsons approximately $5.3 million in base and award fees for substandard work." Yes, you read correctly - the money we gave Parsons included "award fees." Makes you want to tear your hair out, doesn't it. The report goes on to note that "the as-built drawings submitted by the contractor, in many cases, do not reflect the work that was actually done." Oops. How horrible of us to insist that not only do the drawings look good, but that the buildings actually work.
But wait, there's more! "The government estimates it will pay Parsons approximately $62 million for work both fully and partially completed. Additional contracts with OTHER contractors in excess of $8 million have been awarded to complete some of the construction work not finished by Parsons."
Yes, you read that correctly. Not only did we pay Parsons even though they screwed up the job, we paid a SECOND contractor over $8 million to do the work we had ALREADY PAID Parsons to do.
No, the Parsons idiocy is not new news. Unfortunately, as we've already noticed with the administration, government contractors also do not learn from history.
posted by Anonymous at 4:51 PM
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AND THE BALL-LESS DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS STILL CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WANT THESE FUCKERS PROSECUTED AND TROWN IN PRISON. THE WHOLE FUCKING LOT OF THEM. BUSH AND HIS WHOLE CREW FREE BOARD IN GITMO.
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