Pentagon Contract of Mercenaries in Iraq - 1

DoD News: Contracts For September 16, 2002: "Blackwater Lodge*, Moyock, N.C., is being awarded an estimated $35,667,512 indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity, multiple award, delivery order contract for turnkey and instructor-only force protection training that includes force protection fundamental training; shipboard security engagement weapons training; visit, board, search and seizure training; armed sentry course training; and law enforcement training. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va. (78 percent); San Diego (15 percent); and San Antonio (seven percent), and is to be completed by September 2007. Contract funds in the amount of $38,668 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under an electronic request for proposals, with one proposal solicited and six offers received. The Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity (N61339-02-D-0015). "