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Hope&Change Update: Obama gives corp contributor $25 Million no-bid sweetheart deal.
Obama breaks campaign promise to end Bushs no-bid sweetheart deals.
Despite President Obamas long history of criticizing the Bush administration for sweetheart deals with favored contractors, the Obama administration this month awarded a $25 million federal contract for work in Afghanistan to a company owned by a Democratic campaign contributor without entertaining competitive bids, Fox News has learned.
The contract, awarded on Jan. 4 to Checchi & Company Consulting, Inc., a Washington-based firm owned by economist and Democratic donor Vincent V. Checchi, will pay the firm $24,673,427 to provide rule of law stabilization services in war-torn Afghanistan.
A synopsis of the contract published on the USAID Web site says Checchi & Company will train the next generation of legal professionals throughout the Afghan provinces and thereby develop the capacity of Afghanistans justice system to be accessible, reliable, and fair.
The legality of the arrangement as a sole source, or no-bid, contract was made possible by virtue of a waiver signed by the USAID administrator. They cancelled the open bid on this when they came to power earlier this year, a source familiar with the federal contracting process told Fox News.
Federal campaign records show Checchi has been a frequent contributor to liberal and Democratic causes and candidates in recent years, including to Obamas presidential campaign.
The records show Checchi has given at least $6,600 to Obama dating back to March 2007. The contractor has also made donations to various arms of the Democratic National Committee, to liberal activist groups like MoveOn.org and ActBlue, and to other party politicians like Sen. John F. Kerry, former presidential candidate John Edwards and former Connecticut Senate candidate Ned Lamont.
Obama breaks campaign promise to end Bushs no-bid sweetheart deals.
Despite President Obamas long history of criticizing the Bush administration for sweetheart deals with favored contractors, the Obama administration this month awarded a $25 million federal contract for work in Afghanistan to a company owned by a Democratic campaign contributor without entertaining competitive bids, Fox News has learned.
The contract, awarded on Jan. 4 to Checchi & Company Consulting, Inc., a Washington-based firm owned by economist and Democratic donor Vincent V. Checchi, will pay the firm $24,673,427 to provide rule of law stabilization services in war-torn Afghanistan.
A synopsis of the contract published on the USAID Web site says Checchi & Company will train the next generation of legal professionals throughout the Afghan provinces and thereby develop the capacity of Afghanistans justice system to be accessible, reliable, and fair.
The legality of the arrangement as a sole source, or no-bid, contract was made possible by virtue of a waiver signed by the USAID administrator. They cancelled the open bid on this when they came to power earlier this year, a source familiar with the federal contracting process told Fox News.
Federal campaign records show Checchi has been a frequent contributor to liberal and Democratic causes and candidates in recent years, including to Obamas presidential campaign.
The records show Checchi has given at least $6,600 to Obama dating back to March 2007. The contractor has also made donations to various arms of the Democratic National Committee, to liberal activist groups like MoveOn.org and ActBlue, and to other party politicians like Sen. John F. Kerry, former presidential candidate John Edwards and former Connecticut Senate candidate Ned Lamont.