Afghan National Security Forces Facilities: Concern With Funding, Oversight, and Sustainability for Operation and Maintenance

This report discusses the results of the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction's (SIGAR) audit of ITT Exelis Systems Corporation's (Exelis) implementation of two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) contracts for operation and maintenance at Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) facilities throughout Afghanistan. We found that despite ongoing capacity development, the Afghan government continues to face challenges that will likely prevent it from fully sustaining ANSF facilities after the 2014 transition. Further, although Exelis generally invoiced and provided services in accordance with the terms of the contracts, its northern contract is projected to run out of funds in March 2014, 16 months short of the full period of performance, and Exelis has not fully implemented quality control efforts for its southern contract. This report recommends that USACE (1) implement standardized procedures for overseeing the two contracts, (2) direct Exelis to fully implement its quality control program in southern Afghanistan, and (3) complete its plan and procedures for removing partial facilities from the contracts and reclassifying these facilities in order to reduce O&M costs.

Author: Special Inspector General for Afghanista

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Mar 11, 2015

Number of Pages: 52 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1508818959

ISBN-13: 9781508818953