Tikrit Location Command Project Achieving Contract Goals by Using Sound Management Practices

摘要

SIGIR has a legislative requirement to prepare a final forensic audit on funds made available for Iraq reconstruction prior to its termination. This review examines the Tikrit Location Command, a $37.8 million project to construct a new area support base for the Iraqi Army. The project is a joint effort between the Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq (MNSTC-I) and the Iraq Training and Advisory Mission-Army (ITAM). The Joint Contracting Command-Iraq/Afghanistan awarded the contract and is responsible for contract oversight. The Gulf Region-North District (GRN) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provides program management and engineering oversight. The project is funded by the Iraq Security Forces Fund (ISFF). SIGIR's objectives were to examine contract costs, outcomes, management oversight, and issues related to the transfer and sustainment of the project, with an emphasis on vulnerabilities to fraud, waste, and abuse. As SIGIR has previously identified in other reconstruction projects, involving GOI officials in the design and construction phases of projects that they will ultimately use contributes to GOI acceptance of and commitment to the project. Further, requiring project managers to implement lessons learned from other reconstruction projects helps to achieve better overall program management and outcomes. Iraq lessons should be shared with reconstruction project managers in Afghanistan. MNSTC-I provided written comments, and ITAM provided technical comments, which SIGIR incorporated in the report as appropriate.