NEVA wrote:kron wrote:NEVA wrote:Тхе васт майориты оф Халлибуртон цонтрацтс шере цомпетитивелы бид. Ин фацт, тхеы лост бидс он море тхан оне цонтрацт. Тхере юст ареньт а лот оф цомпаниес тхат цан до тхис кинд оф шорк.
Охотно верю что они не выиграли конкурс на какие то контракты.
Особенно меклие. Да и зачем: если выиграть пару контрактов на несколько миллиардов, то можно какую нибудь мелочь и упустить.
А сколько стоит доставить, так они сами и говорят сколько стоит. Плюс их накрутки. Ну и где они что покупают, тоже никто особо не интересуется. Тем более для армии надо самое лучшее поставлять , значит оно дорогое.
They have a stringent bid solicitation procedure they have to follow. They are required to solicit bids from multiple vendors, document them, and explain their choice of vendors in writing. Their bid files are routinely audited by government, public accounting firms, as well as externally, not to mention the endless and continuous government investigations. И откуда вы взяли про мелкие контракты? Вы ето знаете как факт, или выдумываете и выдаете за факты? Контракты которые они проиграли были ничуть не меньше чем те, которые они выиграли.
P.S. I do realize, of course, that this argument is fruitless, as you have certain preconceived ideas that you will never part with no matter how solid the refuting arguments are.
Вы пишите как оно должно быть. В идеале. Я понимаю что было очень много контрактов. Больших и маленьких. И также понимаю что они не все контракты выигрывают. Но и не бедствуют. Притом им сходит такое что другим бы никак не сошло.
From May to late October, Halliburton imported about 61 million gallons of fuel from Kuwait and about 179 million from Turkey, at a total cost of more than $383 million.
A company's profits on the transport and sale of gasoline are usually razor-thin, with companies losing contracts if they overbid by half a penny a gallon. Independent experts who reviewed Halliburton's percentage of its gas importation contract said the company's 26-cent charge per gallon of gas from Kuwait appeared to be extremely high.
"I have never seen anything like this in my life," said Phil Verleger, a California oil economist and the president of the consulting firm PK Verleger LLC. "That's a monopoly premium — that's the only term to describe it. Every logistical firm or oil subsidiary in the United States and Europe would salivate to have that sort of contract."
In March, Halliburton was awarded a no-competition contract to repair Iraq's oil industry, and it has already received more than $1.4 billion in work. That award has been the focus of Congressional scrutiny in part because Vice President Dick Cheney is Halliburton's former chief executive officer. As part of its contract, Halliburton began importing fuel in the spring when gasoline was in short supply in large Iraqi cities.
The government's accounting shows that Halliburton paid its Kuwait subcontractor $1.17 a gallon, when it was selling for 71 cents a gallon wholesale in the Middle East.
NEW BILL WILL LIMIT HALLIBURTON'S MONOPOLY ON IRAQ
"Clean Contracting in Iraq Act" will also reduce cost of $87 billion Iraqi reconstruction by involving Iraqis in the process
Reps. Maloney, Waxman, Hinchey, introduce bill
WASHINGTON, DC - To loosen the grip that firms such as Halliburton have on the Iraqi reconstruction effort and to ease the burden of reconstruction on the American taxpayer, Reps. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14), Henry A. Waxman (CA-30) and Maurice Hinchey (NY-22) today introduced the "Clean Contracting in Iraq Act of 2003" (H.R. 3275). The bill would achieve the following:
Ensuring fair competition among multiple firms for rebuilding contracts
Encouraging the awarding of contracts to Iraqi firms, particularly when such action would reduce costs
Establishing transparency (through notification of Congress) in the awarding of contracts
A summary of the legislation is included below.
"We need to make sure that the reconstruction of Iraq is not just a Halliburton-controlled operation, as appears to be the case. We need competitive bids, Iraqi involvement and transparency," said Rep. Maloney. "The best way we can win the peace in Iraq is to give the Iraqi people ownership of their reconstruction, and this bill does that. The best way we can reduce the sticker shock of the billions of dollars going to Iraq is to loosen Halliburton's stranglehold on the reconstruction - a stranglehold that squeezes the American taxpayer. This bill does that. The best way to ensure that American taxpayer money is well-spent is to establish transparency for the reconstruction contracts. This bill does that, too."
"We need to inject transparency and competition to protect the taxpayer and stop sweetheart deals for companies like Halliburton and Bechtel," said Rep. Waxman. "This bill contains commonsense safeguards that everyone should support."
Said Rep. Hinchey: "The effort in Iraq is being run like a private enterprise without any opportunity for public scrutiny. That has to stop. The Clean Contracting in Iraq Act is absolutely necessary if we're to ensure fair competition among multiple firms, including Iraqi firms. Failing to accomplish the goals of this bill will perpetuate the world-wide suspicion that we went to war in Iraq for reasons that were not entirely honorable."
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