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Kandahar Airfield:
FM Strategy gone haywire

Breda University of Applied Sciences
Ian van der Pool MFM
Programme
• History KAF
• Then - 2007
• Transition: OEF -> ISAF
– control
– finance
– procurement & contractor management
– future

• ‘Now’ – 2010
– BOHICA

FM Strategy gone haywire – 26 september 2011
Taliban Last Stand (TLS)
• History KAF
• Then - 2007
• Transition: OEF -> ISAF
– control
– finance
– procurement & contractor management
– future

• ‘Now’ – 2010
– BOHICA

FM Strategy gone haywire – 26 september 2011
Kandahar Airfield
• built with US aid during sixties
• damaged during war with USSR 1979-1989
• 9/11 War on Terrorism
• damaged during OEF, october 2001
• main US base till 1/8/2007
2004

10
2007

11
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‘Doe eens even normaal man!’
Strategy: OEF -> ISAF
• From US led to NATO led
• Issues
• control
• finance
• procurement &
contractor management
• future developments KAF
Control
• rule of law
• military vs. civilians
KAF Tenants Charter
‘gentlemen’s agreement’
Finance
•NATO common funded
stakeholders
• Stakeholder Nations
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
the Netherlands (6,5 M€)
(France 2008)
Canada

France

Netherlands

United
Kingdom

United States
of America

JFCBS
NATO

5 Stakeholder Nations
Sponsor embedded nations for NATO
payment purposes and information
flow
COMKAF leads Stakeholders through
a Senior Council of their National
Reps
Some nations are not sponsored and
have individual payment
arrangements with NAMSA

New Zealand

Australia

Bulgaria

Belgium

Estonia

Czech Rep

Romania

Germany

Lithuania

Denmark

Poland

Slovakia

UAE

Rep of Macedonia

Mongolia

Jordan

Jordan
Procurement &
Contractor management
• ‘cost plus’ -> ‘fixed price’
• NAMSA in new role
• COMKAF as demand manager
• service levels?
• role sponsoring nations
Future developments KAF
estimated growth: max. 12.500
2010
KAF is a city in its own right. At around
25,000 inhabitants, it is comparable in
density to Hermosa Beach, California;
Warwick, England; Voorschoten, The
Netherlands, or Bolton, Ontario

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peak 30.000 pax
> 250.000 meals/week
> 42 nationalities
> 10 million liter nonpotable water/week
> 4.000 contractors
> 200 a/c
> 750 a/c movements/day
> 70M€ mil. Budget/year
> 1.500 Afghans/day
> 500 trucks / day
> 650 km² GDA
Issues
• Food
• Camp utilities (waste water treatment & waste mngt
• Water production and distribution
• Contractor provided Construction Capability
• Over ambitious project delivery programme / Lack of
prioritisation (all Priority 1)
• Funding responsiveness to meet urgent demands or
changing operational priorities
• Quality -Increasingly important to user and funder
• Cost –Nations’ funding fatigue
Clear?
Contact info

FacMan01

www.bis.nl/IFMA

pool.i@nhtv.nl
ihp@visionfm.nl
voorzitter@fmn.nl

Strategy and Facility Management

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    Kandahar Airfield: FM Strategygone haywire Breda University of Applied Sciences Ian van der Pool MFM
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    Programme • History KAF •Then - 2007 • Transition: OEF -> ISAF – control – finance – procurement & contractor management – future • ‘Now’ – 2010 – BOHICA FM Strategy gone haywire – 26 september 2011
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    Taliban Last Stand(TLS) • History KAF • Then - 2007 • Transition: OEF -> ISAF – control – finance – procurement & contractor management – future • ‘Now’ – 2010 – BOHICA FM Strategy gone haywire – 26 september 2011
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    Kandahar Airfield • builtwith US aid during sixties • damaged during war with USSR 1979-1989 • 9/11 War on Terrorism • damaged during OEF, october 2001 • main US base till 1/8/2007
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    ‘Doe eens evennormaal man!’
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    Strategy: OEF ->ISAF • From US led to NATO led • Issues • control • finance • procurement & contractor management • future developments KAF
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    Control • rule oflaw • military vs. civilians KAF Tenants Charter ‘gentlemen’s agreement’
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    Finance •NATO common funded stakeholders •Stakeholder Nations United States United Kingdom Canada the Netherlands (6,5 M€) (France 2008)
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    Canada France Netherlands United Kingdom United States of America JFCBS NATO 5Stakeholder Nations Sponsor embedded nations for NATO payment purposes and information flow COMKAF leads Stakeholders through a Senior Council of their National Reps Some nations are not sponsored and have individual payment arrangements with NAMSA New Zealand Australia Bulgaria Belgium Estonia Czech Rep Romania Germany Lithuania Denmark Poland Slovakia UAE Rep of Macedonia Mongolia Jordan Jordan
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    Procurement & Contractor management •‘cost plus’ -> ‘fixed price’ • NAMSA in new role • COMKAF as demand manager • service levels? • role sponsoring nations
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    2010 KAF is acity in its own right. At around 25,000 inhabitants, it is comparable in density to Hermosa Beach, California; Warwick, England; Voorschoten, The Netherlands, or Bolton, Ontario • • • • • • • • • • • peak 30.000 pax > 250.000 meals/week > 42 nationalities > 10 million liter nonpotable water/week > 4.000 contractors > 200 a/c > 750 a/c movements/day > 70M€ mil. Budget/year > 1.500 Afghans/day > 500 trucks / day > 650 km² GDA
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    Issues • Food • Camputilities (waste water treatment & waste mngt • Water production and distribution • Contractor provided Construction Capability • Over ambitious project delivery programme / Lack of prioritisation (all Priority 1) • Funding responsiveness to meet urgent demands or changing operational priorities • Quality -Increasingly important to user and funder • Cost –Nations’ funding fatigue
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