DynCorp International shares $1.8B Army contract

WASHINGTON (Map, News) - DynCorp International is one of five firms that have been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for construction work in Afghanistan, valued at a potential $1.8 billion.

DynCorp received one of five indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contracts, which have a one-year base and two option years.

A maximum of $600 million per year total could be awarded under the contract.

Individual orders from the contract will be issued on a firm-fixed-price basis between $5 million and $25 million.

Tasks include replacement, renovation, repairs and new construction.

“Our vast experience in Afghanistan over the last five years — including several successful construction projects — will serve us and the Army well in this new undertaking,” DynCorp International President and Chief Executive Officer Herbert J. Lanese said.

Earlier this week, it was announced that a separate $4.6 billion contract that a DynCorp venture had previously won in December 2006 from the U.S. Army and Intelligence Security Command was now being re-examined.

The contract, which called for translation and interpretation services in Iraq, was originally granted to L-3 Communications Holdings Inc.

L-3 Communications protested to the U.S. General Accounting Office, which found fault with one part of the contract.

The DynCorp venture and L-3 Communications have to submit clarifications by Aug. 24, according to DynCorp spokesman Gregory Lagana, and then the Army will issue a subsequent decision.

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