[thinkthenpost]

?????!!!!! Iraq and Afghanistan were the perfect places to pull the sole source no-bid contracts, for the initial part of the conflict anyway. I certainly understand a few years down the road putting the services out for bid, I think the argument can be made that they should have been bid prior to now, and I won't disagree.

I stated earlier the if KBR wants they will be one of the 3 companies that will win the bid, they can just do it cheaper than anyone else, unfortunately from what you are saying they aren't doing it better, or even well from your experiences. Certainly you don't take away furniture without replacement being available. It sounds like, either someone poorly wrote the contracts (has to be moved at xx date, no flexibility built in particularly if shipping new was involved), someone was on a power trip, or shortcuts are going on, (hopefully ongoing audits will catch some of the "short cuts" or fraud). I wish your time overthere had been less problematic, thanks for going.

[A. Goodwin]

You missed a word: he said "sole-source no bid contractor scams." You're probably right that there was nothing at all wrong with KBR being the only contractor at the beginning of the war (just as there was no skullduggery in Halliburton getting those automatic base cleanup contracts after Katrina), but I'd bet by now there are some other companies who'd like a crack, and properly managed competition should be beneficial...