Eurasia Review is reporting:
“The US Department of Defense is planning to build a Special Operations complex just 56 kilometers from the Uzbek-Afghan border.
Up to $100 million is being earmarked for the sprawling facility, which will be constructed over 17.3 acres near Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan. According to a modified pre-solicitation advertised on the US government’s Federal Business Opportunities website (FBO.gov) on June 30, the “Support Facilities for the Special Operations (SOF) Headquarters at Mazar-i-Sharif” will be “located approximately 275 kilometers northwest of the city of Kabul and 56 kilometers south of Termez, Uzbekistan.”
The facility is expected to cost between $25 million and $100 million and is based on US Central Command’s “Integrated Global Presence, Basing Strategy and Master Plan.” A formal solicitation will be released in mid-July and an award is expected to be made “no later than September 28.”
The winner of the tender would have approximately 18-months to complete work after obtaining a notice to proceed. As a result, the complex should be operational by late 2011 or early 2012. In December 2009, President Barack Obama said US forces would begin to “transfer out” of Afghanistan in July 2011.
According to the pre-solicitation on the FBO.gov website, “the scope of the Project includes a Joint Operations Center (JOC), billeting facilities, communications building, Tactical Operations Center and storage, training facility, medical aid station, Vehicle Maintenance Facility, logistics operations facility, logistics storage facility, dining facility, [Morale Welfare and Recreation] facility, and a kennel to support working dogs.”
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