Looks like Kellogg Brown & Root (a Haliburton subsidiary) a contract w/o a bidding process:
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/1842006 Here's another interesting article: http://www.fortune.com/fortune/fortune500/articles/0,15114,438798,00.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 10:34 AM Subject: RE: Halliburton out of the running > At 10:28 AM 3/31/03, you wrote: > >My initial response to that is how do we know they were un-RFPed > >contracts? > > > >I don't know if it was or wasn't, but neither does anybody else. > > All government contracts are done on bids. You can see the DOD process here: > > http://www.dodbusopps.com/general/dodprocment.asp > > Kellogg Brown & Root were most likely awarded the fire fighting contract > and the provisioning contract based on prior performance. They did it > during the previous war. > > I understand that Cheney may have nothing to do with the vendor > selection. However the fact that he received his annual check for a > million dollars from Halliburton one week, and a Halliburton company > receives a major contract the following week looks suspicious, even if no > wrong occurred. > > He needs to be above reproach, like Caesar's wife. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5