Remember the Dahla Dam?
It was to be Canada's signature project in Afghanistan. It was trotted out regularly as an example of Canada's humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan.
Well, turns out the "we-don't-cut-and-run" Canucks left the job in disarray when they cut and ran.
Don't know what they spent their tens of millions on, but apparently not much happened in the way of dam rehabilitation. Knowing the Canadian way, it's likely that ten years didn't really provide enough of a time window to do much besides planning, setting out parameters and protocols, and funneling money to various Karzai-related intermediaries.
That, and write a few feel-good news stories about it.
Now that the planning is done and Canadians are long gone, the US Army Corp of Engineers are looking for a few good contract proposals for finishing the job.
It's all there on the fbo.gov website, solicitation number W5J9LE-12-SS-0003.
The Corp estimates that the job will cost in the range of $100 to $250 million to complete.
In case your thinking about submitting a proposal, be aware that there's a timeline for completion. The US Army wants the job done by December 2014.
That's America's cut-and-run date and they want to have the project wrapped up in time to turn it over to the Taliban.
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