Addendum

As the numbers pop up, we will continue to add them to the list. April 21, 2003 Funding Summary #16 in pdf was released by the USAID and US Department of State. Here's the accompanying press release. It's an impressive list but it doesn't match up number wise to previous press releases.

The Funding Summary does list Creative Associates International Inc as having received $1 million dollars. But then it lists UNICEF as having received a total of $11 million while the press releases only add up to $9 million. Bpost likes the numbers to jive, consistently. If the government starts getting sloppy matching the numbers it releases publicly with what it then states in the regular Funding Summary, well, you can see the potential for financial train wreck. Lets hope they do too.

Below are what bpost has found in public statements and press releases to date. Included are differing figures from the summary in parenthesis for comparison. Not included are items on the summary bpost found no specific information for. We have no idea what the discrepancies mean but will continue to try to get the details.

Company CARE (listed as NGO)
Award $4 million
Agency USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance
Date of RFP
Pre-planning
Date of Award March 25, 2003
Nature of work Managed by Care Australia. Distributing water, providing humanitarian assistance to hospitals, and manning a repair team for water systems.
Reference

Company Direct assistance to Iraq
Award $175 million to date of $300 million in grain
Agency USDA Food for Peace
Date of RFP
Pre-planning
Date of Award March 20, 2003
Nature of work 161,000 metric tons of wheat from the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust ($84 million), with another 400,000 tons of which 105,000 tons has been sent ($91 million). A portion of the wheat from the reserve will be exchanged for rice.
Reference

Company Direct assistance to Iraq
Award $16.3 million in supplies ($6.3 million)
Agency
Date of RFP
Pre-planning
Date of Award
Nature of work Emergency supplies including: 161,900 blankets, 39,878 hygiene kits, 7,990 rolls of plastic sheeting, 67,100 water containers, 67 water tanks and six water treatment units. It is unclear where this is listed on the Funding Summary. See Commodity pre-positioning under Logistics for the USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance ($6.3 million).
Reference

Company Interaction
Award $100 thousand
Agency USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance
Date of RFP
Pre-planning
Date of Award March 25, 2003
Nature of work To fund an observer to the Humanitarian Operations Center in Kuwait City.
Reference

Company International Committee of the Red Cross
Award $10 million
Agency US Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
Date of RFP
Pre-planning
Date of Award March 25, 2003
Nature of work Delivering medical, surgical and other supplies. The ICRC acts as a neutral intermediary, facilitating meetings between US forces and key public service representatives. Family Tracing - collect data on prisoners and missing persons and to restore contact between relatives separated by the conflict.
Reference

Company International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Award $3 million
Agency US Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
Date of RFP
Pre-planning
Date of Award March 25, 2003
Nature of work Manages the Ruweishid Refugee Camp about 65 km from the Iraqi border inside of Jordan. Particpating in a cooperation agreement with the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. 30 Emergency Response Units are on stand-by to provide any refugee influx into countries neighbouring Iraq with life-support in the form of field hospitals, clinics, water and sanitation services.
Reference

Company International Organization for Migration
Award $8.6 million ($9.3 million)
Agency USAID & US Department of State (see nature of work)
Date of RFP
Pre-planning
Date of Award March 25, 2003
Nature of work Organizes the safe movement of people for temporary and permanent resettlement or return to their countries of origin. It also provides pre-departure medical screening and cultural orientation programs. Assesses security before the movement of aid. USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance ($5 million) USAID Office of Transition Initiatives ($1.7 million) US Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration ($2.6 million)
Reference

Company U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees
Award $21 million
Agency US Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
Date of RFP
Pre-planning
Date of Award March 25, 2003
Nature of work Manages the Ruweishid Refugee Camp about 65 km from the Iraqi border inside of Jordan among several. Participating in a cooperation agreement with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Reference

Company U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Award $1.2 million
Agency USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance
Date of RFP
Pre-planning
Date of Award
Nature of work Coordination and information services.
Reference

Company World Food Program
Award $260 million
Agency USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance & Office of Food for Peace
Date of RFP
Pre-planning
Date of Award April 2, 2003
Nature of work Food aid. Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance ($5 million) Office of Food for Peace ($55 million) additional Food for Peace ($200 million)
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Company
Award $35.8 million
Agency US Department of State
Date of RFP
Pre-planning March 25, 2003
Date of Award
Nature of work To construct a state-of-the-art embassy in Baghdad.
Reference