Gardez Hospital: After almost 2 Years, Construction Not Yet Completed because of Poor Contractor Performance, and Overpayments to the Contractor Need to Be Addressed by USAID.

摘要

Construction of the new 100-bed hospital in Gardez is currently about 23 months behind its original schedule. In March 2011, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Inspector General reported that facilities being constructed under the Construction of Health and Education Facilities program including Gardez hospital had fallen significantly behind schedule. During construction, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) USAID s implementing partner for the program granted the construction contractor five extensions through June 30, 2013, but when a sixth extension to October 31, 2013 was requested, IOM terminated the contract for failure to perform. According to USAID, the ability to complete construction of the Gardez hospital has been seriously hampered by the facility s remote location and by an active insurgency. USAID has granted IOM an extension until December 31, 2013, to complete the project. Because the facility was largely incomplete at the time of our inspection, we could not thoroughly assess the quality of construction.