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E24 ACTION NEA-00 INFO LOG-00 AGRE-00 CA-00 INL-00 EUR-00 E-00 UTED-00 I0-00 PA-00 PER-00 PM-00 P-00 SS-00 TEST-00 R-00 PMB-00 SAS-00 SWCI-00 /OOOW ------------------2E6947 R 141333Z JUN 04 FM CPA BAGHDAD TO SECSTATE WASHDC 1351 SECDEF WASHINGTON DC WHITE HOUSE NSC WASHDC UNCLAS BAGHDAD 000688 USNW-00 DS-00 EB-00 L-00 NSCE-00 OloiB-00 D-00 SP-00 sso-oo DSCC-00 PRM-00 G-00 141357Z /38 E.O. 12958: N/A .TAGS: EAID I KSPR I PREL, IZ SUBJECT: CPA 1348: PROJECT AND CONTRACTING OFFICE (PCO) REPORT FOR Jun 9, 2004 1. Summary. This is the eleventh in a series of weekly reports documenting the activities of the Project and Contracting Office (PCO). Included in this report is the status of programs. End Summary. 2. The 2004 Emergency Supplemental Apprqpriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan provided funding for reconstruction projects. PCO tracks the progress of funds from appropriation until final pay-out including OMB apportionm,ents, OSD/Army funds release, PCO comndtments, and obligations. (Note: For these purposes, to· comndt is to reserve funding. Obligation occurs with award of the actual contract. End Note.) As of June 9, 2004, the total apportionment is $11,055 million, of which $7,748 million is comndtted and $4,353 million obligated. Sector status, as reported in the weekly briefing to the Secretary of the Army on June 9, 2004 is: --Security and Law Enforcement. Of.the $2,976 million total apportioned and approved by the CPA Administrator, $2,361 million are committed and $1,094 million obligated. -- Electricity. Of the $2,538 million apportioned and approved by the CPA Administrator, $1,837 million are cammitted and $1,318 million obligated. -- Oil Infrastructure. Of the $1,701 million apportioned and approved by the CPA Administrator, $1,447 million are committed an~ $877 million obligated. -- Justice, Public Safety, and Civil Society, (including Democracy). Of the $1,276 million apportioned and approved by the CPA Administrator, $755 million are committed and $434 mi.llc'ion obligated. -- Education, Refugees, Human Rights, Governance. Of the $259 million apportioned and approved by the CPA Administrator, $83 million are committed and $32 million obligated. -- Roads, Bridges, and Construction. Of the $270 million apportioned and approved by the CPA Administrator, $219 million are committed and $66 million obligated. -- Health Care. Of the $512 million apportioned and approved by the CPA Administrator, $236 million are committed and $174 million obligated. -- Transportation and Telecommunications. Of the $467 million apportioned and approved by the CPA Administrator, $221 million are committed and $25 million obligated. -- Water Resources and Sanitation. Of the $816 million apportioned and approved by the CPA Administrator, $490 million are committed and $275 million Obligated. -- Private Sector Development. Of the $136 million apportioned and approved by the CPA Administrator, $72 million are committed and $29 million obligated. 3. Contracting. For the week ending 7 June, the CPA Contracting Activity awarded a total of 103 contract actions obligating a total of $550.6M. DFI/Seized/Vested R3P & CERP contracts totaled $40M for this period. FY04 Emergency Supplemental (IRRF) awards totaled as follows: Non-construction $3.6M (excluding CONUS awards) and construction $507M. The Communications/Transportation Sector awarded $7M for railway stations around the region and obligated $17M in construction task orders. Total funding to date for the Communications Sector is $90M. The Security/Justice Sector awarded projects for Taj,i with DFI funds valued at $10M and a construction Task Order for the National Fire/Civ Defense Academy valued at $25M, the site visit of which is expected to begin soon. The total funding to date for Security/Justice is $176M. The Building/Education/Health Sector obligated $165M in funds this week; total obligations for the sector to date are $200M. The Electrical Sector awarded $22M in non-construction· items ($18M DFI, $3~SM IRRF) and issued four Task Orders under the construction contracts obligating $65M this period. Total obligations for Electrical are $195M. The Oil Sector had 10 contract actions obligating a total of $234M this period. Total obligations for the Oil Sector are $555M. The Water Sector had one non-construction action valued at $5M. Total obligations in construction for the Water Sector are $210M. The CPA Southern Central Region Contracting Office (RCO) awarded 14 contracts valued at $729K. The RCO North awarded 31 contracts valued at $3,386,782.00. The move continues to be the topic of concern for RCO North. The RCO South awarded 25 contracts valued at $7.5M. Local payments continue to be of concern in the region due to the impending closure of the finance offices and an inability of the RCO to make cash payments to local vendors. Contractors continue to be concerned about payment of DFI funded contracts for work past 30 June. Most contractors in the region are unfamiliar with letters of credit and remain concerned about payment obligations. 4. Construction. The total number of awarded FY04 Supplemental. project task orders increased by five this week. This brings the total value of FY04 Suppl.emental construction projects to slightly more than $2.8 billion. Extensive work continues to both add new and rehabilitate existing power generating facilities across Iraq. Work is currently underway at the following sites: Qudas, Tadji, Zaferina, Dibis, MUlaah Abdullah, Mosul, Bayji and Haditha. For the fixst time since 1990, all six tuxbines at the Haditha Dam in A1 Haditha, Iraq, are operational. In addition to switching, control and transmdssion projects at Haditha, two damaged tu~ines which have been non- operational, or l~ted in operation, for more than a decade have been refurbished. Haditha Dam now contributes 660 MW to the Iraqi power grid. A ribbon cutting ceremony was conducted this week at the newly renovated Iraq naval facility at Umm Qasr. Work also continues at the following military bases for the Iraq ar.my: ~ Kasik, Kirkuk, Taji, Tallil and An Numaniyah. Approximately $57 million \of additional FY04 Supplemental construction work was accomplished this week. An additional 1,000 Iraqi laborers r~orted for work, bringing the daily average to 8,700. 5. Accelerated Iraqi Reconstruction Program. The following projects were awarded in the past week: Falluja Garbage Trucks, Falluja Sewage Equipment, Ramadi Ga~age Trucks, Ramadi Sewage Equipment, Baquba Road Repairs Phases 5 and 6, Mosul Rural Potable Water, and Baghdad Sewer Trunk Line Improvement. In addition, 20 smaller projects (including school renovations, road improvements, and electrical distribution extensions) were awarded in the Sal.ah ad-Din governorate. There are currently 91 projects awarded worth a total of $184 million. For the 45 projects currently underway, an estimated 5,577 Iraqis are being directly employed. For the remaining 46 projects, the contractors are still in the design stage and/or mobilization phase and have not started employing Iraqis. BREMER NNNN