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To: Mannie who wrote (27564)	9/13/2003 3:46:58 PM
From: Mannie	Read Replies (3) of 89467

U.S. tells contractors future work in Iraq reconstruction worth $1.5 billion WASHINGTON — Eager to ramp up work in Iraq, the United States has alerted U.S. firms of future contracts worth at least $1.5 billion in the second phase of its Iraq reconstruction plans. Work will include the repair and upgrading of Iraq's power grid, potable water and sewage-treatment systems, priority roads, bridges, railways and public buildings. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) also said it planned to pay an additional $350 million to construction company Bechtel, its lead contractor in Iraq, bringing the San Francisco-based firm's bill so far to about $1.3 billion. Funding for new work, which will be open only to U.S. firms as lead contractors, has to be appropriated by Congress and is likely to come from the $87 billion earmarked this week by President Bush for Iraq and to fight the war on terror. USAID came under fire for the first round of contracts it awarded to rebuild Iraq, and the transparency of the process was questioned by leading Democratic lawmakers. The agency, with which the Army Corps of Engineers has been responsible for handing out the bulk of contracts for Iraq, defended how those contracts were awarded and said routine bidding rules would have slowed down the process. Copyright © 2003 The Seattle Times Company seattletimes.nwsource.com.

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