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Utility in Kabul ($314,325). 293 The PICC, started in 2014, is a central
operations hub on the presidential palace grounds housing Afghanistan’s
national intelligence functions (ANA, ANP, National Directorate of
Security, and the Independent Directorate of Local Governance) that
enables the Afghan government to provide coordinated responses to special
national security events. 294
Four contracts with a total value of $6.8 million were awarded this
quarter. They included the $3.5 million gym complex at MFNDU in Kabul,
a $2.5 million sprung-fabric shelter for AAF aircraft maintenance in Kabul,
and a munitions storage facility for the AAF’s A-29 Super Tucano aircraft
($474,951). 295 Among the 19 projects ($217 million) in the planning phase,
The new IT building, part of the second
six projects worth $48.1 million are part of the construction of the Kabul phase of Marshal Fahim National Defense
National Military Hospital, four valued at $28.1 million are part of the
University in Kabul. (U.S. Army Corps of
projects building the Afghan Electrical Interconnect, six are ANA Special Engineers photo)
Operations Command projects costing around $19.3 million, two are AAF
projects at $2.7 million, and the remaining five projects valued at $119.3M
are a combination of other ANA sustainment projects supporting the new
MOD headquarters and other security facilities. 296
CSTC-A reported that several infrastructure-related train, advise, and
assist activities are ongoing. CSTC-A engineering advisors mentor the
MOD’s Construction and Property Management Department (CPMD)
leadership and ANA facility engineers to increase their ability to operate,
sustain, and maintain their infrastructure. CSTC-A also assisted and
advised CPMD specifically on developing requirements packages for
generators and facilities-repair task orders. In addition, they advised
CPMD leadership on developing procurement packages to ensure proper
awarding of repair contracts. CSTC-A is focused on pursuing regional
level facility-sustainment issues for the ANA with the CPMD. Advisors
provide substantial training and mentorship to the CPMD leadership and
engineers during three to four advising engagements per week focused
on operations and maintenance, sustainment, and construction-programmanagement
issues. 297
In October, CSTC-A began executing a facility-maintenance training
program, under the National Operations and Maintenance Contract, to
train ANDSF facility engineers in the skills and trades needed to operate
and maintain power plants, HVAC systems, water treatment plants,
and waste-water treatment plants, as well as to perform adequate quality
control and quality assurance in their work. These training courses are
offered at the MOD and MOI headquarters facilities. The program is set to
continue to March 2017. 298
ANA and MOD Training and Operations
As of December 31, 2016, the United States had obligated and disbursed
$3.9 billion of ASFF funds for ANA and MOD training and operations. 299
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